Wole Soyinka and Rasheed Gbadamosi Chair ‘Lagos at 50’ Planning Committee
Lagos will be 50 by 2017, and the state governor, Akinwumi Ambode, has inaugurated a planning committee for a big celebration. Also, the governor has appointed Professor Wole Soyinka and Mr. Rasheed Gbadamosi to chair the Lagos at 50 planning committee. “Lagos state will be…
Photos:Vision of the Child 2016 Theme Chosen to Announce Lagos’ 50th Anniversary
The Vision of the Child (VOTC) has unveiled its theme for 2016. The event was held at last week at the Diamond Bank Headquarters in Lagos , and Prof. Wole Soyinka did the honours by unveiling the theme which is: ‘Sisi eko at 50, aging…
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…
PHOTOS;Private Screening of “Ake” An Adaptation of Wole Soyinka’s Memoir
It was the gathering of elites, art lovers and literary giants at the Agip Hall of the prestigious MUSON centre for the exclusive screening of the stage drama “Ake” an adaptation of Wole Soyinak’s memoir “ Ake: the Years of Childhood first published in 1987…
Throwback Indigenous Content on Tunde Kelani Tv
Have you watched YEEPA, TI OLUWA N’ILE, THE NARROW PATH, among others? Have you seen Prof Wole Soyinka speak Yoruba language? Do you know about Susanne Wenger, AKA Adunni Olorisa? Check out all these and more on www.tundekelani.tv …and WATCH OUT for something exciting on…
“Ake Festival is about arts and the representation of people whose work we push” Lola Shoneyin
The 2015 Ake Arts and Book Festivals (AABF) is a couple of days away and gradually, momentum has spiked in terms of publicity as the literary feast prepares to take the world by storm. At the press conference held at the White Space hotel, Journalists…
Video: Prof Wole Soyinka Speaks in Yoruba Language
Rare,interesting and captivating. Professor Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka is one of the world’s leading authority of the English language, a literature world authority and Nigeria’s only Nobel laureate He’s known for his expression of the English language and not a lot of people have heard…
Video: VOTC 2015 Documentary “The Road To Sambisa”
The Vision of the Child (VOTC) is a component of the Lagos Black Heritage Festival. One of the key elements of the VOTC is hear the voices of the young and equip them to lead change. The first VOTC (or Season One) was launched in…
WSICE 2015 Wraps up in Grand Style With “Kongi’s Harvest”
Arts lovers across the country and beyond converged Tuesday to watch Crown Troupe of Africa perform Soyinka’s ” Kongi Harvest” as part of wrap-up events of the Wole Soyinka International Culture Exchange(WSICE)2015, commemorating the icon’s 81st Birthday in Abeokuta. The audience saw the play in…
Freedom Park Lagos Wins TripAdvisor Award Of Excellence
The Nigeria hottest culture and history spot was recently awarded TripAdvisor Award for Excellence following consistent roles in the promotion of Arts, Culture and Tourism in Lagos since inception in 2010. Built in 1882 with £16,000 Shillings, the former Her Majesty prison was an important…