Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation (CBAAC) has scheduled to crown Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Grand Patron of FESTAC ’77 on March 3, 2017, in Abeokuta, Ogun State. This was recently disclosed to Vanguard’s Arts & Reviews by the Corporate Affairs Department CBAAC, D-G’s Office, at Broad Street, Lagos.

Feelings of spiritual reunion with ancestors filled the hall. Memebers of the audience held their breadths watching the performance. Indeed, for every descendant of Itsekiri that thronged the Brownhill Events Centre, Ogunu, to watch this, the ghost of Olu Akengbuwa, the celebrated 16th Olu of Warri who reigned between 1795 and 1848 AD, is being re-evoked on stage as the new Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli, marks his one year on the throne.

After 53 years of painstaking research and documentation, poet, cultural icon and writer, Pa Frank Aig-Imoukhuede, last week unveiled his two new books. The presentation of the books titled A Calendar of Traditional Nigerian Festivals and Between God and Man: Meaning and Essence in Traditional Nigeria Festivals was attended by eminent personalities and literary giants. It was commendation galore for the man’s sterling attributes and for coming out with such landmark books that speaks well about Nigeria.

Atlantic Triangle, an exhibition organised by the Goethe Institut, is set to tell the historical reconstruction of the conditions of exploitation through a timely configuration of cultural dynamic and interdependence of the Brazilian Quarter in Lagos within a delicately balanced triangle.

The commitment of the National Council for Arts and Culture, NCAC, towards highlighting the immense contributions of the creative industry to the the growth of the country received yet another boost recently when the organisation held a Choral Exhibition Concert.