Arts

In an unprecedented, innovative strategy to attract the $21 billion yearly remittances from Nigerians in diaspora, filmmaker and entrepreneur, Tony Abulu, has created a symbiotic relationship between Financial Technology (Fintech) and Nigerian creative industry, writes. Tony Abulu is not a new figure in the culture, creative industry (CCI). For over 35 years, he has been…

As part of efforts aimed at providing options for works of art as well as innovation in printmaking; Awoh Stella Mofunanya has explored the benefits of ginger starch for creative works. In her research on pulverised ginger starch as a vehicle for printmaking, Mofunanya shows how the technique can be introduced into printmaking process to…

Late 2017, this came across my twitter timeline. “In Hollywood movies, Russians/Arabs are (Nuclear) terrorists, the Japanese die aimlessly in battle, the Americans are the smart, patriotic, pragmatist who always saves the day. That is how Film is used to brand a country, to shape the social values and worldview (politics) of a country. If…

When the gifted painter, John Madu, burst on to the scene in 2015, few would have expected him to be a recurring feature on the visual art narrative. But with three solo shows in three years, he has triumphantly embraced the creative muse and woven an identity for himself with acrylic.     Recently, when…

A UK-based Nigerian, Marianne Olaleye, has been shortlisted among the top 100 photographers in the prestigious Portrait of Britain photography contest and will have her works featured in the first Portrait of Britain book, featuring 200 shortlisted images. Launched in 2016 by the British Journal of Photography (BJP), the Portrait of Britain is an annual…

Irish rock group U2 was forced to cut short a concert in Berlin before thousands of fans after performing only a few songs when lead singer Bono lost his voice.

To wean the country of negative influence from other cultures, President, Eko Club, Chief Tunde Fanimokun, has called for a revival of lost cultural values.He said this at the 2018 World Indigenous Day Celebration organised by Centre for Indigenous Communication, Lagos.

Former President of Performing Musicians Employers Association of Nigeria (PMAN) and one of country’s foremost filmmakers, Obafemi Lasode, has said his latest movie, Africa’s Stolen Treasures, is ready to hit the cinemas.

As a resource platform, Alexis Galleries, a facility in Victoria Island, the growing art hub of West Africa, took a broad initiative recently with the admission of six artists...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said Nigeria is fast becoming a destination of choice for international tourists, because of government’s favourable policies.

The recent passage of the celebrated Ghanaian poet, Literary Activist and Academic, Professor Atukwei Okai on July 13, 2018 at the age of 77 has robbed the African continent...

I spent some time in South Africa, first as an invited guest lecturer at the University of Limpopo, Teaching Directing and Filmmaking to 3rd and 4th years as well as supervising their film projects.