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 […]
Social Media and the future of books in Nigeria
As the Nigerian International Book Fair began in Lagos, Nigerian born but United States of America based writer and book promoter discusses how the new forms of social media can help to drive the future of book culture, market and promotion.
In the past it was very difficult to value art – Yemisi Shyllon
Engr Yemisi Adedoyin Shyllon, Founder /CEO, Omooba Yemisi Adedoyin Shyllon Art Foundation, OYASAF is a major art collector and player in the emerging Nigerian Visual Art Market. In this exclusive interview with Arts on Sunday Vanguard, Shyllon speaks on the beauty of this emerging market and its challenges.
Jurisprudential examination of Sovereignty Crises in Six Commonwealth States
The book “Jurisprudence of Sovereignty – Commonwealth States; Political Instability and Crisis of Constitution Making”, is an incisive jurisprudential examination of the crisis of sovereignty in six selected commonwealth states – Cyprus, Malaysia, Pakistan, Uganda, Ghana and Nigeria by Dr Chris Anyanwu
Chukwuemeka Ike @ 80
BY CHIKE OFILI As he marks his 80th birthday, reading Professor Chukwuemeka Ike’s Sunset at Dawn (1976), one does not know how to understand it. Is it a historical piece of writing, a fictionalised history, or both? What is however clear in this seeming dilemma of choice is that Ike does not want the gory […]
How the West abuse provenance of African art…
The Western market of African art objects is full of objects of dubious provenance and one would expect exhibitions today, to assist in tracing the trajectory of these objects in European museums and private collections that refuse to return them to Africa.
