Art

Nigerian Okeke wins 2022 James Currey Prize for African Literature

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

The James Currey Prize for African Literature is an annual award for the best-unpublished work of fiction written in English…

Why Edo remains cradle of culture, innovation, creativity in Africa – Obaseki

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Obaseki said Edo is developing systems and infrastructure and is taking advantage of its unique opportunity in terms of location…

Purple reveals artist commission, first of a series of exhibitions for PurpleArt

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

Purple, Nigeria's breakthrough real estate investment platform, has revealed details of PurpleArt, a new initiative to support Nigeria's growing art…

Displacement and collective memory in Ifowodo’s Augusta’s Poodle

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

By Nehru Odeh The child is father of the man; and I could wish my days to be bound…

Master of Meditation, Gurudev Sri charges Nigerians to pursue peace at Culture Festival 2022

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

The Festival opened with awe-inspiring performances from local and international artists including the Drum Ensemble, Syrian Dancers and the National…

Why I attacked Salman Rushdie – Hadi Matar

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

By Nehru Odeh Hadi Matar, the 24-year-old man who attacked famous novelist Salman Rushdie, has said the biggest reason for…

I’m still getting threat messages over my Biafra book – Uwem Akpan

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Akpan gave graphic details of how Biafran soldiers oppressed the minorities whom they accused of being saboteurs and subject them…

Jackson, Brenda Fassie, Lennon, Kizz Daniel: Why superstars fall into infamy

Ademola Adegbamigbe

4 years ago

“Don’t gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver and gold,” Marley once advised. Surrounded by…

Salman Rushdie: The writer who hardly sleeps with two eyes closed

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Rushdie is a multiple award-winning novelist, whose fame goes beyond borders and break boundaries, even though his freedom has been…

The unbearable memory of loss in Saddiq Dzukogi’s Your Crib, My Qibla

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Dzukogi’s collection of poems, Your Crib, My Qibla is indeed a journey not just into lyrical sound but one laced…

‘Vibrant Africa: The Rising Rhythm’ – Culture Festival 2022 to hold August 19-21 in Lagos

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

Art of Living Foundation is the world's largest educational and humanitarian organisation, with the single motive to create a stress-free…

Davido/Portable: The limits of influencer marketing

Ademola Adegbamigbe

4 years ago

Akin Olaniyan writes that the comments he had read question the morality of popular musicians throwing their star power behind…

Jimi Solanke at 80, ” Our Evergreen Folk Master”

Ademola Adegbamigbe

4 years ago

Born July 4, 1942, Olujimi Solanke, a native of Ipara Remo, the Baba Agba, African culture ambassador extraordinaire, trained at…

Bob Marley’s Ride Natty Ride

Ademola Adegbamigbe

4 years ago

By the time we were settling down to getting the full blast of heat from his red hot, scorching fame…

A daughter’s search for her father, how a country found its missing pages

Ademola Adegbamigbe

4 years ago

When Nigerien filmmaker, Amina Mamani, lost her father Mamani Abdoulaye, novelist, writer, poet, activist and politician in a rather extenuating…

Famous highlife musician Osayomore Joseph is dead

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Osayomore Joseph was an electric highlife musician whose music ruled the air waves in the late 1980s, 90s and the…

Bestselling writer George Lamming dies at 94

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

By Nehru Odeh George Lamming, renowned Barbadian novelist, poet, essayist and author of the critically-acclaimed novel, In the Castle of…

#EndSARS: How Nigerians forced British author to retract claim on ‘Soro Soke’

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Soro Soke' is a phrase of Yoruba origin meaning 'speak out' or 'speak louder.' And it gained prominence, becoming a…

Silent Journeys and Cultural Memory: A detailed review of ‘ Òde Àpẹ̀rìn ‘ by Shogo Olalekan Uthman

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

Olu Ajayi is an artist and art reviewer with over 40 years experience in studio practice and art administration. He…

Deborah: Atiku lost a great opportunity – Okey Ndibe

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Deborah was lynched and burnt by Muslim fanatics who had accused her of blasphemy on Thursday 12 May, 2022.

Arrow of God, others chosen for The Big Jubilee Read

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

The Big Jubilee Read spearheaded by BBC Arts and The Reading Agency celebrates great reads from across the Commonwealth, to…

Short fiction prize in honour of Earl Lovelace debuts

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Entries for the Earl Lovelace Short Fiction Prize will open on 11th, April, 2022.

Chimamanda to release new book

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Chimamanda wrote Mama’s Sleeping Scarf for her daughter, who was three years old at the time. The story, energetic and…

Nigerian writer Iduma among winners of 2022 Windham-Campbell Prize

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Other winners of 2022 Windham-Campbell Prize include Pulitzer prize-winning Margo Jefferson, the trailblazing playwright Winsome Pinnock, and PEN Pinter prize-winning…

Obari Gomba wins 2022 PAWA Poetry Prize

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Gomba was announced as the winner after beating other five shortlisted Nigerians in a virtual ceremony on 3 March 2022.

‘Fix Politics’ movie challenges Nigerians on 2023 election

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

By Nehru Odeh When popular spoken word and performance artist Dike Chukwumerije published his poem, Fix the Politics, in 2020,…

How Soyinka influenced my writing career – Onyeka Nwelue

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Onyeka Nwelue, currently a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford instituted the annual James Currey Prize for the best-unpublished…

Linda Enakeme Ofukeme Dominguez: The Voyage of a Change Agent

Taiwo Okanlawon

4 years ago

By Preye Campbell Linda Enakeme Ofukeme Dominguez, (also known as Naijalife or Senora K) was born in November 1981 in…

1957: How Nnamdi Azikiwe Helped Sidney Poitier in Enugu

Ademola Adegbamigbe

4 years ago

Sidney Poitier, the Black Hollywood legend who died on Thursday 6 January 2022 visited Enugu in 1957 for a movie,…

The amazing life of Sidney Poitier, the first black Hollywood star

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

The youngest of seven children, Sidney Poitier was born several months premature on 20 February 1927. He was so tiny…

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