Bruce Onobrakpeya
15 Jul
They are the continent’s illustrious global culture icons. Both eminent creatives; one is a visual artist and culture advocate; the other, writer and rights activist and humanist. But they are both teachers and mentors of generations of younger artists and culture intellectuals.
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While the politico-economic indices at home remain dire, Nigerian artists of various hues are making the country not only proud but actually rewriting its cultural dominance in the global sphere.
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It can only take an individual of global repute with extremely distinguished achievements in his career to gather people of same pedigree in their chosen fields. That was the sight of personalities, experts and professionals who graced the art exhibition of one Nigeria's most celebrated and recognised artists and literary icons, Bruce Onobrakpeya, in the…
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The National Gallery of Arts (NGA) will on Tuesday, April 18, in Abuja, honour artists, who have contributed immensely to the growth and development of visual arts subsector in particular and the arts sector in general.
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