Veiled Silence: Oladapo’s journey for self-discovery
By Osa Mbonu-Amadi Visual artist and fine art photographer, Oluwadamilola Abidemi Oladapo interrogates the woman behind the face in her work, Veiled Silence: The Beauty of Becoming. The series is a collection of evocative images that metaphorically represent identity, highlighting the importance of realising one’s worth through introspection and commitment to change. In order to […]
Achebe, Aidoo and Jackson talk at GCLF 2011
When the 2011 edition of the Garden City Literary Festival (GCLF) kicks off in Port Harcourt on September 12th, it will have in attendance very influential personalities. From the United States will come civil rights activist, Reverend Jesse Jackson and from Ghana, renowned writer Ama Atta Aidoo.
Open sores of Hopeless Nation…
Our Nation Our Hope is a 200 page book, written by a retired Senior Broadcast journalist, James Egbuchulam, which documents exhaustively, contemporary Nigerian life beginning from the birth of the Nation in 1914.
Omenka Gallery, committed to production of knowledge
A line in the Nigerian national anthem reads:“the labours of our Heroes past shall never be in vain.”As a manifestation of this prayerful wish, the family of one of the first generation and greatest artists of the Nigerian art, late Prof. Ben Chukwukadibia Enwonwu in honour of the indelible archievements left by the accomplished artist of pioneer contemporary art in Nigeria, established the Omenka Gallery as a place of research, exhibition and production of knowledge.
3rd Achebe Colloquium on Africa holds at Brown University
The third annual Achebe Colloquium on Africa will be held at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA from 3-4 December, 2011.
Interesting times for Nigerian literature
Being excerpts from the keynote address delivered on the occasion of the public presentation of Red Nest by Arc. Thelma Nwokedi.
