Revue

In the last 30 years, there has been an increase in the construction and development of museums throughout the country. However, this boom has not translated into an increase in the visitor base nor is there a diversification of the traditional visitor profile (marked by high income and a high level of education). Among crucial…

Burna Boy and Efe Oraka will hit the stage when, for the first time, Jameson Irish Whiskey hold its alté brand experience, Jameson Connects, in Abuja, on the 11th of August 2018. Organisers of the event said the venue of the hangout will be "unexpected" and will feature "premium gourmet junk food, interactive games and…

Dateline, Monday July 30, Oduduwa Hall, Obafemi Awolowo University: The occasion was the formal opening event of the maiden Ife Festival of Food and Identity, hosted by the Institute of Cultural Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife.A festivity of cultural expression.....

The conversion and remodelling of Soyinka’s former abode to The Soyinka Museum was made possible by the Amosun government to firmly establish the link between cultural education, agriculture and identity as enunciated in the five cardinal agenda of the Ogun government under Senator Ibikunle Amosun.

As generations move from one phase of life to another, ethos, crafts, knowledge, among other attributes that have bounded them together as one will begin to give way for new ones. The old sometimes infused into the new, giving birth to something entirely different...

The background to the Wole Soyinka Museum is steeped in time, which can be traced to the voyage of Wole Soyinka perhaps through his Yoruba ancestry. It is worthy of note that a very significant part of Wole Soyinka’s creative and mid-life productive years were spent on the campus of Obafemi Awolowo University....

Although Muyiwa seems not to recall if Wole won any prizes for his creative pieces, Biodun Jeyifo records that he won ‘prizes’ for his poems.” Wole himself admits that he was “writing as a school boy and winning a few prizes at Arts Festivals…” because he cultivated the habit of writing pieces and sending them…

Last Thursday, July 26, 2018, the longlist for the $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature was announced. The Prize is Africa’s most prestigious literary award sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited.

Lovers of fine art and African culture are in for good times, as the recently launched Café One, a fusion of gourmet coffee, workspace and events destination announced a series of arts and lifestyle events tagged, ‘Culture at Café One’. The weekly event holds on Sundays. The debut event was headlined by multi-talented alto vocalist,…

All is now set for the unveiling of Wole Soyinka Theatre and Geoffrey Axworthy Studio. The event holds on Tuesday, July 31, 2018. Also scheduled for Tuesday is the second...

Dealers and Enterprise customers in the South West were the first to taste the goodies of the Globacom appreciation party at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja. On hand to welcome the guests were two iconic comedians, the Bishop of Osusu Ministry, Gordons and Seyi Law supported by a one-man band, Aka Melody, who put guests in…

It was fun and excitement last weekend in the forest of Ijegba in Ibara Housing Estate, Kenta, Idiaba, Abeokuta, as over 1,084 children from across the country encountered venerable writer and Africa’s first Nobel Prize winner in Literature, Professor Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka (Kongi).