Artfolk

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word will remain unchanged!’ It means and methods will fade away, but principle will remain. What I mean is, the way you used to know would both pass away, but there will be both. There would be changes in both due to new revelation.

As the increasing complexity of modern life makes it difficult for many to cope, some thinkers and writers are offering timely help through their intellectual power in harnessing everyday experiences and time-tested injunctions.

In order to mark this year’s World Book and Copyright Day 2018, Fahimta Literary Discourse and Orpheus Literary Foundation, which have vested interest in promoting books and the connectedness of players in the literary eco-system, will tomorrow, Monday, April 23, hold a literary discourse. It has as theme ‘Bridging the Missing Link in the Book…

VENO MARIOGHAE-MBANEFO’s hit song ‘Nigeria Go Survive’ was an anthem back in the days, but she soon left the music scene and a vacuum created. In this interview with ANOTE AJELUOROU, she fills in the missing link since she left the scene and update on her current engagements, artistically You were quite a musical item…

Marioghae-Mbanefo recently lent her voice to the worthiness of celebrating World Intellectual Property Day 2018. She would receive an award on Thursday, April 26 in Warri, Delta State, alongside other women creators by Friends of the Creator (Artistic) Foundation (FCF): “The theme for this year’s World Intellectual Property Day, ‘Powering Change: Women in Innovation and…

Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, will come alive from Thursday, April 19 through Saturday, April 21, as drummers from 20 African countries and many states of the federation will participate...

Jimoh Buraimoh, the Baale of Gbodofon in Osogbo and a product of Osogbo Art School, is a pacesetter in the visual art scene, having developed the art of bead painting in Nigeria and Africa.

The women association of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, (MOUAUWA) is set to publish a peer review journal called Multidisciplinary Journal of Women Studies...

OLUWAFEMI TADE is founder and Artistic Director of Royal Star Entertainment Production (ROSEP) and a veteran of live performance. He has been at it for 40 years. Femi Femo, as he is called on stage, spoke with OMIKO AWA on his passion for acting and the challenges of stage production in the country How did you…

I was born in Benin City to a Yoruba father from Lagos State, and an Edo Mother from Benin City. My father is Babatunde Olatokunbo Olowu from a lineage of wealthy and successful businessman from Idumagbo area of Lagos State.

BIYI BANDELE is British-based Nigerian writer, dramatist and filmmaker, who trained at the University of Ife, Ile-Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University). His creative credits include Burma Boy (novel), Half of a Yellow Sun and Fifty (films) besides other stage productions. In this wide-ranging interview with OLATOUN WILLAMS of Borders – Africanist & Global Interviews, Bandele…

From April 29 through May 2, 2018, the Nigerian Folklore Society (NFS) will hold its yearly conference at the Bayero University, Kano, in conjunction with the university’s Centre for Research in Nigerian Languages and Folklore. President of the society, historian and writer, DR. BUKAR USMAN, spoke with ANOTE AJELUOROU about the relevance of the conference…