Ake Arts and Book Festival Calls For Submissions
The Ake Arts and Book Festival has just announced the Ake/Air France 2015 Prize for Prose and Photography. We call upon the literary and cultural community for submissions as Air France is flying three winners from anywhere in Africa to the Ake Festival. It’s an…
Destinations; Olumo Rock, The Pride of Abeokuta
Olumo rock is located in Abeokuta the Ogun state capital. Sitting on a large expanse of land with massive rock formation, it is perhaps the most popular and one of the most prestigious tourist sites in Ogun state and Nigeria, at large. The rock dates back to…
Video: Prof Wole Soyinka Speaks in Yoruba Language
Rare,interesting and captivating. Professor Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka is one of the world’s leading authority of the English language, a literature world authority and Nigeria’s only Nobel laureate He’s known for his expression of the English language and not a lot of people have heard…
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…
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…
6 Amazing Spots in Abeokuta ,A City Beyond The Rocks
Abeokuta is no doubt one of Nigeria’s amazing town,culturally and historically rich. Over the years this town has been tagged the gateway of Nigeria’s civilization. The town is full of myths,legends and cultural history that will surprise you. Evagrin Koncepts recently put together a colorful…
Wole Soyinka Premieres “Beatification of Area Boy” in Lagos
Memories of what happened during the just concluded Lagos Black Heritage Festival 2015 is still fresh in the minds of the people who trooped down to Freedom Park Lagos to enjoy the festival. One of the biggest highlight of the stage play is the premier…
Wole Soyinka’s “Ake” The Film is here
Official trailer of the film adaptation of Wole Soyinka’s world famous childhood memoir AKE and historical chronicle of Nigeria’s colonial era is finally released.The film itself is completed, due for early release in 2015. Directed by Dapo Adeniyi. See Trailer here :
DiasporaBuzz:The Beauty of the Abeokuta in Jamaica.
I know what you’re thinking right now,Abeokuta in Jamaica? How come? The Abeokuta Private Nature Park is a Heritage, Health and Eco-Tourist Attraction located in Dean’s Valley Westmoreland Jamaica, commissioned on the 5th of January 2003 by the Nigerian High Commissioner, Her Excellency Florentina Ukonga….