‘Japa No Easy’: Obadina’s poetry is unvarnished truth
By Femi Morgan One of the concerns of contemporary literature from Nigeria has been the struggle of the individual against the reality of migration. On that score, the writer does not paint relocation abroad in the sentiments of escapism; rather, they do so to aptly underscore the circumstances of survival. Therefore, the ‘japa’ rave remains […]
J P Clark @ 80:Documenting the icon in portraiture
By PRISCA SAM-DURU & VERA SAMUEL ANYAGAFU The annual Living Icon Project which is in its 5th edition, on Monday, brought together the most accomplished painters and sculptors on the Lagos contemporary art scene,for the celebration of one of Nigeria’s literary Icons, Professor J P Clarke-Bekeredemo as a living Icon. Documenting Living Icon Project which […]
Telling the Nigerian Story in Comic
BY Sodiq Abdulfatah These days, parents have come to accept, quite painfully, that the reading culture of young children is so limited that there has to be some other way to engage with them, particularly in matters of education. They can spend hours watching cartoon on TV and playing music, but sparing a few minutes […]
At 81, Onobrakpeya reflects with Recent Experimentals
By JAPHET ALAKAM The popular adage that “an old woman is never tired in the dance she knows” came to the fore last week when master printmaker, painter, sculptor and one of Africa’s best known and most highly respected artists, Bruce Onabrakpeya opened his latest solo exhibition titled Recent Experimental Prints, Paintings and Low Relief […]
Sesu Tilley-Gyado wins 2013 National Art competition
Another history was made last Friday, when renowned female artist and writer, Sesu Tilley-Gyado emerged the overall winner of this year edition of the National Art Competition, annually organised by the African Artists’ Foundation(AAF) in collaboration with the Nigerian Breweries Plc.
Winning the Nobel didn’t affect my writing— WOLE SOYINKA
Nobel laureate, Professor. Wole Soyinka, is not somebody you meet every time, not to talk of interviewing. But at one of the programmes of the just concluded Ake Art and Books Festival held at June 12 Cultural centre, Kuto, Abeokuta, tagged In the Shadow of memory: An audience with Wole Soyinka, afforded four undergraduates the opportunity to meet him and ask questions on his muse, activism, religious views, the Pyrates Confraternity and others. Vanguard Art was there too. Excerpts:
