WSICE 2018: The International Dimension and Gains
The success of the 2018 edition of the Open Door Series/Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange is due largely to the huge number of human resources that participated in the various event items. Aside the 84 student-finalists that,on Friday July 13, wrote the annual essay competition…
‘We Are the Response…Documentary as a Development Ideology’ –Femi Odugbemi
In 2010 Makin Soyinka, Jahman Anikulapo and I founded the I-Represent international documentary film festival in Lagos. Since then, We have made some progress making a case for rebuilding a vibrant documentary cinema culture in Nigeria. Our annual documentary festival has screened over 250 films…
Stephanie Linus-‘Film Makers are Custodians of our Culture’
Stephanie Linus, award winning actress, Nollywood director, and model, said filmmakers have a duty to tell our stories and promote our culture. She was a guest speaker at the Arterial Network Cultural Management Programme, tagged Project Management Review, which was held at the British Council…
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…
Lords of Theatre meets with Wole Soyinka ahead of Lagos Black Heritage Festival 2015
As preparation plans kicks off for the Lagos Black Heritage Festival2015, Wole Oguntokun and a team of season theatre gurus met with Professor Wole Soyinka to draft up plans for 2015 edition of the festival. Among the team that met up with “Kongi” Includes Cultural…