Providus Bank World Poetry Day 2025: A Cross-Cultural Celebration of Poetic Excellence
The 6th edition of the Providus Bank World Poetry Day Café: An Evening with Wole Soyinka will hold on Friday, March 21, 2025, at the Terra Kulture Arena, Victoria Island, Lagos. This year’s celebration takes on a profound global dimension, as it commemorates the beginning of…
Lessons of Isese: Statement by WOLE SOYINKA
Renowned Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, Engages in Thought-Provoking Discourse at Lagos Island’s Freedom Park In a captivating and intellectually stimulating event held yesterday at Freedom Park, Lagos Island, Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka took centre stage to engage in a compelling public exchange. The…
Wole Soyinka to headline CORA BookTrek
The Committee for Relevant Art (CORA) is co-hosting Professor Wole Soyinka to an afternoon of readings, conversations and signings around his latest published collection of verses. The book is titled: Selected Poems (1965-2022): A Retrospective, by Wole Soyinka. It is published by Bookcraft Africa. CORA’s sixth…
Biyi Bandele: So Shocking, So Unexpected
From his humble yet colourful beginnings in Kafanchan, Southern Kaduna to his journey of creative restlessness that would later earn him his international recognition in storytelling, Biyi Bandele, the iconic playwright, novelist, screenwriter and movie director has inadvertently left the world with the burden of…
Terra Kulture to Celebrate Nigeria at 6O Independence with ‘Cycles of Fashion’ Exhibition
As part of the commemoration of Nigeria’s diamond jubilee, Terra Kulture in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture shall be hosting a series of multimedia exhibitions intended to explore the different ways socio-cultural influences have influenced and continue to influence the forging…
WSICE 2020 Virtual Exhibition: Celebrating Wole Soyinka at 86
The WSICE 2020 Programme takes a new bearing this year due to the global COVID-19pandemic ravaging the world. Not disturbed by this distraction, however, the project is moving its vigor to a virtual space. This also goes for the Program Exhibition which will be held…
OF CANCERS AND MEDIA REPORTAGE. Wole Soyinka Reacts to BBC Feature Programme
Prof. Wole Soyinka’s has reacted to the BBC feature programme titled “Nobel winner Wole Soyinka’s journey with prostate cancer” which was published on the BBC website two days ago. This is Prof’s Statement on the manner in which the reportage was misconstrued: Here we go…
LABAF Festival 2019 set to Honour Wole Soyinka, Tunji Oyelana, Theo Lawson and Others
The Committee for Relevant Art, CORA directorate is pleased to announce her “Arthouse Honourees” for the 2019 Lagos Book & Art Festival, LABAF scheduled to take place from 4-10 November 2019 at the Freedom Park, Lagos. It is the 21st edition of the week-long annual…
Ijegba Amphi Theatre transforms to full Creative Hub,Host Residencies for Artists
From Wednesday October 10 through the 12th, the ‘Ijegba Amphi theatre’ ensconced in the forested area of Ibara Housing Estate, Abeokuta, Ogun State, will be animated with a new residency programme that is capable of shooting up its profile as a hub for intense creative…
Wole Soyinka’s Former Residence in OAU now Repurposed as a Museum in ile-ife
Wole Soyinka’s former residence at the Obafemi Awolowo University now re-purposed as the WOLE SOYINKA MUSEUM… Unveiling at 2pm TODAY at the OAU campus as part of opening ceremony of the maiden IFE FESTIVAL OF FOOD & IDENTITY, July 30-August 4, hosted by the Institute…