The metal purse of DurbiTakusheyi: Glimpse into Nigeria’s ancient heritage
Nigeria’s cultural heritage is a rich tapestry woven from centuries of creativity, craftsmanship, tradition and human ingenuity. Scattered across the…
Climate change: Safeguarding museum collections from deterioration
Nigeria is a nation richly endowed with cultural heritage. From archaeological discoveries and traditional artworks to historical monuments and ethnographic…
The Accidental Follow: Finding real love in an age of curated lives
IN an age when relationships can begin with a swipe, develop through notifications and become public property overnight, Taiwo F.…
Sonaya’s geography of memory and the temporal dialectic of return
Artist: Idowu SonayaTitle: Home ComingMedium: Charcoal on PaperSize: 24X18Technique: Block-in, Massing, Smudging & LiftingYear: 2025 IDOWU Sonaya’s Home Coming is…
The Accidental Follow: Finding real love in an age of curated lives
A literary critique of Taiwo F. Adeleke’s contemporary romance novel, The Accidental Follow, by ADEWALE OSHODI. In an age when…
Owolabi’s If We Must: Scars, Softness and a Language Written on the Skin
A triptych at INVICTUS, One Art Gallery, Lagos, shows a young artist who has found a signature, and who now…
Nigerian photographer, Bukunmi Oyewole, opens solo exhibition in Wales
Nigerian photographer and visual artist, Bukunmi Oyewole, has opened his debut solo exhibition, Living on the Edge, at YMa in…
Understanding leadership beyond the title
A review of Adedoyin E. Oyewole’s Blueprints of Influence by Mary E. Eshiet. Leadership is often associated with authority, position…
Hassan Aliyu’s collage, gas flaring and the aesthetics of a fractured nation
The collage painting titled: Flair by a Nigerian UK-based artist Hassan Aliyu, is a visually exuberant yet politically charged piece…
A look at Magnus Onyibe’s The Imperative of State Police in Nigeria
There are books that arrive because their authors have something to say, and there are books that arrive because a…
Afemoju Creations: Using theatre to promote global peace
AS the world marked the International Day of Peace, Afemoju Creations, in collaboration with Phoenix Tribe Africa, staged NEMESIS: A…
Artist, James Irabor, brings The Last Prophet to his creative repertoire
IN his artistic metal construction titled: ‘The Last Prophet,’ James Irabor focuses on how visual symbols, materials and gestures communicate…
From Yoruba legends to children’s dreams: Ayinla promotes African storytelling
Author, Fausat Omolara Arilewola, popularly known as Fausat Omolara Ayinla, is championing African storytelling through books, audiobooks, music, visual art…
Sustained partnership advocated for Nigerian illustrators, children’s books at LIFI festival
Sterling Bank Nigeria, embassies of Poland and Italy, and the Swiss Arts Council, Pro Helvetia, have partnered to provide support…
From Yoruba legends to children’s dreams: Ayinla promotes African storytelling
Author, Fausat Omolara Arilewola, popularly known as Fausat Omolara Ayinla, is championing African storytelling through books, audiobooks, music, visual art…
Adeola Adegbenro: An artist between worlds by Omenogor Udome
Adeola Adegbenro’s artistic practice exists at the meeting point of several worlds: painting and music, the contemporary and the ancestral,…
Experts call for investment in indigenous knowledge, local industries
OYO State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun, has urged the founder of Ori Africa, Chief Pekun Olaleye,…
Preserving Osun Osogbo sacred grove’s intangible heritage
CULTURAL heritage performs irreplaceable role as a source of meaning and identity to communities and individuals. It is not a…
UNIWA to stage art exhibition for Nigeria’s 66th Independence anniversary in UK
THE United Nigeria Welfare Association (UNIWA), Birmingham, Solihull and Black Country, has announced plans to host a special art exhibition…
Sacred rhythms, cultural roots: A critical appraisal of Chuks Ukor’s hybrid worship sound
GRACE has several meanings, but theologically, it could be described as the free, undeserved or unmerited favour from the Almighty…
