{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/669b7caefbb02ee946751d7d/6a934b13b11fad09666c0c56?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"#46 - Anthony Azekwoh: What Covenant University Did to Me — And Why I Still Said No","description":"<p>In this episode of Sound Mind Podcast, Tolu Afilaka sits with artist and sculptor Anthony Azekwoh.</p><p>They go back to Covenant University — the viral essay, the disciplinary hearing, the relegation, and the years that followed. Anthony shares how speaking up almost destroyed his life, how he watched friends graduate from an Airbnb, and why high blood pressure at 18 became part of the story.</p><p>He also talks about leaving chemical engineering for art, why graphic design was only a gateway, and why he refused when the same school later invited him back after he became successful.</p><p>A raw conversation about art, punishment, survival, and the cost of telling the truth.</p><p><br></p><p>Anthony Azekwoh, Covenant University, Nigerian artist, sculptor, viral essay, relegated from school, Sound Mind Podcast, Tolu Afilaka, leaving engineering for art</p><p><br></p><p>#AnthonyAzekwoh #CovenantUniversity #SoundMindPodcast #NigerianArtist #Sculpture #CreativeJourney</p>","author_name":"TOLU AFILAKA"}