The Arts

‘Japa No Easy’: Obadina’s poetry is unvarnished truth

‘Japa No Easy’: Obadina’s poetry is unvarnished truth

By Femi Morgan One of the concerns of contemporary literature from Nigeria has been the struggle of the individual against the reality of migration. On that score, the writer does not paint relocation abroad in the sentiments of escapism; rather, they do so to aptly underscore the circumstances of survival. Therefore, the ‘japa’ rave remains […]
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2018 EDO FEST: Arts & Culture coming home

2018 EDO FEST: Arts & Culture coming home

Whenever lovers of football feel that England is going to win the World Cup, they will throw up the slogan: Football is coming home.  Similarly, since the Edo Festival of Arts & Culture, titled EDOFEST, began last year (2017) and is about to continue this year (2018), it will not be out of place to say that Arts and Culture are coming home.

The Anthill Art Gallery & Photo Studio debuts on Lagos Mainland

The Anthill Art Gallery & Photo Studio debuts on Lagos Mainland

On October 1, Engineer Adamu Ajunam unveiled his Anthill Art Gallery and Anthill Photo Studio at 8 Nnobi Street, Masha, Surulere, Lagos, with a photo exhibition on transportation in Nigeria titled Okada – the modern transportation in Nigeria.

Laolu’s creative design of Belvedere bottle unveiled in Lagos

Laolu’s creative design of Belvedere bottle unveiled in Lagos

Award-winning performance and visual artist, Laolu Senbanjo (popularly known as‘Laolu NYC’) who has been making waves in the US, has again demonstrated his artistic prowess to his Nigerian fans with the creation of a stunning designed and handcrafted Belvedere limited-edition bottle

Spikes, nothingness and artistic failure in Tanure Ojaide’s The Activist

Spikes, nothingness and artistic failure in Tanure Ojaide’s The Activist

To reinforce and sustain their plot to underdevelope the Niger Delta, people from the different strata of the society are engaged to offer different services. Through offer of financial inducement to HRM APO I and some of his collusive chiefs, they are blinded and silenced, only routinely singing the praises of Bell Oil Company