When Robert Pinsky says “the art of poetry is in the sound of words”, it introduces the degree of aesthetic effect that comes with the creative mixture of form and content in art generally

Netherlands-based Ranti Akintobi, who works full time as a Finance Manager, was born in Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria. The author of “The Royal Visit” is fascinated by diverse cultures of peoples across the globe, having lived in three continents (North America, Europe, and Africa) in London, Chicago, New Jersey, Ibadan etc

For four years now, little Leah Sharibu has been missing in her schools’ Children’s Day celebration. Not only that she has been transformed against her will into a teenage mother of two as we heard in the news, but she has also been forcefully converted to Islam by her captors

In a rare show of collective grief, celebrated and emerging poets within and outside Africa, present a synergy of voices, mourning the demise of Pius Adebola Adesanmi

Whitney Okpalamoka, a graduate of political science from Covenant University, is an emerging fabric artist. Her brand, Whitney Black, evolved into making exotic bridal wear with luxurious fabrics and piquant designs. Okpalamoka reveals how she uses her craft to boost confidence in women

Nigerian forests and the resources they harbor are not only under attack by local and foreign killer herdsmen; our forests are also raped and stripped bare by Chinese, Lebanese and Korean illegal loggers, albeit in the most unsustainable manner

The Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture and President World Crafts Council, Otunba Segun Runsewe, has applauded Nigerian- born Leicester player, Kelechi Ihenacho and Wilfred Ndidi, for their common display of patriotism in form of cultural symbolism during the European FA final match between their club Leicester and Chelsea Football Club recently

Between 1967 and 1969, the Nigerian government starved millions of Igbo children to death. Some of them, like 16-year-old Adaobi, were raped to death by Nigerian soldiers. Adaobi’s father recounts his experience

Nigerian contemporary artist, Tochukwu Orazulike, in collaboration with Victoria Ndubuisi, has made oil on canvas painting designed to induce an emotional release through which one can achieve a state of moral or spiritual renewal, liberation from anxiety and mental slavery

The widely acclaimed seminal documentation of what the author, Prof Akinwunmi Ogundiran, tagged a new history of one of the three major tribes in Nigeria- the Yoruba, has been eliciting conversations especially as it relates to the exact origin of the people

By Prisca Sam-Duru “Embers of Tradition”, the debut novel of Chukwudum Okeke was on Wednesday May 19, 2021, launched to a global audience on a digital space. The 318-page attention-arresting book that reminiscences “Things Fall Apart”, by late literary legend, Professor Chinualumogu Achebe, is structured around some of the old traditions of the Igbo people […]

By Chinelo A. Iwenofu Patrick Ofili has defied the norms of the strict scientific reasoning which is usually accredited to his profession as a medical doctor, by straying into the world of the spiritual and the African supernatural. In his second published work, Lost Truth, he has managed to let his creative writing skills drift […]

By Osa Amadi Organised by Signature Beyond Gallery, Ikoyi, Lagos, each of the two exhibitions comes with a distinct feature within different genres. Ogbeyemi’s exhibition of welded-metal titled Ark Meta-Art and Ibiok’s paintings-themed Talkless Talk is showing from May 22-June 12, 2021, at Signature Beyond Gallery. “This should not be mistaken for two-artist exhibition,” curator […]

Art, expression, has played a significant role in the history of the tribes and cultures that make up modern-day Nigeria. Post-colonial Nigerian art has evolved significantly in the 61 years since Nigeria’s independence, so much so that we might argue for the art industry as the most evolved aspect of ‘Nigeria’

My fondest memory of Dede Eugene (that’s what I always called him) goes back to my primary school days or so, when a sendoff party was organised for him in Umunakara Imerienwe, after he got admission to study at the University of Lagos. He was one of the very few youths of our community who had followed my father’s footsteps in the pursuit of university education