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…
Between Olu Jacobs, Wole Soyinka and Jimi Solanke
A Veteran actor, a Nobel laureate and a Prolific story teller respectively. All three are well known for their various contributions to the arts in Nigeria, Africa and the world. Apart from their connection with the arts, what a lot of people don’t know about…
Hubert Adedeji Ogunde Resurrects at Lagos Black Heritage Festival
“Father of Modern Cinema”Sir Hubert Ogunde came alive during the just concluded Lagos Black Heritage Festival 2015. On display at the Kongi Harvest Exhibition room at Freedom Park Lagos, was the late actor’s Memorabilia and personal artifacts which drew lots of people eager to learn…
Boat Regatta at the Lagos Black Heritage Festival 2015
The day’s event was a compilation of different series which showcased the true African heritage,and the celebrating of the richness of Lagos aquatic splendor and greatness. There was music which as a universal language ushered in the boat display from different cultural groups who paraded…
Colorful Masquerade Street Procession at the Lagos Black Heritage Festival 2015
Day 1 of the 2015 Lagos Black Heritage Festival saw more than its expected turn out, as people from different works of life came around to enjoy the celebration of culture, arts and tradition. Right on schedule before the event was declared opened by the…
Prof Wole Soyinka supervising drama rehearsals for Lagos Black Heritage Festival 2015
The Lagos Black Heritage Festival 2015 is on its way,and again it promises to be a grand festival of arts and culture;Celebrating Dance,Drama and the very best of diverse cultural heritage in Nigeria Festival Consultant,Prof Wole Soyinka was seen making sure perfection is the order…
Distressed History;Wole Soyinka,Obi of Ontisha Moves In To Save Historical Landmarks.
In the morning of January 29th 2015, Prof Wole Soyinka and HRM Alfred Achebe (The Obi of Onitsha) jointly visited the former National Archives on Broad Street to witness the level of negligence and decay that has pervaded the historic resource centre. This came days…
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…