The Committee for Relevant Art (CORA) has unveiled the theme for the 27th Lagos Book & Art Festival (LABAF) as “CHANGE: Imagining Alternatives,” marking a symbolic connection between the past and the future. The announcement came during the closing ceremonies…
Literary minds to gather for CORA BookTrek event in Lagos
The Committee for Relevant Art (CORA) is set to host its monthly BookTrek event, featuring acclaimed author Toki Mabogunje. The literary gathering will take place on Thursday, August 15, 2024, from 3pm to 6pm at the historic Freedom Park on…
LABAF announces ‘Breakout: Hope is a Stubborn Thing’ as theme for 2024
The Committee for Relevant Art (CORA) Art & Cultural Foundation has curated a compelling selection of 11 books that embody the 26th Lagos Book & Art Festival’s (LABAF) theme. To be held under the theme “Breakout: Hope is a Stubborn…
CORA Library & Resource Centre at Freedom Park for inauguration January 14
The Committee for Relevant Art (CORA) is set to inaugurate its much-anticipated CORA Library & Resource Centre at Freedom Park, Lagos Island. The event, scheduled for Sunday, January 14, 2024, at 4 pm, marks the beginning of CORA’s 2024 culture…
CORA Library & Resource Centre set to usher in new era in Lagos Literary Landscape
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Lagos Book & Art Festival (LABAF), the Committee for Relevant Art (CORA) will unveil its latest endeavour, the CORA Library & Resource Centre (L&RC), during a sneak peek event held at CORAVille…
CORA dedicates 2022 Programme Season to Bruce Onobrakpeya@90
Committee for Relevant Art (CORA), has dedicated it’s 2022 programming season to celebrating the exemplary life and illustrious career of the grand patriarch of Nigeria’s visual arts, Dr Bruce Onobrakpeya, as he clocks the nonagenarian age in August. The prime…
Osundare in Lagos for “GREEN: Sighs of Our Ailing Planet,” reading
The new collection of poetry by Nigeria’s preeminent poet laureate, Professor Niyi Osundare, GREEN: Sighs of Our Ailing Planet, will feature in a Reading/Signing session on February 20, 2022. Jointly organised by the Committee for Relevant Art (CORA) and Roving…
CORA, NLNG stages book party for writers shortlisted in $100k Nigeria Prize for Literature
The eleven novelists shortlisted for the 2021 Nigeria Prize for Literature (NPL), will be on parade on Sunday August 8 at the Eko Hotel & Suites, VI, Lagos as the 12th CORA-NPL Book Party holds. The Committee for Relevant Art…