The WSICE 2020 Programme takes a new bearing this year due to the global COVID- 19pandemic ravaging the world. Not disturbed by this distraction, however, the project is moving its vigour to a virtual space. This also goes for the Program Exhibition which will be held in a Virtual Space this year. Now in its…

The task of piecing together women's history has been difficult. So acute is the dearth of information, particularly documentary evidence, that some of the outstanding women in history have been mistaken for men and their achievements, attributed to male rulers! -- Prof. Bolanle Awe. Circa: 1992.  African women in history have always strived to be…

For many centuries, historical and cultural narratives around the Benin Kingdom have been a subject of fascination for historians, and the world at large. Before colonial times, the Benin Kingdom was the envy of all other empires in West Africa and beyond. The empire grew and flourished within the boundary of its culture and heritage,…

The reality of the Corona Virus Pandemic is here and like a nightmare, a lot of Nigerians are still trying to keep their sanity during this trying period. The restrictions/ lockdown in most affected states (Lagos, Ogun, and Abuja) is taking a toll on the mental health of Nigerians. Many people currently engage in different…

https://youtu.be/mMKVSkrXJvc “Health is Wealth” goes the popular saying. Over the last few months, the entire world has been thrown into bedlam over the infiltration of the “Corona Virus” code-named COVID-19.The virus which has flu-like symptoms was first detected by scientists in China in December 2019, and in the succeeding months, has spread like wildfire to…

There is a popular saying in Yorùbá land that goes thus: “Iya ni wura, Baba ni jigi” meaning “Mother is gold, the father is a mirror” In pre-colonial Yoruba times, one of the items used by the white man to entice the natives and appease them when they introduced themselves was a Mirror; hence, it…

The trains of thoughts that comes when you see an Egungun is to either run as fast as your leg can carry you, scream and pass out or just hold your ground and become crippled temporarily with fear while the Egungun passes. So, what is the evolution of Egungun in Yorùbá culture? How did they…

“In vain your bangles cast Charmed circles at my feet; I am Àbíkú, calling for the first And the repeated time.” - Wole Soyinka (1965) They have existed from time immemorial, in Yorùbá culture and other major cultures in Nigeria and Africa in general. These are children who are born to die. They are called…

“Brass never rusts, lead never rots" (Eronmwonei-moton, ozeei-keke) - Benin Proverb  In February 1897, a punitive expedition was carried out on the Benin Kingdom by the British Colonial forces under the Command of the ambitious and brute Admiral Sir Harry Rawson. A good part of the ancient Kingdom was burnt down, the royal palace and sacred…

Born in Umuduruoha, Amaigbo, Imo state in the year 1821, his actual birth name is unknown, and also the identity of his true parents. The Igbo land in the 1800s was in chaos, as it saw Europeans invade the land for slaves, in exchange for firearms, tobacco, bullets and black slave raiders were invading different…

History will always be kind to Olayinka Herbert Samuel Heelas Badmus Macaulay. Herbert Macaulay forged the core of the History of Lagos and what would later become Nigeria with his own hands and wits. A man, political scientists and historians, describe as a ‘professional politician,’ he was possibly one of the most controversial and iconic…

“A great man’s responsibility is not only to his biological children, but to every child around him” - African Saying. Professor Wole Soyinka fits this description. A people-builder and a selfless leader, his life, beliefs and everything about him have been about giving back to society and the nation at large. It is said, not in…