What does Nigeria and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe have in common? Apparently, so much. For instance, they are both in the same age grade with Nigeria 59 years old, while the book is 60. But there is more,…
#LABAF2019 – ART SEMINAR @Esther’s Revenge
Who is Jerry Buhari? Who is Kunle Adeyemi? Why is LABAF celebrating them as they both turn 60? What have they been up to in their field for the last 30 or so years? How has their contribution affected the…
#LABAF2019 – BOOK PRESENTATION @Kongi’s Harvest
Victor Ekpuk, the Nigerian artist, who lives and works in the United States of America (USA), has come a long way with his craft and deserves all the honour he has been getting. Yet another will be the presentation of…
#LABAF2019 – DEMAS NWOKO SYMPOSIUM @ Kongi’s Harvest
Who is Demas Nwoko? Artist, protean designer, architect and master builder. Demas Nwoko has remained relevant in Nigerian art and cultural space since the 60s having distinguished himself first as an artist who evinced a concern with expressing the language…
#LABAF2019 – CREATIVE WORKSHOPS AND EXPRESSIONS continue
Creativity is life and every year, LABAF offers the young and the gifted opportunities to express their individual talents in amazingly new ways while being mentored and having their skills honed. There will be workshops on Craft making, Performance art…
#LABAF2019 – WRITERS-READERS CONVENTION
What inspires writers? Where do their stories come from? What is the creative process like? To find out answers to these and more join other #LABAF guests and participating authors in an evening of exchanges between writers and their audiences…
#LABAF2019 – BOOK TREK @Amphitheatre
It was the German poet, Heinrich Heine, who wrote that “ Where they burn books, they will, in the end, burn human beings too.” We believe that wherever books are not celebrated, ignorance will triumph which is why LABAF2019 will…
#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…