Eyo is one festival that the original owners of Lagos State look forward to with eagerness. In the past, it was said to be associated with secret cults. But in recent times, it has assumed some form of syncretism by not only involving participants from diverse religious background, but more importantly, has turned out to become one of the most important socio cultural picnics and carnivals.

The word Pelourinho in Portuguese according to Wikipedia means whipping post. This taxonomy given to one of the most cultural nerves of Salvador Bahia in Brazil evokes both a sense of history, monument and culture.

Sahr Ngaujah spent the last two years playing the great Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti on stage in New York and London. Last April the Broadway show was brought to Lagos. In this piece, Sahr Ngaujah describes the extraordinary and emotional trip that was Fela in Lagos.

Apex Nigeria’s Gas company, Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG the sponsors of the $100,000 literature and Science prizes, last week went a step further in its commitment to encouraging creativity and writing among Nigerian youths. This, the company demonstrated in the Bonny Island of River State, where it organized a reading programme around the theme; Meet the Authour.

It was another brilliant outing last week, when the Committee for Relevant Arts, CORA, again pulled out drums to celebrate the book, arts, culture and book personalities as part of her 13th anniversary in the culture, book and art advocacy.