Olandria Lashae Carthen, popularly known as “Bama Barbie”, stepped into Lagos yesterday and people online were already talking.
The American reality-TV personality and model arrived in Nigeria ahead of Rolling Stone Africa’s “Culture on Culture” experience set to hold at Club FOMO on May 22—a nightlife and creative gathering expected to pull together music, fashion, media, and pop culture personalities in Lagos. 
For many people who followed Love Island USA season seven, Olandria’s rise over the past year has felt fast but still intentional. She entered the show in 2025 as one of its contestants and finished as a runner-up alongside Nic Vansteenberghe, with their relationship later becoming one of the season’s most talked-about dynamics online.
That attention took her beyond reality-TV audiences and into fashion campaigns, magazine covers, and brand partnerships within months, as a lot of Black women resonated with her confidence, visibility, and growing presence in fashion spaces. Now, that momentum has brought her to Lagos.
And Lagos is the kind of city that fits this moment perfectly. Over the last few years, the city’s nightlife and creative scene have increasingly become part of global pop culture attention. International artists, influencers, fashion figures, and content creators now regularly move through Lagos, drawn to the music scene, fashion culture, and nightlife.
The event itself is being hosted through a collaboration between Rolling Stone Africa and Club FOMO as part of the platform’s “Culture on Culture” series—a growing nightlife and creative initiative built around exploring cities, music scenes, nightlife, and youth culture across Africa.
Tickets sold out in 29 minutes, speak of star power!
Rolling Stone Africa described the experience as one focused on the “energy, music, and people”, which reflects the Lagos nightlife where music, fashion, and social presence often blend into one experience after dark.
The Lagos edition is also tied to the 10th-anniversary celebration of House of SOTA, an Afro-continental-inspired fashion brand known for designs created around African body shapes and everyday styling.
With Avion listed among the sponsors and anticipation already building online, attention now shifts to what the night itself will look like once Lagos nightlife, Rolling Stone Africa, fashion culture, and one of reality television’s newest breakout names finally meet in the same room.
WRITTEN BY LAWANSON REBECCA
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