WSICE 2018: Prof Wole Soyinka Celebrates 84th Birthday with Cultural Exchange Project for Students
His private residence in the lushforest of Ijegba in Ibara Housing Estate, Kenta Idiaba in Abeokuta became an engaging center of learning for 84 students from the 36 states in Nigeria and also 1000 students from schools all over Ogun State. It was the Professor’s…
Press Release: Celebrating Wole Soyinka at 83
The producers of Open Door Series ProjectWSare pleased to announce commencement of 8th edition of the annual Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange Project, WSICE 2017, which will hold July 12 -15 in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The theme for this year is INTOLERANCE: THE BURDEN OF…
Architect Theo Lawson delivers 7th Lagos@50 Colloquium Lecture at Freedom Park, Lagos.
The monthly Lagos@50 colloquium continues this month with the architect, designer and culture activist, Theophilus Abiodun Lawson delivering a talk on DEVELOPMENT OF A CITY OF CAPTIVES 1850 to 1960. The lecture will happen on Saturday January 28 at the Freedom Park, Lagos – a…
Good-Bye, Rasheed! Adieu, Dear Aburo, Adieu… By Wole Soyinka
The death of Nigeria’s foremost Economist,Art lover,Industrialist Chief Rasheed Gbadamosi shook the nation some few days ago when it was announced. Chief Gbadamosi who became a commissioner in Lagos state at the 27 was one of the founding members of the first Lagos State Executive…
Ngugi wa Thiong’o To Headline Ake Festival 2016 in Abeokuta
Literary giant, Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, will headline the 2016 Ake Festival. For lovers of literature and the arts, the festival which starts from the 15th and ends on the 19th November, is not an event to miss. It will take place at the Arts and…
LAGOS@50 Second Festival Colloquium: IKEJA Takes Turn.
The one year widely accepted golden jubilee of the state dubbed as ‘Center of Excellence’ which was officially flagged off on May 27th by the propitious Logo unveiling and other razzmatazz held a colloquium lecture at the popular Lagos Airport Hotel on the 16th day…
Professor Femi Osofisan, Prof.Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka others to Speak at WSICE2016. Soyinka at 82.
Immense progress has been made so far in the preparations for the Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange Project as confirmation has started coming in from invited guests while the secondary school students having submitted their pre-screening essays, are set for the non-competitive essay holding on…
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…
iREP 2016 Documentary Film Festival Kicks Off in Grand Style
The much awaited and highly anticipated iREPRESENT, the biggest documentary film festival on the West African Coast with the theme #Change- Documentary Films as Agent Provocateur kicked off on Thursday 24th March 2016 in grand style. The festival which is being held at the Freedom…
Prof.Wole Soyinka, Manthia Diawara Others Gear Up for iREP Film Festival 2016
It is no longer news that the biggest film festival in Africa is kicking off tomorrow powerfully. Earlier on today,Manthia Diawara who is slated to speak at the film festival,the Producer of the film “Negritude:A Dialogue between Senghor and Wole Soyinka “ arrived in company…