The town of Unyeada, located in Andoni, Rivers State, Nigeria, came alive on Friday, 5th July 2024, as it celebrated the annual Unyeada Fishing Festival, also known as Ijok-irin in the native Obolo language.

By Japhet Davidson UK-based award-winning multidisciplinary designer and creative director, Ogo Okpue, has disclosed that A Song From The Dark, his first feature film, is part of a personal journey to push original storytelling and filmmaking from the African diaspora to wide global audiences. Okpue who described the film as “an homage to my heritage, […]

Exasperated by the long period of time it is taking some western countries to return as promised more of the looted Benin Bronzes which are still kept in their museums, art galleries and private homes, some Nigerian artists, both at home and in the diaspora, last week reassessed the situation and arrived at the conclusion that the rape of Africa, especially in her artefacts, is still ongoing.

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo and a host of other prominent personalities gathered Saturday, July 6, 2024 for the public presentation of a book written in honour of Anambra State Governor and Former Governor of the Central Bank, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo.

In honor of the illustrious Professor Wole Soyinka’s 90th birthday, the 7th edition of the “Timeless Memories: Elastic Effects of Wole Soyinka” series is set to open on July 13, 2024, at Kongi’s Harvest Gallery, Freedom Park, Lagos Island.

As part of activities lined up to celebrate Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka who turns 90 next month, a documentary titled ‘Ebrohimie Road: A Museum of Memory’ is set to be premiered.

Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka, takes centre stage at The Africa Centre, London in a vibrant 9-day programme honouring his immense contributions to literature, culture and human/civil rights advocacy.

“Unframed,” a virtual solo exhibition by Nigerian contemporary artist Chidozie Oliver Maduka, will be running from July 12 to 19, 2024

In pursuant of its operational goals of equipping practitioners and stimulating active participation in securities and investment practice in Nigeria, the Charted Institute of Stockbrokers, CIS has released a new book that covers multifarious topical issues about the Nigerian Capital Market.

Prolific author and public relations practitioner, Dr. Michael Owhoko explores the central theme of financial corruption in this new book, “Workplace Rats”.

Last Tuesday, June 25, 2024, was the birthday of one of the most compelling contemporary African painters, the Nigeria-born Fidelis Ugochuku Atumah Abiamuwe, aka Atumankanism Afrikanism, who lives and works as a full-time artist in New York, USA. As though to commemorate his new age, Atumankanism shared on his social media handle, his most recent works painted in 2024. One of those works is titled “SOUL TIES”.    

A collaboration between Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange, WSICE, and Adubiifa Network Company, the stage play is billed for a premiere on July 15, 2024, by 6:00 p.m. in Abeokuta at the Hubert Ogunde Hall of the June 12 Cultural Centre and for shows in Lagos at the MUSON Centre on July 20 and 21, with two shows daily at 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.

For young and upcoming artists in the Lagos Region, the road to the Gala/award night for the 2024 Life in My City Arts Festival (LIMCAF) in Enugu began with an exhibition held at the Thought Pyramid Art Centre, Ikoyi, Lagos. 

The book, ‘Ukwuani Justice Administration System’ is Ozah Michael Ozah’s literary addition to his numerous works documenting histories and traditions of the Ukwuani people.

AREWA? arts exhibition, scheduled to open on July 8, 2024, at the Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art, Pan-Atlantic University