Providus Bank Celebrates World Poetry Day with Wole Soyinka and 8 Poets from 5 Countries
8 poets from 5 countries in poetic dialogue with Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka TUESDAY, March 21 is World Poetry Day. The Day “celebrates one of humanity’s most treasured forms of cultural and linguistic expression and identity,” according to UNESCO, which adopted the date during its…
New Art Exhibition of Susanne Wenger opened in Austria: Graphics and Adire Batik
A new and unique exhibition of graphic work and Adire batik by the famous artist Susanne Wenger (1915-2009) just opened in Austria. The show was curated by Wolfgang Denk, director of the Susanne Wenger Foundation, a museum dedicated to the heritage of the artist. …
Wole Soyinka becomes ‘Honourary Citizen’ of Cap Haitian
……Decorated with ‘Order of Honour and Merit of the Commander’s Rank’ by President Moise …Given Official ‘Key’ to Cap Haitien Yesterday, in Haiti, the Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka was officially decorated as a ‘Honourable Citizen’ of Cap Haitien, capital of the northern region of the…
Nigeria Hosts Global Confab on Theatre, Criticism and Politics
The Executive Committee of the International Association of Theatre Critics (IATC), UNESCO’s statute B global partner in theatre criticism, holds its first ever-official event on the African continent during the Lagos Theatre festival from March 1-5th 2017. The special International Theatre Critics Conference will deliberate…
IATC Hosts Seminar for Young Critics at the Lagos Theatre Festival 2017
The 2017 edition of Lagos Theatre Festival is partnering with the International Association of Theatre Critics (IATC) to host a seminar for young critics working on the continent. The seminar will hold March 1-5 at the National Theatre during the Theatre Festival, organized by the…
Ilojo Bar: Murdered in Broad Daylight, 1855-2016.
Sunday 10 September 2016, a cultural heritage site was desecrated. The bulldozers, supposedly owned by ‘developers’, which rolled into 6 Alli and 2 Bamgbose Streets, CMS Lagos-Island, and destroyed the 161 year-old building opposite Tinubu Square, committed murder, in the first degree. It murdered the…
Photo Memories: Kano City Pride of the North
One of the Biggest and Oldest City in Nigeria,Pride of the North. The City was once a business hub in the early 17th century facilitating business network from Nigeria to the Arab World.Home to the famous “Kano Walls”. and the “Groundnut Pyramids “See for yourself,what…
#ASIRI Celebrating World Tourism Day with “Colours of the Land” Art Initiative.
Happy World Tourism Day!!!!!! It can not be argued that Nigeria’s cultural history and heritage is one of the richest in the world,with historical maps and legends dating as far back as centuries ago.The Essence of this Project is to use Art as a medium…