At the 2012 Garden City Literary Festival, Veronique Tadjo presented a keynote paper on the theme, African Women and Literature. The event, which held at the Cinema Hall, Hotel Presidential, Port Harcourt was robustly discussed by a panel of discussant that comprised; Prof. Onyemachi Udumukwu, Ms Doren Baingana and Miss Chibundu Onuzo and was moderated by Chioma Opara. Today, Vanguard’s arts presents a rapporteur’s report on the Symposium as recorded by Dr. Obari Gomba and Mr. Ene Igbifa.

My brother propped his coarse-haired arms on the seat’s leather armrest and shook his head. “I don’t think you should go, Chika. But no one listens to me,” he said. I watched his eyes. He watched my face. I asked him, “why?” Why shouldn’t I go to Nigeria?

It was indeed a unique exhibition, the first of its kind as Omenka gallery, as part of its bid to put art works in many homes in collaboration with Svengali Designs, a notable furniture home last week organised an exhibition tagged Convergence: an exhibition of art and design objects.

The quest about how Nigeria’s indigenous culture and traditional governance systems could be employed in furthering good governance in contemporary Nigeria was the central concern at the just concluded 3rd National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO) annual lecture held in Abuja last week. The lecture was themed; Culture, Good Governance and Nigeria’s Democracy held in Abuja.

In this 21st century when western influence has led to the death of many African cultures, there are still some tribes that are still retaining their cultural heritage. One of such tribes is the Manya Krobo of Krobe Odumase, a small glass bead making community in the Eastern region of Ghana.

“No way! This cannot be a drawing. It is a photograph,” Haba! Even a blind man can see that,” argued Mr. B as his friend tried to convince him that the image he was looking at is a piece of artwork.

The Nike Centre for art and culture owners of Nike art gallery Lekki, Lagos, arguably the biggest gallery in Nigeria with a collection of over 6000 art works as part of its mission of promoting art and culture is set to open the Nike Art village in Abuja.

Ayo Jaiyesimi is the writer of Mad King of Ijudiya, a stage play expected to flag off at the Muson Centre, Lagos next week. In this interview with Vanguard, the playwright shares her experience about how she  realised this seemingly theatrical accomplishment. You are staging a play this season, what is this about and where […]

We believe in the use of our culture to address issues that have left us divided, and because our prosperity as individuals and country lies in the values that we inculcate in our children, issues relating to the appreciation and respect for our cultural diversity and other values such as ethnic and religious tolerance are best inculcated in children when they are young”.

It was Apostle Paul who foresaw what was going to happen in the future when he warned his son in the lord, Timothy in 11Tim. 3; 1-5, “that in the last days perilous times will come… ”And a critical look at what is going on in many churches all over the world, especially in Nigeria today confirms the fulfillment of that prophecy as many churches have now been turned into business centers and every Tom, Dick and Harry are into the business, little wonder there is proliferation of churches all over the cities. For example there is hardly any street in the cities that you will pass without having two to three churches.