Award-winning Nigerian play Esther’s Revenge returns to UK for summer tour

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Celebrating Louis Odion @ 50
In a rare collection of tributes titled, “On the Road to 50: A Collection of Inside Stories”, friends of media connoisseur Louis Odion, commemorate his 50th birthday with incisive essays, exploring his unique character.
Metaphors of life in Oceans in Your Lungs
Beginning from its sublime title, “Oceans in Your Lungs” to the last poem, “Moving Train”, Zainab Omotayo Raji’s new collection of poems features emotive images through which the poet mirrors life from divergent perspectives.
The role of functional book policy in Africa
It’s another interesting period in the book industry as the 22nd Nigeria International Book Fair, NIBF, holds from Wednesday, May 10th to Saturday, May 13th, 2023.
Goethe-Institut partnership for better artists’ welfare
When it comes to creativity, give it up for Nigerian artists. The major factor that prevents a good number of them from reaching their full potential and competing favourably with their foreign counterparts however, is funding.
Quintessence’s ‘Beyond Limit’ returns with 9 ceramists
By Prisca Sam-Duru As ‘Beyond Limit’ programme returns this year, nine ceramists have been selected to showcase their works at the Quintessence gallery Ikoyi, Lagos. The programme which seeks to address the under-representation of ceramics through exhibitions that promote the appreciation of the genre, opens on May 6, 2023. It runs till May 20, 2023. […]
In ‘A Pilgrim’s Journey’, Ochega navigates through shades of yellow
By Chris Onuoha Alliance Française, Ikoyi, Lagos was a beehive of art lovers, collectors and critics last weekend as a young and talented artist, Johnson Ochega had his solo exhibition. The Kogi state born statistician turned artist proved through his numerous works of art on display that finding a niche where passion lies is the […]
Nigeria Prize for Literature records 61% increase in Drama cycle entries
The Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), sponsor of the Nigeria Prize for Literature, has announced that it received a total of 143 entries for the 2023 edition which is dedicated to drama.
Oviasogie: The fascinating world of US-based culture icon
To Osadebamwen Oviasogie, culture cannot be divorced from the moulding of a man’s character. Culture is the totality and wellbeing of a man.
NTN reviving play reading with Beggar’s Opera
It was a major come back for the National Troupe of Nigeria, NTN, when it resumed hosting its Play Reading Sessions, after five years break.
Laila’s exhibition documenting hairstyles as art form
In the traditional African society, even among many today, a lot of the women who weave the hairs of other women into different intricate patterns for fees, never considered their works as an art form.
New book on JP Clark at UNILAG
In conjunction with the Department of English, University of Lagos, the Clark family presented a new book chronicling the life and times of Nigeria’s foremost literary icon, Professor Emeritus, John Pepper Clark, at the Rahaman Adisa Bello Lecture Theatre, last Tuesday, April 18, 2023.
Music concert for Olusoji’s professorial chair
Nigeria’s multiple award-winning Professor of Musicology and Composition, Dr. Olusoji Stephen Olu-Ibukun of the University of Lagos, Nigeria, on April 20, 2023, hosted music enthusiasts, the academia and the general public at the Creative Arts Auditorium of the university.
New book ‘The Stolen Daughters of Chibok’ evokes, inspires action
By Elizabeth Osayande As April comes to an end, it brings in it nostalgia feelings of despair, pain, and longing to the families, and acquaintances of the abducted 276 Chibok girls, of whom 96 remain in captivity. Recall that between 14 to 15 April, 276 girls aged 16 to 18 were abducted from the Government […]
Ajayi, Ladipo expanding in Boundless Space
When Dr. Wale Ajayi and Abiodun Ladipo converge to showcase their works, art lovers will be served with art beyond the well-known common features between the artists.
Why it became necessary for women to write in Africa
Why it became necessary for women to write in Africa

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