Organisers of the Henrike Grohs Art Award have announced three finalists of the competition for 2020 edition. They include; Akwasi Bediako Afrane (Ghana), Jackie Karuti (Kenya) and Sabelo Mlangeni (South Africa).

In his award-winning novel, The Lonely Londoners, Trinidadian novelist, Samuel Selvon narrates the captivating story of a crop of survivalists with uncanny abilities to adapt to harsh sociopolitical, economic and physical environments, thereby surviving against all odds even in the most gruelling setting. The novel published by Alan Wingate (1956) and Longman Drumbeat (1979) is set in the heyday of British colonialism, capturing the era of mass migration of people from the various colonies to London.

By Agbonkhese Oboh His name is Silas Onoja. He drew on any available surface as a boy. And got some beatings for ‘desecrating’ certain surfaces. Today, Onoja is a hyperrealist. It means he paints pictures into life and can add emotions and realities that do not exist in a photograph. Whether the picture of reference […]

Nelly Idagba is a lawyer and a visual artist. Her pencil drawings are captivating. She has the ambition to be among world-leading pencil artists. Nelly spoke to Vanguard about her life and works via online from Abuja where she lives with her family. Enjoy this stroll into her world of beauty, brilliance and breathtaking portraitures:

The Director-General of National Council for Arts and Culture, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, recently in Abuja, distributed face masks and sanitizers to some media houses. Speaking to journalists at the occasion, Runsewe said the time has come for someone to make special provision for journalists who are also on the frontline in the fight against the […]