PHOTOS:Oba Ogunwusi and Olori Wuraola Thanksgiving Ceremony at Ile- Ife
The people of Ile-Ife have an Olori. Over the weekend, 12th March 2016, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi got married to Wuraola Obanor, who is now the Olori. As tradition demanded Oba Ogunwusi was not present at the wedding which took place…
Freedom Park Holds Exhibition for Displaced Artists
On 23 January 2016, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) Artists’ Village was invaded by men of the Nigerian Police. The artists who lived and worked in the Village were displaced, and their art works destroyed. Smart Ovie, one of the artists, escaped the…
Goethe-Institut Nigeria and CCA Lagos Opens PEREGRINATE, a Photography Exhibition Today
The exhibition, featuring the works of three photographers: South Africans Thabiso Sekgala and Musa Nxumalo, and Kenyan Mimi Cherono Ng’ok, explores the concept of photography as a common method of investigation, discovery and representation – an act of wandering undertaken by the photographer as traveler…
Poets Celebrate International Women’s Day with Coloured Chalks
Earlier on this week, women all over the world celebrated the International Women’s Day, they were celebrated too, by their male counterparts. At Freedom Park Lagos, Nigeria’ cultural art hub, there was a different kind of celebration. An otherwise regular day at the park changed…
Vision of the Child presents Sisi-Eko @50 Experience
A new phase of Vision of the Child (VoTC) project tagged “Sisi-Eko@50 Experience (SE@50)” has been declared opened to the public from the 8th of March. It will run for a period of 50 days. According to the Project Director, Foluke George, the new phase is designed to engage…
The Life House Presents Woman Rising 2016
The Life House is proud to present Woman Rising 2016 in special celebration of International Women’s Day (IWD)The Life House is an art, culture and lifestyle concept that offers an alternative social experience for residents in Lagos. WOMAN RISING is an integral arts development and…
SISTER ACT… Broadway Musical Comes to Nigeria
World–acclaimed Broadway musical, Sister Act, will berth in Nigeria later this year and will parade an all-Nigerian cast. Dr. Soji Akinkugbe partnered with executives of the South African Waterfront Theatre Company to bring Sister Act, which is regarded as one of the most successful musical…
iREP 2016 Explores Documentary Films as Agents of Change
iREPRESENT, the biggest documentary film festival on the West African coast, is in its sixth edition, and it is scheduled to hold from Thursday 24th to Sunday 27th March 2016, at Freedom Park Lagos. The theme for the 2016 edition of the festival is #CHANGE – Documentary Film as Agent…
Ooni of ile-Ife Visits President Buhari
The Ooni of ile-Ife, HRH Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi(Ogaga II), paid a courtesy visit to President Muhammed Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. It was a historic first meeting for both leaders. He was received by the President and his Vice,Prof,Osibanjo After meeting with the President,…
PhotoHistory: Who Rules the Court now?
There has been a lot of ruffle in the Media recently on who is going to be the head of the Oba council in Yoruba land. Ever since the demise of Ooni Sijuade Olubuse of ile-ife, the new crowned Ooni of ilfe, HRH Oba adeyeye…