Solving the Jollof Rice Mystery with WOLOF/JOLLOF Exhibition
The solo exhibition *WOLOF/JOLLOF* by the Nigerian-born sculptor Folakunle Oshun, curated by Inês Valle will share several stories and tastes that emerge from one of the most beloved Nigerian dishes the ‘Jollof Rice’, through his most recent collaborative work on display at the *National Museum,…
@TRAVELNEXTDOOR TAKES TOURISTS TO OGUNDE MUSEUM
To wrap up a busy year of promoting domestic travel, @TravelNextDoor in partnership with ASIRI and The Sole Adventurer are organising a day-long excursion on Saturday 19 December 2015 to the Ososa country home of the late thespian, filmmaker and musician, the late Hubert Ogunde….
Throwback Indigenous Content on Tunde Kelani Tv
Have you watched YEEPA, TI OLUWA N’ILE, THE NARROW PATH, among others? Have you seen Prof Wole Soyinka speak Yoruba language? Do you know about Susanne Wenger, AKA Adunni Olorisa? Check out all these and more on www.tundekelani.tv …and WATCH OUT for something exciting on…
Renegade Theatre Present “The Chibok Girls:Our Story” Stage Play
This play centers around the abduction of more than two hundred girls from their school dormitory in Chibok on the night of the 14th of April 2014. There had been previous kidnappings by the insurgent group, Boko Haram, but none on such a scale and…
The Mystical Side of Iyoba Idia
Esigie’s reign lasted from about 1501 to 1555. During the reign of Oba Esigie in 1504 He added Idah a neighbouring ‘state’ lying between Benin and Benue to the empire. The Oba like all his predecessors sent his mother to reside at lower Uselu and…
Art Forum Africa Presents “Where Are The Women In Visual Arts”?
Recurring research on artists’ representation in galleries and at art sales shows that women are less visible in the art scene. Female artists are underrepresented in the markets as well as in discourse, and this consequently limits the narrative and the market, and bereaves all…
Ìjàpá àti Babaláwo Ìlú Àjété
This is one of the oldest folklore in Yoruba land, so old that this story has become a yard stick in teaching moral lessons, quick thinking, intelligence and wit over the years. However, there is this other side of the story while as kids, we…
PHOTOS: “They Have Asked Us To Smile” Exhibition at LABAF2015 by MildRed Studios
The 2015 Lagos Book and Arts Festival has come and gone,but its exciting memories will be with us for a long time.One of the amazing events at the just concluded LABAF is the “The have asked us to smile” exhibition curated by Nkechi Nwosu-Igbo .Facilitated by…
Video:Brymo “In The City”
Amazing, captivating and the right message needed right now with all the recent happenings all around the world. “How soon will help from heaven come soon” Video to the song titled “In The City” original Soundtrack to the movie titled “No Good Turn” produced and…
“Ake Festival is about arts and the representation of people whose work we push” Lola Shoneyin
The 2015 Ake Arts and Book Festivals (AABF) is a couple of days away and gradually, momentum has spiked in terms of publicity as the literary feast prepares to take the world by storm. At the press conference held at the White Space hotel, Journalists…