For decades, Nigeria’s women’s national football team, the Super Falcons, have shown us what belief looks like when it is carried collectively. Not only are they a true vision of self-belief, ambition and leadership, they have become a mirror for the next generation of young women across Nigeria and the continent.

Shot in Lagos, Deeds Studio in collaboration with Nike presents The Girls Who Watch, a digital editorial zine celebrating the girls who have grown up watching Nigerian women play with fearlessness, style, resilience, and joy, and who, in watching, have started to imagine new possibilities for themselves.

As the Falcons soar in search of an unprecedented 11th WAFCON title, The Girls Who Watch honours not only the women on the pitch, but the girls watching from the sidelines, the living rooms, the school corridors, and the streets of Lagos because history is not only made by the women who lift the trophy. It is also made by the girls who watch them and dare to dream bigger. The Girls Who Watch is now available HERE.

Produced entirely by Deeds Studio, The Girls Who Watch features conversations with captain Rasheedat Ajibade, alongside Jennifer "Joe" Echegini, Asisat Oshoala, and Michelle Alozie. Fittingly, the project was curated by two young girls who dream of becoming Super Falcons themselves.

CREDITS

Editor

Ify Obi

Art Direction

OG Ugwuanyi

Design

Folayemi Davis

Chiamaka Ndebueze

Shalem Onyegbula

Hugo Cavan

Director & Producer

John-Henry Onyedikachi

Project Manager

Toyosi Adeniji

Photography

Wellington Ekeh (Unavailable P)

Adedolapo Salako (BTS)

Franklin Okanu (BTS)

Styling

Uduak Betiku

Momo Hassan-Odukale

Styling Assistants

Ogechiamaka Susan

Ify Ike

Daniel Obaweya

Bianim

Hairstylist

Joke Lawal "Nifemilarj"

Assist Hairstylist

Olanrewaju Aisha

Jimoh Taiba

Make Up Artist

Farian Dada

Assistant MUA

Kehinde Dada Halimah saliu.

Set Design

Orinayo Odubawo

Set Assistants

Ola Adegbuyi

Eniayo Odubawo

Production Runner

John Richard Ekene

Young Footballers

Bernice Bello (F8ballers Africa Football Academy)

Chimaranma Ezumba (Dazzle Football Club)

Courtesy of Angel Salt Sports Development Foundation

Models

Debby Fasingha

Chioma Obiegbu

Amarachi Gladdy

Ifechukwu "Ifé musiq" Mercy Michael

Ogunlana "Solana" Oluwabusolami Habibat

Olajumoke Akins (Belles Modeling Agency)

Favour Okoro (Arual Modeling Agency)

Lead Agency

BWL Agency

Creative Project Manager

Samiat Ajibola

Production Company

Deeds Studio