BY CHIKE OFILI As he marks his 80th birthday, reading Professor Chukwuemeka Ike’s Sunset at Dawn (1976), one does not know how to understand it. Is it a historical piece of writing, a fictionalised history, or both? What is however clear in this seeming dilemma of choice is that Ike does not want the gory […]

The Western market of African art objects is full of objects of dubious provenance and one would expect exhibitions today, to assist in tracing the trajectory of these objects in European museums and private collections that refuse to return them to Africa.

The 8th edition of Anioma Cultural Festival comes alive on Saturday, May 14 2011 at the Arcade Ground, Asaba the capital city of Delta State.

A group known as the Interface forum with total support from the Century Energy Group recently demonstrated its readiness to empower young and talented Nigerians to showcase their capabilities and have the opportunity to be so established in music , dance, painting and craft, writing, economic development debates and all forms of creative arts in a talk show held at Terra Kulture, Lagos.

Last week’s public presentation and launch of an Audio Project on Igbo Character and Values by Ndigbo Ethics Revival Forum(NEREF) in collaboration with Ndigbo Lagos indeed, created an avenue for reflection on reasons why the once focused, organised and hardworking Igbo people of Nigeria fell from the height of their grace.

After his last solo exhibition in Nigeria in 1991 and series of exhibitions in his United States base , one of Nigeria’s leading artists in the international scene, Prof Dele Jegede last week broke his long absence from the home front with his successful hosting of a solo exhibition in Lagos, Nigeria .

During the recently concluded “Strategic Service Delivery Management and Power of Value” workshop, organised by the National Gallery of Art for Senior staff, the importance of training to achieve a high standard of productivity among staff of the gallery was highlighted.

When the first group of dancers at the musical concert put together by the National Troupe of Nigeria (NTN), stormed the stage, their stylish and energetic dance steps simply blew the minds of the audience which comprised a mixture of the young, old and religious who mistook the performers for professionals, oblivious of the fact that such performance capable of reviving theartre-going-culture in Nigeria , emanated from the 2011 set of new trainees of NTN.

All is now set for the 10th edition of Nigeria International Book Fair (NIBF 2011) scheduled to hold from Monday, 9th May through Saturday, 14th May, 2011 at the Multi-Purpose Hall of the University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos State, Nigeria.

After five years of educating and enlightening the Nigerian public about their rights and roles of the legal institution in the country, Wetin Lawyers Dey Do…Sef?, an initiative of Efere Ozako’s Dtalkshop is set to storm Accra, the capital of Ghana.