PREPARATIONS have been concluded for the 3rd edition of “Vision of the Child” which is being organised by the Lagos Black Heritage Festival (LBHF) in collaboration with Lagos State Ministry of Education.

Any lengthy discussion of the political future of the Igbo of Southeast of Nigeria and their southern neighbours is likely to arouse a cynical curiousity among those who would rather that such co-operation never happens. Yet to many it is a matter that couldn’t be more topical than it is now given the leading role the Igbo played in the victory of President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2011 presidential election.

From February 22nd to March 2nd, theatre lovers in Nigeria especially in the northern city of Jos will be treated to series of splendid performances as the 8th Jos Festival of Theatre 2014 kicks off.

Syl Cheney-Coker is one of Sierra Leone’s most renowned poets, novelist, and journalist who has a global sense of literary history. Educated at the Universities of Oregon and Wisconsin, and a former visiting writer at the International Writing Programme at the University of Iowa, he has through his write ups, introduced styles and techniques from French and Latin American literature to Sierra Leone.

RENOWNED painter and printmaker, Kunle Adeyemi has been working seriously towards the growth of the visual art in Nigeria.

Farafina, the literary imprint of Kachifo Limited, is set to release the second editions of Fine Boys by Eghosa Imasuen, Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Half of a Yellow Sun, by the same author. The last will sport a film tie-in cover, while all of them will be pocket-sized, freshly designed editions. Farafina will also publish the Nigerian edition of Yejide Kilanko’s Daughters Who Walk This Path, in the third quarter.

The battle against breast cancer was taking to another level as Pink Pearl Foundation put together a movie tagged Living Funeral. The movie which was produced by Mrs Orode Ryan-Okpu and directed by Udoka Oyeka also featured Liz Ameye, Nollywood veteran and renowned actress who is making a come back to the screen after several years of absence.

IT has been no holds barred for Nigeria’s talented writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie since hitting the literary scene in a career that spans a decade, as she has attracted for herself, a shelf full of laurels and honours which are eloquent indication of the reward for hard work and creativity.

The Worlds Swedish leading Vodka brand, Absolut has proven that the creative and transformative power of art can change the world.
This they did through an open art event held across four centres in Lagos; Shoprite Ikeja, Victory Park-Festac,TBS-Tinubu Square and Herbert Macaulay Pedestrian bridge, Yaba .

The 2014 edition of African Renaissance Conference of Africans from the continent and the Diaspora holds at Akpokoutu, Republic of Benin on January 15, and 30, 2014.