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AikoGraphics (Profile).txt

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 Born: Saturday 7th January 1984 in Jinja Hospital (UG) to Elizabeth Ndezo Dramani (from Ayivu) + James Dramani (from Maracha)
 
+Siblings: 1 brother, 5 sisters
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 Tribe: Lugbara
 
-Baptised: Edward Ayikobua [Translated from Lugbara: Happiness is in Heaven] on Sunday 22nd April 1984 in Bugaddu Church of Uganda Bugerere; dropped out letter Y from surname in Primary 1 at age 6 following advice from his father to make it shorter and modern
+Baptised: Edward Ayikobua [Translated from Lugbara: Happiness is in Heaven] on Sunday 22nd April 1984 at Bugaddu Church of Uganda Bugerere; dropped out letter Y from surname in Primary 1 (at age 6) following advice from his father to make it shorter and modern
 
 Religion: Anglican-born; Savedee (1997); Muslim (2002); now JESUSfreak (Christian)
 
-Favourite food: Rice, beans, chapati, spaghetti, pine-needle tea, etc.
+Favourite food: Rice, beans, chapati, spaghetti, etc.
 
-Sports interest: Michael Jordan (since 1992); Football (Germany, Brazil, Arsenal FC, Real Madrid, Lionel Messi)...
+Sports interest: Michael Jordan (since 1992); Football (John Barnes; Germany; Romario (Brazil); Arsenal FC [Ian Wright, Emmanuel Petit, Patrick Vieira, Arsene Wenger, Robert Pires, etc]; Real Madrid; Lionel Messi)...
 
 Education: Garage Daycare, then Modern Nursery Jinja (1989); Victoria Nile School (1990-5); Kalinabiri Primary School (1995-6); St. Mary's College Kisubi (1997-2000); Makerere College School (2001-2); Uganda Christian University in Mukono (2003-6); Maisha Filmlab (2008)
 
 Childhood Ambition: Become a Footballer (1992), but gave up in 1996. Others were doctor or trucker, then fireman (1997). Idea for an art label came after Y2K
 
-Turning Point: Rejected from joining Technical Drawing class (after dropping out of the Fine Art class in Senior 5) and with teary eyes, he started writing the name of GOD in all caps plus decided to teach himself how to draw cartoons
+Turning Point: Rejected from joining Technical Drawing class (after quitting the Fine Art class in Senior 5 because of constantly deteriorating grades) and with teary eyes, he started writing the name of GOD in all caps plus decided to teach himself how to draw cartoons
 
-Penname: Aiko, chosen after a 1997 Christmas card from VNS and SMACK OB named Robin Kasinda who addressed him as "Aiiko", but AikoGraphics came to him during Sunday 2nd February 2003 around 4:39pm on Mt. Wati Road (Arua)
+Penname: Aiko, chosen after a 1997 Christmas card from VNS and SMACK OB named Robin Kasinda who addressed him as "Aiiko", but the name AikoGraphics came to him during Sunday 2nd February 2003 around 4:39pm on Mt. Wati Road (Arua) as a Creativity Organisation
 
 Tagline: Designs and Portraits
 
-Notable Artworks: Bob Marley (for S4 deskmate Jean Rwamukaga) when he discovered focussed inking without pencil sketches, Emmanuel Petit, Thierry (Y2K); ChurchTV logo (2002); Emily (2005); Uganda Clearing Industry & Forwarders Association (UCIFA) logo (2007); Procurement Initiatives Asia-Pacific (2011); Arua Citystate emblem (2016) made in memory of his first true love (Kawino) a day before Women's Day and emblazoned on the West Face of the 2021 Arua Central Market; Block Owners crest in SMACK League (2017); AruaCartoons, Maracha View (2018); Lugbara (2019); Jackline Katusiime (2020) sparked his Ugatoons Epiphany during a gig from The Office (TV series) director Maureen Nankya; Namesake (Jhene Aiko) two days after seeing her in a birthday-wedding dream, Lugbara With a Pearl Earring (2021) a month after Cynthia Letasi's 26th birthday; Black Peace (Dreamscape); HR (Humura Ronivich) Handyman, Self-portrait (2023); Farida, Ojapi, West Nile logo (2024); 12-colour Clock (2025)...
+Notable Artworks: Bob Marley (for S4 deskmate Jean Rwamukaga) when he discovered focussed inking without pencil sketches, Emmanuel Petit, Thierry (Y2K); ChurchTV logo (2002); Emily (2005) featuring his bounceback girlfriend; Uganda Clearing Industry & Forwarders Association (UCIFA) logo (2007); Procurement Initiatives Asia-Pacific (2011); Arua Citystate emblem (2016) made in memory of his first real love (Kawino) a day before Women's Day and emblazoned on the West Face of the 2021 Arua Central Market; Block Owners crest in SMACK League (2017); AruaCartoons, Maracha View (2018); Lugbara (2019); Jackline Katusiime (2020) sparked his Ugatoons Epiphany during a gig from The Office (TV series) director Maureen Nankya, Jhosa (Filipino); Namesake (Jhene Aiko) two days after seeing her in a birthday-wedding dream, Lugbara With a Pearl Earring (2021) a month after Cynthia Letasi's 26th birthday; Black Peace (Dreamscape); HR (Humura Ronivich) Handyman, Lindsay Hames, Self-portrait (2023); Farida, Ojapi, West Nile logo (2024); 12-colour Clock (2025)...
 Blogs: Kargo Magazine (2008); Arua District Local Government (2009)...
 Books: Aiko's Lugbara Dictionary (2016) dedicated to his first crush in West Nile (Cynthia); Dreamsurfing (Book cover features his 2005 Bounceback Girlfriend in the centre), United Gombololas (2020); Suicide Notes (2025); Sadness Trench - ignited by an unexpected call from Campus OG named Mariam Nakafu on NRM's 40th anniversary, Arua Tourism (2026)...
 Editorial Cartoons: The Standard (UCU Newspaper) from 2007-2015 and 2019-2020 Lockdown; Sunday Vision (January 2011)...