The Arts

With ‘Nsi: After the Harvest’ we tend to examine how histories and labour shape our land – Azu Nwagbogu

With ‘Nsi: After the Harvest’ we tend to examine how histories and labour shape our land – Azu Nwagbogu

…as AAF, CATPC intercultural exhibition and symposium holds in Lagos African Artists’ Foundation (AAF), a Nigerian based art institution supporting contemporary art, design and culture, in collaboration with Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise (CATPC), from the Democratic Republic of Congo, (DRC), will hold an art exhibition and symposium titled: “Nsi: After the Harvest,” […]
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Soul conversation with the Genie: a platform for soul music fraternity of Nigeria

Soul conversation with the Genie: a platform for soul music fraternity of Nigeria

The atmosphere was calm and cozy, the ambience very inviting, the space quite suitable for such night thrill. Miliki Lounge, Victoria Island, where the Soul conversation with the Genie took place, was chosen because the ambience evokes feelings of love music, love life rhythmic experience that befits the purpose.

Enwonwu, the immortal: what is in a name?

Enwonwu, the immortal: what is in a name?

Oliver Enwonwu, son of the immortal Enwonwu is not just following his father’s trails, he is keeping up with the pace. Oliver is also an artist and Director of the popular Omenka Gallery at 24 Ikoyi Crescent Lagos. He shared a deep philosophical viewpoint with Vanguard’s Arts & Reviews on the significance of names and how the name ‘Enwonwu’ has and is still playing out in the life of members of his lineage:

Affinities between Diop’s Vanity and Ecclesiastes

Affinities between Diop’s Vanity and Ecclesiastes

As the Preacher warns of the dreadful consequences of man’s arrogant disposition, the poet bemoans the rascality of his generation who ignore ancestral safe guards, preferring to tread on a destructive path. The psalmist, King David expresses a similar view about man