Bobi wine, musician, activist and foremost Ugandan opposition politican is in Lagos for Felabration. Set to speak almost at the same time in London and Lagos on Monday October 14, Bobi Wine chose Lagos where Felabration the annual posthumous celebration…
Dear millennial, let me introduce you to Fela Kuti – Dami Ajayi
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti would have turned 81 on October 15 of this year, but for the fact that he has been dead for more than 22 years. The implication of this is that there is a cohort of Millenials who never…
Phyno rings in his 3rd LP with no fanfare and says “Deal with It”- Dami Ajayi
He calls this project, “Deal With It” and it is obviously more Hip-Hop in its concept as much as it is good Ole Phyno in delivery. But at 21 tracks, at a time when the album is at best a…
Who Fela epp?: 5 Nigerian Artistes Inspired by Fela Anikulapo Kuti – Uzoma Ihejirika
Every year, all around the world, the life and works of Nigeria’s foremost musical icon, late Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s are commemorated with music, arts and fanfare at the weeklong Felabration festival.Founded 21 years ago by Yeni Anikulapo-Kuti, Felabration presents an opportunity to…
Felabration 2019 kicks off October 14 with Chimamanda and Bobi Wine
Felabration, the annual celebration and memorial in honour of Afrobeat maestro and music legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti returns this October with an exciting lineup of music and thought leadership events. Felabration which is in its 21st year is an annual…
Exclusive: VP Osinbajo Threatens Google with law suit unless…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has written to Google requesting that they “immediately remove and/or suspend publication/broadcast of the defamatory publication on the account of RootsTV Nigeria on the platform of Youtube.” The request was conveyed in a strongly worded 2…
Awele Creative Trust Short Story Award – Call open for 2019 entries
The Awele Creative Trust Award has announced its 2019 call for entries. Founded in 2013 by the NLNG Prize-winning novelist Chika Unigwe, the Short Story Award recognizes the best unpublished fiction by a writer aged between 16 and 26 and living…
#Labaf2019 – Wole Soyinka: Timeless Memories: Elastic Effects Art Project (Celebrating Wole Soyinka @85)
How did Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka become Wole Soyinka and how did Wole Soyinka become WS the hoary haired mythical figure of today? The Wole Soyinka: Timeless Memories: Elastic Effects Art Project seeks to help understand and showcase from the…
#Labaf2019 – “Indigenous Literature and Translation” seminar
How do works published in indigenous languages travel when translated in English? What, if anything, is lost in translation and more to the point, do we need to realize indigenous literature in the language of the colonizer or should we…
Do you know this Accident victim -OLUFUNMILAYO OLATUNJI
A lady by name DORCAS OLUFUNMILAYO OLATUNJI was involved in a hit & run accident. She’s unconscious & has been taken to Doren Hospital in Ajah. The hospital can’t locate her contacts becos her phone is missing. Kindly help rebroadcast…