First Bank Nigeria Partners with Freedom Park Lagos for First@Arts Initiative
Promoting history, culture and arts, the bar was raised higher yesterday when Nigeria’s oldest and biggest financial institution First Bank Nigeria agreed to partner with one of the biggest art, culture and creative hub in Nigeria; Freedom Park Lagos. Discussions on this partnership have been…
Documentary Film ‘Onunaekwuluora! The legacy of Thurstan Shaw’
The extra-ordinary story of Thurstan Shaw as told by Emeka Ed Keazor in this amazing documentary sees the life of man who gave all to improve and create a foundation for Igbo History in Nigeria. The documentary has a long unpublished footage of the Igbo-Ukwu…
TOSINGER ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF HER DEBUT STUDIO ALBUM ‘ORGANICALLY SINGING’
Are You Ready for this? Organically Singing will be available July 27 2015 on iTunes, CDBaby, Amazon and all other digital outlets. Physical copies at www.tosinger.com July 2015 – Following the release of an EP of 6 tracks titled ‘FINALLY’ in 2012 and the AfroSpire Demo in 2013;…
WSICE 2015 Wraps up in Grand Style With “Kongi’s Harvest”
Arts lovers across the country and beyond converged Tuesday to watch Crown Troupe of Africa perform Soyinka’s ” Kongi Harvest” as part of wrap-up events of the Wole Soyinka International Culture Exchange(WSICE)2015, commemorating the icon’s 81st Birthday in Abeokuta. The audience saw the play in…
Afro-beat King,Femi Kuti Shares Stage With Son On Tour
Afro-beat king Femi Anikulapo Kuti is on tour in Europe preaching the gospel of Afro beat and unity. Last night in Bristol the Afro-beat king shared the same stage with his first son Made as they gave an amazing performance that left the crowd screaming…
Freedom Park Lagos Wins TripAdvisor Award Of Excellence
The Nigeria hottest culture and history spot was recently awarded TripAdvisor Award for Excellence following consistent roles in the promotion of Arts, Culture and Tourism in Lagos since inception in 2010. Built in 1882 with £16,000 Shillings, the former Her Majesty prison was an important…
Professor Akinwande Oluwole “Wole” Babatunde Soyinka Clocks 81 Today
The Nobel laurel clocks 81 today,born on July 13 1934. Happy Birthday Professor Akinwande Oluwole “Wole” Babatunde Soyinka.We celebrate you today sir. #GreatOne #gREATMinds #KONgi #1st .We will be bringing you exclusive pictures from the celebration that will be going on in Ijegba(Home residence…
UR4Africa Unveils “Africa Hero’s” Themed Mobile Mural in Lagos
The event celebrates the completion of a mobile mural project that students and artists involved in Public Art Nigeria had been working on since April. This mural honors the lives of Africans who have used their talents, skills and/or politics to push for the human…
WS81:Celebrating Wole Soyinka at 81
The 2015 edition of the yearly Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange (WSICE) project has been scheduled to hold from July 12 to the 14th. The annual programme was initiated in 2010 and debuted on the 76th birthday anniversary of the Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka…
WSICE2015: Aunty Thea,Noma Sodipo to Mentor Children Through Storytelling in Abeokuta
Storytelling is known to imbibe moral values through its didactic lessons. It is against this backdrop the genre is part of lined-up events to celebrate the iconic status of Black Africa’s only Nobel laureate of Literature, Professor Wole Soyinka in Abeokuta during this year’s edition…