The Arts

A satirical portrait of Nigeria’s misgovernance

A satirical portrait of Nigeria’s misgovernance

Title of book: Spiked Beyond SpikesAuthor: Ekanpou EnewarididekeReviewer: Ebikabowei Kedikumo This study examines satire, political allegory and governance crisis in Nigeria in Ekanpou Enewaridideke’s  “Spiked Beyond Spikes”. Using New Historicism as its theoretical framework, the study argues that the novel fictionalises Nigeria’s post-1999 political realities, especially the Niger Delta struggle for resource control, development and […]
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From Green House School …comes Ipi Ntombi dance step

From Green House School …comes Ipi Ntombi dance step

The Agip Hall of the Muson centre shook to its foundation recently with the spectacular performance of IPI NTOMBI, South Africa’s popular dance drama by students of Greenwood House, Ikoyi. Though stated for 5.30pm, parents, arts and culture enthusiasts filled the hall before the scheduled time.

Akwete cloth: An Igbo textile art

Akwete cloth: An Igbo textile art

WEAVING is an ancient craft of man dating to the early new stone age when he learnt to make a rough kind of clothing from the fibers of flax plants. Weaving is described as the orderly interlacing of fibres and pressing them together to make the cloth.

2012 Osun Osogbo Festival holds August

2012 Osun Osogbo Festival holds August

PLANS have been concluded for the 2012 Osun Osogbo Cultural Festival to be hosted by Oba Jimoh Oyetunji, Olanipekun Larooye 11, in collaboration with State Government of Osun come August, 2012.

Renovating to kill arts at Murtala Muhammed’s Int’l Airport

Renovating to kill arts at Murtala Muhammed’s Int’l Airport

A LOT has been said about the = way Nigeria as a country values the works of creativity. While few individuals have respect for artists and their works, many, and especially the leaders do not have regard for works of the creative imagination and their creators.

The Village Headmaster as Olusola goes home

The Village Headmaster as Olusola goes home

It was on a Monday, the first working day of the week. And as expected many people would be busy in their offices or in their business places. But this day was different as the turn out recorded at the carnival Panorama, a cultural fiesta involving arts, culture and the media practitioners organised by the Lagos culture community in honour of an outstanding art patron, culture colossus, ace broadcaster and creator of the popular Television drama, The Village Headmaster, Late Ambassador Solomon Olusegun Olusola who passed on recently at 77 was a clear testimony of the fact that it is always good to be good.