Please join me in thanksgiving as I have just escaped from prison. The place formerly known as Her Majesty’s Broad Street Prison has changed name to Freedom Park, but those in the know always sentence mere mortals to Theo Lawson’s…
CORA Book Party for Nigeria Prize finalists holds Sunday
The Committee for Relevant Art (CORA) will on Sunday at the Muson Centre in Lagos host the longlisted authors in this year’s Nigeria Prize for Literature to its annual Book Party. A CORA statement by its Programme Chair, Jahman Anikulapo,…
iREP announces 2019 films, speakers and date
The iREPRESENT International Documentary Film Festival (iREP) has announced its 2019 programme. The ninth edition of the popular annual festival, which is the biggest on the West African coast, a statement said, is scheduled to hold from Thursday, March 21st…
Odia Ofeimum to deliver the keynote at Lagos Book and Art Festival
The poet and essayist Odia Ofeimum has agreed to deliver the keynote address at the 20th edition of the Lagos Book and Art Festival LABAF, running from November 5 to 11, 2018. The distinguished polemicist is impressed by the theme:…
