Arterial Network Nigeria Holds Closing Ceremony/ End-of-year Party in Lagos
With the view to recap and evaluate events of the outgoing year and to draw a realistic framework for 2017, Arterial Network Nigeria has fixed Wednesday December 14 for its closing ceremony/ end-of-year party. The venue is at the Freedom Park Museum Lagos, from 4:00pm…
Lagos@50 Launches “Lagos under the Lens” Celebrating the Lagos Historical Narrative
The directorate of the Lagos@50 Creative Task Force launches Lagos Under the Lens — the film component of the on-going celebration of LAGOS AT 50 (May2016-May2017). Designed to provide opportunity for the motion picture industry to also celebrate Lagos State as hub and capital…
Yinka Shonibare MBE(RA) -‘‘People create barriers for other people, but people in themselves have no limit’’
Three events were held to celebrate the unveiling of Yinka Shonibare MBE (RA) iconic Wind Sculpture VI. The events organised by the British Council, with the kind support of Guaranty Trust Bank, were namely, Cocktail Reception (24 November 2016); Students’ Lecture (25 November 2016); and…
Made in Nigeria; Spoken Word/Theatre Production is back with Dike Chukwumerije
MUSON (The Musical Society of Nigeria) presents Friday Nite Live featuring renowned poet, Dike Chukwumerije’s MADE IN NIGERIA: A Spoken word/Theatre production! This event scheduled to hold on Friday, the 16th of December, 2016 at the MUSON was first experienced in Abuja as an Independence Day…
Yinka Shonibare MBE (RA), “I be naija proper o, I still remember my broken English”
A cocktail reception was held in honour of Yinka Shonibare MBE (RA), at Ndubuisi Kanu Park Ikeja, Lagos. The event which was held on the 24 November was to mark Mr. Shonibare’s first ever exhibition in Nigeria. The evening started with Mr Shonibare acting as…
“Our obsession with the Nobel Prize diminishes us’’ – Okey Ndibe
At a book chat session on Saturday, 19 November, the writer Okey Ndibe said, ‘Our obsession with the Nobel Prize (for literature) diminishes us (Africans)’’. The book session had Kola Tubosun as the moderator, and Congolese novelist, Alain Mabanckou, as the other member of the…
Afropolitan Vibes goes large with first ever music festival
After nearly four years, 43 editions and over 150 guest artists, Afropolitan Vibes goes large with its FIRST EVER music festival in the third weekend of December.Afropolitan Vibes Music Festival will take place on Friday December 16th and Saturday December when you can expect two…
Brymo, Falana, and Adunni Nefretiti Kick-off Ake with Mercurial Performances
Ake festival kicked off yesterday with a bang. For most of the festival initiates ASIRI interviewed, all their preliminary expectations have been met. How can it not? When the virtuosity of Brymo’s singing brought the metaphorical roof of Hubert Ogunde’s hall down. But Brymo was…
Lagos Book and Art Festival 2017 get’s Theme and Date
At the end of a four-day fun-filled “fiesta of Ideas and Life”, the 18th edition of the Lagos Book & art Festival, LABAF adjourned to next year, which would be its 19th edition and focusing on the theme: ERUPTIONS: Global FRACTURES & Collective Humanism”. The…
We have potential of developing Tourism in Abeokuta –Lola Shoneyin
The 2016 Ake Arts and Book Festival is here again, and without a doubt, it is becoming one of the most glamorous book festivals in Africa. A lot of people wonder why book lovers from all over Africa leave their beloved nations to come to…