Arts

RETIREMENT and You (Sterling Books Nigeria Limited, Lagos; 2015) is a compendium of retirement best practices written by Izevbizua Ogunmwonyi, a presidential consultant on civil service reforms.

ALTHOUGH Nigerian men and women of letters and culture have won and been awarded some of the best prizes and honours on offer both at home and globally, critical affirmation for cultural production at home is still a mirage.

If anyone was in doubt of the growing potential in Nigerian art at the international market, a solo art exhibition of Alex Nwokolo’s paintings and mixed media, which just held in London confirms the rising interest for art from Africa.

Adeola Balogun (sculptor) and Adewale Alimi (painter) are currently in the second phase of their residence programme in Uttersberg near Stockholm, Sweden, courtesy of Quintessence Gallery, Parkview, Ikoyi, Lagos.

All eyes were on former Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Tuesday when three books were presented in his honour. Memories of his strides while in office came alive as The Great Leap: Speeches by Governor Babatunde Fashola, In Bold Print: Thoughts of Babatunde Fashola, and The Lagos Blow Down: West Africa’s First…

Against the backdrop of increased level of socio-economic issues in Nigeria and beyond, a first solo photo exhibition, Everyday People by Yunusa Tanko Abdullahi has reopened discussion on the need to visually document human developments, complexities nay intricacies in the country. The exhibition, which opened last Wednesday at Thought Pyramid Arts Centre, Libreville Crescent, Off…

The International symposium on the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint l’ouverture that commemorates the International Day for Remembrance of Trans Atlantic Slave Trade and its Abolition holds today at Badagry Diaspora Festival 2015. The festival, which is being organised by Africa Renaissance Foundation (AREFO), started yesterday, Friday, andwill run till August 30. Theme of this year’s festival…

WITH the opening, today, of the Osun traditional food festival as well as Osun festival trade fair, the stage appears set for the grand finale of this year’s Osun Osogbo festival billed for Friday, August 21. Hosting of Iwopopo, which is the traditional cleansing of the ancient city of Osogbo by the people heralded the…

THE 638-page autobiography of Nelson Mandela, Long Walk To Freedom, is an engrossing account of extraordinary times in an extraordinary country; it’s about the trials and triumphs of the human spirit, the paradox of the inherent capacity of man for good or evil, accentuated by circumstances of his time and a sombre reminder that freedom is never delivered to a people on a platter of gold.

NIGERIANS and others following political development in Nigeria now have an opportunity to appreciate or dissect activities and achievements of the former Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola SAN, during the eight years he held the ace at the Alausa government seat.

THE Kaduna-based dance group, T-SOD, has emerged winners of the 4th edition of the yearly K-Pop Dance Competition organized by the Korean Cultural Centre, held two Saturdays ago in Abuja.

The 42nd Meeting of the Chief Executives of Culture of the Federation (CEC) held last week in Abuja ended with a plea for greater commitment to the culture sector by state governors.