Last week, the Centre for Black African Arts and Civilisation , CBAAC in collaboration with the Nigerian High Commission in Namibia; Pan-African Strategic and Policy Research Group (PANAFSTRAG) Lagos, Nigeria; Pan-African Centre of Namibia (PACON) Windhoek, Namibia and the National Youth Council of Namibia hosted a three day International Workshop on theme; “Sustaining the New Wave of Pan-Africanism – Youths Shaping Global Africa’s Development in 21st Century” at the University of Namibia.

Christopher Okigbo( 1930-67): Thirsting for Sunlight by Obi Nwakanma, HEBN Publishers Plc, Ibadan, 2010, PP,276.

Last week marked one year that former Chairman of BHS International, the concessionaires of Tafawa Balewa Square, Fred Archibong passed on after a brief illness.

In 1983, when acclaimed writer and Eagle on the Iroko of African literature, Chinua Achebe published his postscript on Nigeria in his little but powerful book of essay titled; The trouble With Nigeria; the famed writer of the defining novel; Things Fall Apart squarely located the trouble with Nigeria in what he called, leadership failure.

Educated at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria, Nnenna Okore, an Assistant Art Professor presently the Chair of Art at North Park University, Chicago has emerged as one of the most significant visual art voices of her generation.