Beginning from 6th December, 2012 to 12th January, 2013, lovers of African art will have swell time at the renowned Sokoto Gallery in the United States of America, where Egyptain artist, Sylvia Iskander will flag off her solo exhibition titled Mother Earth.

With the new provisions in the new proposed draft bill of the National Commission for Museums and Monument (NCMM), the commission is now empowered to prosecute those that have violated the nation’s heritage resources as well as artifacts’ looters.

The man Professor Ben Enwonwu, (Member of the British Empire), almost two decades after his transition remains an icon and a reference point in the annals of Visual Arts in Nigeria. Under him I first worked when I left Zaria. Indeed he was truly a mentor and a man whose influence on me remains till today. Through his mentoring, I came to realize the importance and power of mentoring in the lives of young protégés.

The present state of Nigeria’s high rate of unemployment and its resultant increase in dubious crimes committed by young people and children as well as the tendency by Nigerians to pass blames on one another makes Chile Ndukwe’s 35 Years Old Never A Fool At Forty a timely publication.

Obiageli’s Choice is the second novel of Katya Samuel-Anyagafu. The novel narrates the story of Nkiru and Obiageli who though are blood sisters, have two conflicting characters. The choices they make early in life which are clear portrayals of their natural behaviours are seen as responsible for shaping their future.