As the 5th edition of the Lagos based ArtHouse Contemporary kicks off on Monday 22nd, November, 2010 at five star event venue, the Civic Centre, one troubled issue concerning the debate about the inclusion of photography as one component of the nation’s contemporary art, would have been solved permanently.

The great river of his life has fed many rivulets,
And earned for this unbounded gratitude;
Of our rivers he is the Nile,
Leisurely in its flow and steadfast,
Serving myriads on its timeless course.

The conception was fortuitous, the gestation brief, the birth pangs spasmodic, the delivery somewhat fraught; but nothing in this anxiety-laden process foreshadowed the excitement of the audience on seeing the new baby on stage at the Banquet Hall of the State House, Abuja, on October 14, 2010.

Exactly one month after he was inducted into the NNLG Hall of Fame by the Nigerian Academy of Letters, (NAL) Prof. Emmanuel Obiechina died last week in the United States of Americas at the age of 77.

Popular song star, Stella Monye of Oko Mi fame is no doubt a polyvalent artists. Apart from her very ambitious 1000 mics women empowerment NGO that aspires to change the musical career of Nigerian women artists, Monye, also recently added fashion brand to her large and growing creative talent through the introduction of a cloth line called, Samba Clothes. In this interview the Delta State born artist spoke to arts on Sunday about her new found pet.