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…
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…
Meet The Artist:Dare Adenuga. Artist with no Boundaries
When his works first caught our interest we doubted if it was done by a Nigerian. His attention to detail, his use of colours, and how he employed this mix, was, to it keep short: simply mind blowing. The reason particular this edition is tagged…
LABAF2016: CORA Book Trek Hosts Molara Wood at Quintessence,Ikoyi
Plans are on the way for the biggest book fiesta in Nigeria; the Lagos Book & Arts Festival (Labaf) 2016 and as usual, heralding the festival is a Book Trek that features book reading by prominent, pro-literacy campaign Nigerians and notable authors who have made…
Ethnik: Aso Oke In A Contemporary Fashion Space
Ethnik has an array of Afro-styled fashion collections; home accessories, sneakers, boots and sandals, all handmade from Aso Oke, designed with today’s fads in mind. Ethnik is re imagining Aso Oke within Africa’s contemporary fashion landscape at home and in the diaspora. Regarded as the…
Lagos,Oshodi Tapa and Inverted Slaves: Response to Oshodi Tapa Family
My attention has been drawn to the press statement issued by the Oshodi Tapa family titled, “Oshodi Tapa wasn’t a slave of Oba Kosoko, says family” (The Guardian* 6th May 2015) which is a response to my review of Prof Adeyemo Elebute’s magnificent biography: “The…
Orunmila is not a god, he’s a Philosopher like Socrates”- Prof Sophie Oluwole
Prof Sophie Oluwole is an emeritus professor of African Philosophy and a world leading expert in African history and cultural studies.Speaking at the just concluded 40th anniversary of Quintessence Gallery, Lagos, the vibrant Professor cleared the air on the misconceptions about African culture and religious…
MURDERER ON THE LOOSE: THE BIRTH OF LAW AND ORDER IN THE COLONY OF LAGOS
In 1862, eleven years after his defeat at the five day war of Lagos with the British, King Kosoko renounced any further claim to the throne as well as sovereignty over the eastern districts and the ports of Leckie and Palma. The British colonial government…
TOSINGER ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF HER DEBUT STUDIO ALBUM ‘ORGANICALLY SINGING’
Are You Ready for this? Organically Singing will be available July 27 2015 on iTunes, CDBaby, Amazon and all other digital outlets. Physical copies at www.tosinger.com July 2015 – Following the release of an EP of 6 tracks titled ‘FINALLY’ in 2012 and the AfroSpire Demo in 2013;…
John Wilson Brown’s Gift to King Jaja Of Opobo in 1877
ASIRI Presents Secrets of from the Ancient Kingdom of Opobo. The town of Opobo in the 16th Century was a slave port and a commercial sport for the British,the rise of Oil in the area gave birth to trade between people of Opobo. King Jaja…