Adedolapo Boluwatife Abimbola

During the festive season in Ibafo, a small Ogun state town on the outskirts of Lagos, I spent time with local youths documenting their end-of-year street carnival. On New Year’s Day, music, dance, legwork and spontaneous “Mara” filled the streets as people welcomed the new year and momentarily forgot everyday troubles. This photograph was taken from the stage when I noticed a small mosh-pit forming in the crowd, with some excited, some uneasy, others simply moving with the rhythm and the moment