WSICE kicks off Three State Tour to Celebrate Wole Soyinka at 85
The annual Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange, WSICE clocks 10 on July 13, 2019, having staged its maiden edition in July 2010 – to mark the 76th birthday anniversary of Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Akinwande Soyinka, who is also 85 on July 13, 2019. The WSICE,…
Re-commitment to Humanity: Ooni of Ife Meets holds Private Meeting with Wole Soyinka
Stemming from his deep concern with the alarming drift of the Nigerian nation into a dysfunctional state on multiple levels of citizenship, community belonging, security and productive opportunities, the Ooni of Ile-Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has continued his search for solutions through a visit…
ASIRI Magazine Presents Colours of Naija Festivals Campaign
One important thing about festivals is their constant reminder of the importance and beauty of a country’s culture and heritage. In a country as vast as Nigeria, there are over 31 listed cultural festivals in Nigeria and over 89 unlisted. These festivals propel our cultural…
Another Ben Enwonwu Art piece Discovered!!!! The story of Christine Elizabeth Davis
This is a fantastic story of discovery surrounding a lost work by one of the most revered African artists of the 20th century, Ben Enwonwu. The portrait left Nigeria in 1978 and has remained in the possession of a family in Texas ever since. Entirely…
SBMEN Announces Its Practical Editing Workshop for Magazines and Digital Platforms This June
The Board of Trustees and Management of the Society of Book and Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN) are proud to announce it will be holding its second editing workshop for the year themed: Editing for Magazines and Digital Platforms. It is scheduled to hold from…
ARDA Celebrates International Women’s Month with JP Clark’s “Wives Revolt” on Stage.
ARDA, the foremost Development Communication NGO, with over 20 years of changing norms and behaviours through drama and entertainment, is excited to celebrate International Women’s Month with the production of The Wives’ Revolt, a stage play by the literary icon, JP Clark. When a small…
Veteran Nigerian Film Makers showcase films at IREP International Film Festival 2019
Over 50 films will be screened in the course of the festival; carefully curated from over 100 submissions by local and international filmmakers. Films came in from nearly all parts of Africa and the Diaspora. Remarkably, more films were submitted this year by Nigerian (Nigeria-based)…
Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Sale Sets New Action Record with Toyin Ojih Odutola
This month, at Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale in London, a new auction record was set for Nigerian artist Toyin Ojih Odutola. The latest in a string of world records achieved for Nigerian artists by the auction house, Odutola’s Selective Histories from 2016 soared to…
IREP International Documentary 2019 Gets Bigger for its 9th Edition in Lagos.
The 2019 iREPRESENT International Documentary Film Festival is the ninth edition of the popular annual festival, which is the biggest on the West African coast and it is scheduled to hold from Thursday 21st to Sunday 24th March 2019, at Freedom Park, Broad Street, Lagos,…
Art Exhibition – Re-Imaging Futures: A Trans-Nigerian Conversation
Through photography, film, writing and conversations, Nigerian artists question the borders within and beyond which Nigerianness exists. Between Feb 9th and March 9th, 2019, the Nigerian Railway Corporation Yard, Yaba Lagos will host Re-Imaging Futures: A Trans-Nigerian Conversation; an art exhibition that showcases works created…