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…
Tunde Kelani Launches Online Tv Channel
One of Nigeria’s biggest Film Maker,Mr Tunde Kelani is launching an online Tv Channel. The Film maker made the announcement on his Facebook page yesterday. He said “ I’m delighted to announce the launch of our online TV channel, www.tundekelani.tv . This channel, which debuts…
WS81:Celebrating Wole Soyinka at 81
The 2015 edition of the yearly Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange (WSICE) project has been scheduled to hold from July 12 to the 14th. The annual programme was initiated in 2010 and debuted on the 76th birthday anniversary of the Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka…
Ibadan and its famous Mapo Hall
Have you been to Ibadan? Once titled as the largest and most populous city in the country and the third in Africa after Cairo and Johannesburg . To know Ibadan is to know the famous Mapo Hall.A Colonial Hall where meetings and deliberations in the…
Art and Style as Chief Nike Davies Okundaye Celebrates at 64
CEO Nike Center for Art and Culture, Chief Mrs Nike Davies Okundaye celebrated her 64th birthday last weekend (May 23rd 2015). She was celebrated by friends, family and art lovers as she threw open the doors of at her famous art gallery in Lekki Lagos….
Colorful Masquerade Street Procession at the Lagos Black Heritage Festival 2015
Day 1 of the 2015 Lagos Black Heritage Festival saw more than its expected turn out, as people from different works of life came around to enjoy the celebration of culture, arts and tradition. Right on schedule before the event was declared opened by the…
FILM: OYA RISE OF THE ORISA now online!!
There was a lot of excitement last year about Nosa’s short film, which premiered at the Matatu Film Festival in Oakland California in August 2014. The film, which re-imagines deities known as Orisas from Yoruba cultural and religious heritage as modern day super heroes has…
Exclusive: “I had more dealings with Peter Tosh than I had with Bob Marley” –Lemi Ghariokwu.
Interview Date: Friday November 28, 11.22 AM Even before many ventured into the world of illustration,graphic designs and branding he has worked on over 2000 album art covers,his illustrated works paved the way for him and made him the global icon he is today. Several…
Saving a Dying Culture. The Magic of the Aso-oke Exhibition
It was a rush of nostalgic feeling for me at the Aso-Oke, Woven Beauty Exhibition which was recently held at the Red Door Gallery Victoria island Lagos by Tunde Owolabi. It reawakened memories of my grandmother and her love for the priceless Aso Oke which…