Faith, translation, and the fracturing of cultural identity in Mount Zion’s ‘Abejoye’
In Abejoye, set as it is in Yorubaland and abroad, language itself becomes a site of estrangement. When Dele asks whether Baba’s utterances are prayers or incantations, the question betrays a dislocation
History 2010: In Osun State, the abiku tale of Slavery and Slave Trade
IT was like the Chairman, Organising Committee, International Colloquium on Slavery, Slave Trade and its Consequences, Professor Abi Derefaka of the University of Port Harcourt read the mind of the inquisitive looking journalists that he resorted to making the rhetorical statement: “ Many of us may want to know why we are holding a colloquium on slavery at this time.â€
Good Night, Mama T…
It was yet another shock for the art community as the news of the demise of one of the veteran actresses, dancers and icons of the movie industry Toun Oni, popularly known as Mama T was broken last week.
NUBIA Art School to the rescue…
IN a country, where movie industry is globally adjudged the third largest growing movie industry in the world; and where the manifestation of this assertion is seen in the prolificity of the number of reality shows, musical videos and soap operas that dot the nooks and crannies of private and public screens across the country, it only becomes logical, that industry watchers and stakeholders become concerned about the quality of technical accomplishments emanating from the industry so as to help the industry remain in the position of lead.
Chief Eddie Aderinokun@70 :I still think like a 40 or 50 year old man
Renowned journalist, poet and former Volley Ball Chieftain, Chief Eddie Aderinokun will next week be celebrated at the Banquet Hall of the National Theatre, Lagos as he marks his 70th birthday. In this interview, the tall handsome old man, whose every gait challenges the power of aging over physical appearance takes time to lead Sunday arts in to the world of his creative writing, journalism and sports. Most importantly, he reveals in the course of this conversation, the secret of his healthy looks.
J.O.S Ayomike’s focus on Itsekiri at a book party…
It was indeed an excursion into the history of one of the nation’s ethnic groups as the age long battle for the ownership of Warri by the two arch combatants , the Urhobos and the Itsekiri was put to rest last weekend at the main hall of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs Victoria Island as renowned Itsekiri scholars and leaders of thought came out with a book that has all the historical, cultural, judicial, sociological evidences and valid treaties that point to the fact that Itsekiris are the owners of Warri.
