The age long tradition of OSU caste in Igbo land has remained unresolved in spite of several attempts by concerned individuals and the impact of church. Recently a modest effort was made by a Nigerian born and United Kingdom based medical doctor and writer, who presented three fictional books that explore the traumas of the obnoxious practice.

Readers of this review will wonder at what makes funeral, which in its deep African sense is seen to be a harbinger of pain, anguish and sorrow. Surprisingly, burial at some levels provide rich and deep cultural, religious and scholarly aesthetics, such that are embodied in Damian Opata’s brilliant offering on the subject of death and burial as captured in the book, Faith, Culture &Individual Freedom.

ART, says, Paul Cezainne is” a priesthood and only the pure in heart can enter it.” It is perhaps as a result of the priestly nature of artistic and creative process, which requires even from the creator of art an initiatory tutelage that makes the study and appreciation of works of some genuine artists a Herculean task.

IT is customary to mount works of art on walls during exhibitions. But the United States Department of States smARTpower Sharing Culture presentation organized by the Public Affairs Section of the US Consulate General held in collaboration with Women and Youth Art Foundation, Ibadan last week was devoid of any such thing.

The Anioma Cultural Festival has progressively become an upstage cultural event for the sons and daughters of the Anioma to celebrate the rich cultural heritage of the Anioma people within the nine Local Government Areas of Delta State, Nigeria.