Lagos Book and Art Festival 2014 Monatge #LABAF2014
Its is the 16th Lagos Book and Art Festival 2014..Are you ready for the Biggest African Book Festival in Nigeria? 3 days of unlimited fun,networking and great discussions. Guest of this year’s Festival is Prof.Wole Soyinka See Montage Here:
PHOTO HISTORY ARCHIVES:: The Benin New York Times Report of 1897
This is a page in New York Times, Jan. 21, 1897. The aftermath of this was the notorious Benin Expedition of 1897. The attack on the Benin Kingdom was carried out on 9-18 February 1897 #Benin #Edo #Nigeria #Culture. The Palace of the Oba of…
Exhibition: Aso Oke- The Woven Beauty by Tunde Owolabi
*AsoOke – The Woven Beauty* is an exhibition aimed at depicting the cultural value, significance and beauty of Aso-Oke, a fabric that originates from the Yoruba culture of Nigeria. It is the fabric without which kings cannot be crowned and a bride’s look is lacking….
Lords of Theatre meets with Wole Soyinka ahead of Lagos Black Heritage Festival 2015
As preparation plans kicks off for the Lagos Black Heritage Festival2015, Wole Oguntokun and a team of season theatre gurus met with Professor Wole Soyinka to draft up plans for 2015 edition of the festival. Among the team that met up with “Kongi” Includes Cultural…
HOW IFA ANNOUNCED THE COMING OF TOWNSEND; THE BIRTH OF CHRISTIANITY IN NIGERIA.
Synonymous with the traditions of Yoruba land, divination beads are cast every morning at the King palace to find out what the future holds not only for the king’s household but for his people. On a fateful morning, in the household of Sodeke, Balogun of…
Photo Memories: Wole Soyinka, Susanne Wenger-Adunni Olorisha and Ulli Beier
Celebrating the lives of those of have impacted the Cultural art scene in Nigeria. Today’s Picture we have Prof Wole Soyinka, Susanne Wenger-Adunni Olorisha and Ulli Beier in Krems Austria, 1995. The Couple (Susanne Wenger and Ulli Beier) got married in 1949,same year Ulli was…
PHOTOS: MUSON Festival Jazz Night,the Magic of BEZ and Imoleayo
The bar was raised last night at the MUSON Festival Jazz Night,a night that brought all the crème de la crème of Lagos out of their comfort zone to listen to good jazz tunes. The event was opened by composer-arranger and wonderful saxophonist Imoleayo Balogun…
Felabration2014 Review: The Breathing Legacy of “Anikulapo”
Years after Fela’s death, his legacy still lives in the hearts of Nigerians evident in the unfolding incidents in our country and Africa at large which he ‘prophesied’. His art, struggle, passion and patriotism are now being celebrated all over the world through Broadway shows,…
PHOTOS: SPAN Makes a Grand Appearance at the 2014 MUSON Festival
It was a day for creativity at its best through the art of dance. The Society for Performing Arts in Nigeria (SPAN) which is a registered non-governmental organization committed to delivering world-class performing arts education in Nigeria conducted a workshop aimed at instructing and enlightening…
PHOTOS: JAGUA NANA –THE MUSICAL PREMIERES AT THE MUSON FESTIVAL 2014
Agip Recital Hall of the MUSON Centre played host to lover of arts, artistes,scholars, students and artisans who trooped out enmasse to watch the much anticipated musical by Wole Oguntokun ‘Jagua Nana’ an adaptation of Cyprian Ekwensi’s book. ‘Jagua Nana‘ is a story about the…