WSICE 2018: The International Dimension and Gains
The success of the 2018 edition of the Open Door Series/Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange is due largely to the huge number of human resources that participated in the various event items. Aside the 84 student-finalists that,on Friday July 13, wrote the annual essay competition…
Young Talents Contest For Fashola Photographic Foundation Top Prize
Ten young and talented photographers will participate at an intensive workshop to be facilitated by professional photographers in Lagos and stand a chance to win the top prize for this year’s Fashola Photographic Foundation(FPF) course. Entries by the 10 finalists were adjudged the best at…
WSICE 2018: Prof Wole Soyinka Celebrates 84th Birthday with Cultural Exchange Project for Students
His private residence in the lushforest of Ijegba in Ibara Housing Estate, Kenta Idiaba in Abeokuta became an engaging center of learning for 84 students from the 36 states in Nigeria and also 1000 students from schools all over Ogun State. It was the Professor’s…
Over 60 Documentary Films to be screened at IREP Film Festival in Lagos.
March 22-25, documentary filmmakers and enthusiasts from around Africa and parts of Europe and the West, will converge on Lagos for the 2018 edition of the yearly I-Rep International Documentary Film Festival.Produced by the Foundation for the Development of Documentary Film Festival in Africa,the festival…
Wole Soyinka becomes ‘Honourary Citizen’ of Cap Haitian
……Decorated with ‘Order of Honour and Merit of the Commander’s Rank’ by President Moise …Given Official ‘Key’ to Cap Haitien Yesterday, in Haiti, the Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka was officially decorated as a ‘Honourable Citizen’ of Cap Haitien, capital of the northern region of the…
ASIRI Magazine Presents ‘Colours of our History ‘Art Campaign
ASIRI Magazine, a digital repository with the concern of preserving and promoting the cultural heritage and history of Nigeria is set to embark on the art of telling the Nigeria history in a renewed form, taking heritage and culture to a new level with its…
PHOTOS: Wole Soyinka Receives Haitian State’s Medal of Honour
Busy day in Port au Prince as the Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, is given State reception by the Haitian Government, led by President Monsieur Jovenel MOISE, at the State House yesterday. The first lady of Haiti, and eight cabinet ministers as well as many senior…
ALÁGA Launches ÒSÙKÁ 2018 Furniture Collection
Our fathers told stories to the younger generation under the moonlight and through what was said and heard, cultural values were passed down generations. In these days of technological advancement and inventive ways of impacting knowledge, Alága collection has carved a different niche. Furniture has…
WARIF Set To Tackle Gender-Based Violence through the ARTS
The WARIF ADVOCACY THROUGH ARTS (WTA) is a new initiative by WARIF Foundation which seeks to create awareness; change behavioural patterns; discourage gender-based violence (GBV) in tertiary institutions. With the widespread issue of Gender-based Violence across university campuses today, there is a need to engage…
Challenging Times Forces You To Get Innovative—Munira Shonibare,CEO of IO Furniture
Female furniture maker and Interior designer, Munira Shonibare, has said although it is tough, the challenging times force people to get innovative. Shonibare who began her career as an interior design consultancy firm in 1987, quickly saw a reason to expand into furniture making when…