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,…
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…
Press Release: Celebrating Wole Soyinka at 83
The producers of Open Door Series ProjectWSare pleased to announce commencement of 8th edition of the annual Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange Project, WSICE 2017, which will hold July 12 -15 in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The theme for this year is INTOLERANCE: THE BURDEN OF…
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…
Ngugi wa Thiong’o To Headline Ake Festival 2016 in Abeokuta
Literary giant, Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, will headline the 2016 Ake Festival. For lovers of literature and the arts, the festival which starts from the 15th and ends on the 19th November, is not an event to miss. It will take place at the Arts and…
EXCLUSIVE- Alake visits Egba Diaspora in the US
The Alake of Egbaland, His Royal Majesty Oba Michael Aremu Adedotun Gbadebo III, is on a tour of the United States. The tour which began on 10 Saturday 2016, at the north western state Oregon, would continue to other states. We gathered that the reason…
Professor Femi Osofisan, Prof.Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka others to Speak at WSICE2016. Soyinka at 82.
Immense progress has been made so far in the preparations for the Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange Project as confirmation has started coming in from invited guests while the secondary school students having submitted their pre-screening essays, are set for the non-competitive essay holding on…
WSICE2016: All Roads Leads to “Ijegba Forest” for Wole Soyinka at 82
The annual WOLE SOYINKA INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL EXCHANGE (WSICE) will hold July 13 and 14, 2016. As is traditional to the project in past six years, it is to coincide with the 82nd birthday anniversary of the Nobel laureate, Professor Oluwole Akinwande Soyinka, who is the…
“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…
Ake Arts And Book Festival 2015 “Engaging the Fringe”
The third edition of Ake Arts and Book Festival will take place at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto-Abeokuta, from 17-21 November, 2015. The theme is-Engaging the Fringe and Dialogue and will focus on the genres and creative endeavor that do not get the same…