The news of your transition came suddenly, Like a bolt out of the blue, turning my morning to misery, Bringing shock, disbelief, pain and grief, So unexpected was it that I was stunned for days. There I was far away in the calm city of Charleston, USA, Swimming in a river of pain, bewildered. Death […]

By Starrys Obazei Nigerian born and American based Lanre Buraimoh is a bead painter. Being a  rare and technical genre in visual arts, the Yoruba born artist has  successfully explioted the beauty and challenges inherent in this art form. In the course of his work, he has had a  brilliant time out on canvass with […]

The suffering that war elicits has engaged the minds of novelists all over the world. The female aspect of war somehow depicts in its starkness the cruelty that bloody fighting engenders. AdaOkere Agbasimalo in The Forest Dames brings to bear on the devastation of war a motherly compassion in a manner that puts deep wounds in the soul.

As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to celebrate 2013 World Culture Day, the Federal Government has emphasized that it was only creative economy that could guarantees gender sensitivity and women and youth empowerment.

One denominator that binds the creative works of writers from the Niger Delta is the commitment of their arts to the quest for self determination bothering on economic, political and environmental freedoms.

One denominator that binds the creative works of writers from the Niger  Delta  is the commitment of their arts to the  quest for self determination bothering on economic, political and environmental freedoms. This quest has consistently been the concern of  successive generations of Niger Delta fighters for emancipation from the time of Jaja of Opobo, […]

Students of Girls Science College,Garko, Kano State last week feted former Association of Nigeria Authors (ANA) president, Dr Wale Okediran as a Guest Writer for its Arts, Media and Culture Club.

It would have been difficult if the burial of Chinua Achebe had passed without any controversy.

Apart from the fact that the dust his autobiography, There was a Country raised was yet to settle, the announcement of his death started another round of controversy.

A TOTAL of 35 youths aged 15-25 last weekend, at Obalende, Ikoyi Lagos, thrilled a mammoth crowd which gathered at the venue of the 6th edition of BornTroWay project.

In this report, adire fabric design exponent, Chief Mrs Nike Okundaye gives an account of her 62 seasons of life as an artist and art promoter, even as she looks back in gratitude to God that she never failed in the duties she owes humanity.

In line with its corporate responsibility to the people, Promasidor Nigeria Limited, makers of Amila powdered soft drink organised a painting competition for young ones in primary schools in Lagos State tagged Amila Painting Challenge.

In 1965, the BBC accepted and broadcast my short story, Strange Encounter, on the Writers’ Club Programme. It was read by Tonie Tucker and discussed, with high commendation, by Edward Blishen. Little did 1 know that the warm reception of my work was facilitated by the seminal book of the great Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, published in 1958!

It was a dream come true last weekend when Amaka Lucy Ezenwankwo a mass communication graduate of Enugu state university of science and technology turned writer launched her first nonfiction novel titled ‘Caught in the storms.The book which exposes the realism of moral decadence of our society , further reveals how cheaply youth are being carried away by the materialistic nature of life.

THE Asaba ‘Mandela Garden of 95 Trees’ project is part of a multi-country multi-event celebration to be staged in Johannesburg, London and New York as well; to acknowledge the United Nations’ decision to designate the birthday; July 18, of this great icon of leadership and racial tolerance, as an annual World Mandela Day! This development was an added incentive for Dr Jibunoh who admits that since his youth he had been inspired by Nelson Mandela.

STAGE and Screen can spearhead the campaign of Re-Branding Nigeria but should be keenly guarded by the knowledge and wisdom of active Censors Board. Also reviewing, reconstructing the Arts and Culture ministry will ginger fresh interest in Arts and give the Industry the credibility and vitality it needs to invite Government and Private Sector support in giving the necessary service to Re-Branding Nigeria.