Wole Soyinka’s Legacy Illuminated at iREP Documentary Film Festival 2024.
The stage is set for an electrifying showcase of documentary filmmaking and cultural celebration as the iREPRESENT International Documentary Film Festival (iREP) returns for its 14th edition. From March 21st to 24th, Lagos will be the vibrant epicenter of cinematic exploration, networking, and thought-provoking discussions…
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…
WSICE kicks off Three State Tour to Celebrate Wole Soyinka at 85
The annual Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange, WSICE clocks 10 on July 13, 2019, having staged its maiden edition in July 2010 – to mark the 76th birthday anniversary of Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Akinwande Soyinka, who is also 85 on July 13, 2019. The WSICE,…
Re-commitment to Humanity: Ooni of Ife Meets holds Private Meeting with Wole Soyinka
Stemming from his deep concern with the alarming drift of the Nigerian nation into a dysfunctional state on multiple levels of citizenship, community belonging, security and productive opportunities, the Ooni of Ile-Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has continued his search for solutions through a visit…
WSICE 2018: The International Dimension and Gains
The success of the 2018 edition of the Open Door Series/Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange is due largely to the huge number of human resources that participated in the various event items. Aside the 84 student-finalists that,on Friday July 13, wrote the annual essay competition…
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…
PHOTOS: Wole Soyinka Receives Haitian State’s Medal of Honour
Busy day in Port au Prince as the Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, is given State reception by the Haitian Government, led by President Monsieur Jovenel MOISE, at the State House yesterday. The first lady of Haiti, and eight cabinet ministers as well as many senior…
Maiden Afropolitan Vibes Music Festival brings Old and New Music Together
The first edition of the Afropolitan Vibes music festival took place last weekend, 16th &17th December, 2016. The Music festival, replaced what would have been the 43th edition of the monthly music event that has held every third Friday Freedom Park, Lagos since 2013. Abby…
Lagos@50 Launches “Lagos under the Lens” Celebrating the Lagos Historical Narrative
The directorate of the Lagos@50 Creative Task Force launches Lagos Under the Lens — the film component of the on-going celebration of LAGOS AT 50 (May2016-May2017). Designed to provide opportunity for the motion picture industry to also celebrate Lagos State as hub and capital…
“Our obsession with the Nobel Prize diminishes us’’ – Okey Ndibe
At a book chat session on Saturday, 19 November, the writer Okey Ndibe said, ‘Our obsession with the Nobel Prize (for literature) diminishes us (Africans)’’. The book session had Kola Tubosun as the moderator, and Congolese novelist, Alain Mabanckou, as the other member of the…