The Quest for Superior Spirituality
The Quest for the Spirituality closest to God has been lingering for centuries, since the beginning of the world. Today’s world, which was previously called a Divinosphere; was a project of God created for depopulating the heavens. This was first tested by Patron Divinity based on…
40 Years after FESTAC, the African Culture and Design Festival (ACDF) Beckons
Africa’s rich cultural heritage can no longer be overlooked or viewed remotely from discriminatory and narrow foreign perspectives. We as a continent have been able to not only preserve our art but, express our originality through various means and channels such as entertainment, fashion…
PICTURES:Third Festival Colloquium with the Ooni of ile-ife. Celebrating Lagos at 50.
The third Edition of the Festival Colloquium for the Lagos at 50 Festival came but its memories and impact on the people that attended the event would remain fresh as ever. The event started a little behind schedule ,at about 1.27Pm,Dignitaries,Government Officials,Royal fathers and the…
Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey to Perform at 2016 African Festivals of Arts in Chicago
(CHICAGO)–For 27 years, Africa International House (AIH) has brought the African Diaspora to the U.S.with their unique cultural celebration, the African Festival of the Arts(AFA). Held each Labor Day weekend in Chicago, the Festival offers a glimpse into the many unique treasures of the African…
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…
Yoruba Arts Festival Returns to Clissold Park, Hackney London.
Yoruba Arts Festival returns to Clissold Park, Hackney London for its 7th year, celebrating the rich, vibrant and colorful, Yoruba Arts and Culture. Featuring Cultural performances, workshops, African market, competitions, Fashion show, children’s activities, African and West Indian food, DJ’s, live music and guest Artists….
Qudus Onikeku’s “We Almost Forgot” To be Premiered in Lagos and Abuja
He’s been described as the biggest thing in the contemporary dance art world. The grand premiere of his world acclaimed performance ‘We Almost Forgot’ was a huge success last week at the Ballhaus Naunynstrasse. Berlin. Germany. He took dance and art to a whole new…
Lai Mohammed Says National Theatre Not For Sale
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the National Theatre at Iganmu will not be sold. He said this on Saturday 9th January 2016, when he visited Prof. Wole Soyinka in his office at Freedom Park, Broad Street, Lagos. Previous governments from…
Art Forum Africa Presents “Where Are The Women In Visual Arts”?
Recurring research on artists’ representation in galleries and at art sales shows that women are less visible in the art scene. Female artists are underrepresented in the markets as well as in discourse, and this consequently limits the narrative and the market, and bereaves all…
Olúrónbí Ati Igi Ìrókó
There is no year the Egbeda community doesn’t celebrate Ikole festival. The period is a time dedicated to cleaning the Orowe stream the only source of drinking water, and its’ environs particularly the fat trunk of an Ìrókó tree that stands in the middle of…