I watched the story of Inikpi as executed by Segun Arinze and others while preparing for a wedding in my hotel room and it brought tears to my eyes.

“The language of economic development, of transformation of nature, of the re-organisation of social activity is basically cultural and not, as some economists want us to believe, a mechanistic substitution of man’s social activity with abstract categories Dr. Sule Bello (1989) Sule Bello’s statement, cited above, reflect current thinking among experts on the symbiotic relationship…

Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, has blamed foreign culture for social vices like drug abuse and corruption in Nigeria. Dalung stated this on Sunday at Tarok Cultural Carnival organised by Ntim Otarok Cultural Association (NOCA), in Mabudi, Langtang South Council of Plateau State, with the theme ‘Promoting and Sustaining Tarok Culture in…

I wish all my readers a Happy New Year. I am happy to predict that the world, the way we know it now, a global system that has been deliberately designed and constructed in such a way that the black person on earth should not succeed, will come to a shuddering end in 2030. Before…

The Rise Of Duncan Mighty With five full length albums to his name, including 2016’s “The Certificate”, Duncan Mighty was still Port Harcourt’s best kept secret having avoided the flash and pop of the music industry in Lagos. “Fake Love” his collaboration with Wizkid reintroduced his inimitable singing, peerless writing and old highlife pedigree to…

Despite her potpourri of problems, Nigeria remains a great country with her abundance of natural and human resources. The beauty in her cultural diversity and multilingualism is simply astonishing.

The African Community resident in Spain has called on the Edo State government to maximise the huge potentials in the culture and tourism sector of the state to boost its revenue generation drive. President of the community, Prince Kennedy Iyoha, who made the call, lamented the dwindling fortunes of Edo culture. He added that the…

Ugoma Adegoke trained as an economist and corporate finance professional but is today, a creative entrepreneur, gallerist and foremost multi-arts curator. A tireless community builder, arts advocate, passionate art collector and taste-maker, she is the founding director and Chief Curator of Bloom Art, Lagos. In 2014, she originated an important art repatriation transaction that saw…

Title: Loud Whispers Author: Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi Published: Amandla Consulting, Nigeria (2017) Loud Whispers is the recollection of a reflective social observer whose mission is to reveal the several fractures in the society and their damaging effects, and for which solutions are proffered in the book. The book is presented in fragments tackling different aspects of…

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…

Alaba here speaks of the culture of his town, Akure City, Capital of the Sunshine State of Ondo. Culture is our nature. Culture is loveable. It is also laughable especially to those who do not understand it and those who have lost it.

An incessant din resounds, as the sun sets on the white, three-storey building in the sprawling estate on the Jabi lake waterfront in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Scores of workers humbly put finishing touches to the facility, which houses the first of its kind artist village complex in Abuja. Exquisite sensitivities surround every work…