The week-long celebration, which marked the 25th edition of the Lagos Book and Art Festival (LABAF) with a spectacular blend of cultural exploration, intellectual discourse and artistic expression culminates on Sunday, November 19. A Journey Through Time: Lagos The Birth…
Lights, Camera, AFRICA!!! Film Festival returns with “Tales By Moonlight”
The Lights, Camera, AFRICA!!! Film Festival returns for its ninth edition with the theme “Tales by Moonlight”. The festival, which will run from September 27 – 29th, 2019 will showcase a suite of films over a packed three days at…
Uche Okeke receives posthumous honour on 86th birthday
Master artist and father of Nigerian modernism, Uche Okeke, would have turned 86 this year had he not passed away on January 5, 2016. On Tuesday, April 30, 2019, the Ugoma Adegoke-led Bloom Arts in concert with the Asele Institute…
‘Footprints & Milestones’ for presentation in Lagos October 3
Footprints & Milestones, an autobiography by Mrs. Teresa E. Chukuma, which explores the life of one of Nigeria’s foremost educationist and first deputy permanent delegate of Nigeria to UNESCO, will be presented to the public on Wednesday, October 3. The…
Lights Camera Africa!!! 2018 receiving short write-ups till Sept 23
The 2018 edition of Lights, Camera, Africa !!! film festival is accepting short essays and contributions for its beloved brochure, the classic collectible little book of the fest around the theme: Who Do You Think You Are? That is incidentally…
Lights, Camera, AFRICA!!! 2018 poses a question: Who Do You Think You Are?
The Lights, Camera, AFRICA!!! Film Festival returns in its eight year with a focus on the politics of Ethnicity and Identity as well as Protest and Resistance. It will run from 28 – 30th September 2018 at the MUSON Centre,…
Laughter and tears as friends remember Pierre Cherruau – Toni Kan
Writer and multi-hyphenate, Lola Shoneyin organised an intimate evening of tributes and reminiscences in honour of the recently departed Pierre Cherruau who died in a freak drowning accident in his beloved Bordeaux on August 19, 2018. Pierre was trying to…