The Arts

With ‘Nsi: After the Harvest’ we tend to examine how histories and labour shape our land – Azu Nwagbogu

With ‘Nsi: After the Harvest’ we tend to examine how histories and labour shape our land – Azu Nwagbogu

…as AAF, CATPC intercultural exhibition and symposium holds in Lagos African Artists’ Foundation (AAF), a Nigerian based art institution supporting contemporary art, design and culture, in collaboration with Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise (CATPC), from the Democratic Republic of Congo, (DRC), will hold an art exhibition and symposium titled: “Nsi: After the Harvest,” […]
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NCMM lists monuments for World Heritage

NCMM lists monuments for World Heritage

…Calls for states govt collaboration
Determined to make the country a hub for world heritage, National Commission for Museums and Monuments, NCMM has proposed three more sites for enlistment in the global heritage sites just as the commission calls on government of states to come to the help of the country’s heritage through support.

Liyel Imoke’s Score Sheet…

Liyel Imoke’s Score Sheet…

Biographical writing is not only about what one achieves in life, but also about the challenges one encounters in the discharge of life entrusted responsibilities as well as one’s envisioned programmes for the progress of society and humanity.

Language, Literature and Decolonization of Nigeria’s Political Culture (1)

Language, Literature and Decolonization of Nigeria’s Political Culture (1)

Every literature that exists does so because there is in existence a language in which it is created or expressed. In other words, if there is no literature and there never can be literature in the absence of language. And so long as there are native speakers of any language, the language will thrive and live with or without the existence of creative or imaginative or realistic literature.

Talking with Yoruba drums

Talking with Yoruba drums

SINCE inception, the talking drum is played uniquely by the Yoruba people, although many other African tribes play talking drums, majority sometimes do not go beyond the peripheral to display the exact meaning but only showcase basic rhythms of drum conversations.

Culture: Nation in visual Feast

Culture: Nation in visual Feast

Following several calls for the promotion and projection of the nation’s rich cultural heritage against the rate at which westernisation overwhelms African culture and traditions, there have been several attempts by groups, organisations and individuals to preserving Nigeria’s great cultural endowment.