Professor Akinwande Oluwole “Wole” Babatunde Soyinka Clocks 81 Today
The Nobel laurel clocks 81 today,born on July 13 1934. Happy Birthday Professor Akinwande Oluwole “Wole” Babatunde Soyinka.We celebrate you today sir. #GreatOne #gREATMinds #KONgi #1st .We will be bringing you exclusive pictures from the celebration that will be going on in Ijegba(Home residence…
WSICE2015: Aunty Thea,Noma Sodipo to Mentor Children Through Storytelling in Abeokuta
Storytelling is known to imbibe moral values through its didactic lessons. It is against this backdrop the genre is part of lined-up events to celebrate the iconic status of Black Africa’s only Nobel laureate of Literature, Professor Wole Soyinka in Abeokuta during this year’s edition…
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…
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…
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…
Wole Soyinka’s “Ake” The Film is here
Official trailer of the film adaptation of Wole Soyinka’s world famous childhood memoir AKE and historical chronicle of Nigeria’s colonial era is finally released.The film itself is completed, due for early release in 2015. Directed by Dapo Adeniyi. See Trailer here :
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…