Other People’s Sundays
By Nasirudeen Muritala I have watched families eat togetherthrough windows I was never invited behind,a father stealing meat from his child’s plate,a mother complaining about the messwhile secretly smiling at it. They make ordinary things look sacred,school runs, arguments, birthdays,someone shouting from upstairs,“Have you seen my keys?” and another voice answering from the kitchen.I used […]
Soyinka and the Nifty Steps students
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka may have lost the stomping strides captured in the 1970 Ossie Davis-directed film, Kongi’s Harvest, where he stars as an African dictator, but he has remained nimble for a man of 89. One can almost see through the thinning white crown of hair as he enters the hall at Freedom Park, Lagos, to engage the literature students of Nifty Steps College, Ikorodu, Lagos.
Arts converge as Nwelue, Ozor, Lugi exhibit in Mexico
Nigerian writer and literary tastemaker, Onyeka Nwelue, will on Saturday, July 15, 2023, showcase alongside Nigerian photographer, Gozie Ozor, and musician, Lugi, at an intersectional exhibition, comprising poetry, photography and music at La Lattice in Puebla, Mexico.
LASU Day of Tribute to Prof Lai Oso
On July 11, 2023, the Lagos State University Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, LASU FCMS, gathered the general public, members of various academic communities, media professionals, journalists and institutions of higher learning to the Buba Marwa Auditorium, LASU, to pay their tributes to the late Prof Lai Oso who died in a motorcar accident on Saturday, June 24, 2023.
Matthew Yusuf’s journey to fame
In 2022, Matthew Yusuf won the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Award, AMVCA, Best Lighting Designer award. He repeated the feat this year when he won the AMVCA 2023 award on ‘Best Lighting Designer in TV Series’ for ‘Brotherhood’.
Terra Firma: Bolaji’s paintings of COVID-19 gains
All is set for the opening of an exhibition of recent paintings by Dr Bolaji Ogunwo titled “Terra Firma”. The exhibition opens on Sunday, July 16 at National Museum, Onikan, Lagos, and runs till Saturday, July 22, 2023.
