Canadian poet Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
By Prisca Sam-Duru STOCKHOLM — Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Carson, 76, was honoured “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature,” the Swedish Academy said on Thursday. The prize was announced […]
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.
