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The federal authorities is stepping up its efforts to develop the artistic economic system with an in depth $100 billion development plan for native and worldwide traders. The Minister of Arts, Tradition and Inventive Economic system, Hannatu Musawa, has unveiled the Federal Authorities’s strategic plans to generate at the very least $100 billion and create over two million jobs in Nigeria’s artistic economic system. Accompanied by leaders of a lot of cultural parastatals, together with the Director Normal of the Nationwide Council for Arts and Tradition, Obi Asika, the Govt Secretary of the Nationwide Institute for Cultural Orientation, Biodun Ajiboye…

ACADEMIE, poet, translator and essayist Akin Adesokan will ship the keynote tackle on the colloquium of the twenty sixth Lagos Guide & Artwork Competition (LABAF) on Friday, November 15. The professor of comparative literature, cinema and media research at Indiana College in Bloomington, United States, will give a lecture on 'The pitfalls of reminiscence, from hope to despair and reckoning'. In an announcement from the Committee for Related Artwork (CORA), organisers of the annual cultural pageant, it was revealed that Adesokan, who began out as a journalist in Lagos, will probably be visiting LABAF for the second time in 11…

The primary Yenagoa E-book & Arts Pageant (YEBAF) with the theme 'Resilience: How Storytelling Shapes Our Lives' will happen from September 23 to 26 in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The competition is devoted to 2 cultural icons from the Niger Delta, eminent historian Prof. EJ Alagoa and the late Dr. Gabriel Okara, and can coincide with the 2024 convention and annual normal assembly of the Community of E-book Golf equipment and Studying Promoters in Nigeria (NBRP). Nevertheless, the theme of the convention is 'The love of books and the vital college in operating guide golf equipment'. Annette David-West, Pageant Director and…

Greater than 1,106 entries from 112 nations have been acquired for the Lagos Worldwide Pageant of Animation (LIFANIMA) from October 29 to 31. Organizers of the pageant, which was established in 2016 to supply a platform for the promotion of African animation, introduced that the US submitted the best variety of entries with 142 brief movies, whereas Nigeria led the way in which in Africa with 28 entries, adopted by South Africa with 19 entries. In Europe, the pageant acquired the best variety of entries from France, with 62 entries, adopted by the UK with 46. Pageant founder and director…

September 7, 2024 | 4:13 PM Nigerian cultures are wealthy in artwork types similar to music, dance and storytelling that go far past leisure. They function highly effective instruments for bettering psychological well being, offering a solution to handle stress and reconnect with your self. Many Nigerians discover solace in these conventional artwork types and use them as a manner to deal with stress… Nigerian cultures are wealthy in artwork types similar to music, dance and storytelling that go far past leisure. They function highly effective instruments for bettering psychological well being, offering a solution to handle stress and reconnect…

September 1, 2024 | 09:50 AM Yearly on the final Wednesday in August, the Spanish city of Buñol explodes into tomato insanity. La Tomatina, a wild and chaotic meals combat that draws 1000’s of individuals, turns the streets into a colourful battlefield the place the ammunition is tomatoes. Origins and historical past The origins of La Tomatina are considerably mysterious, with a number of theories as to how… Yearly, on the final Wednesday in August, the Spanish city of Buñol explodes into tomato insanity. La Tomatina, a wild and chaotic meals combat that pulls 1000’s of individuals, turns the streets…

Via Olamipe Cole August 27, 2024 | 4:32 PM In July, information circulated that media managers of the Osun Osogbo Pageant had banned media shops from broadcasting, publishing or utilizing any content material from the 2024 version of the annual occasion with out prior approval from the organisers. This was the primary time such a restriction had been made. See extra details in regards to the Osun-Osogbo competition: celebrating… In July, information circulated that media managers of the Osun Osogbo Pageant had banned media shops from broadcasting, publishing or utilizing content material from the 2024 version of the annual occasion…

The movie Ajaga (The Yoke) sheds dramatic gentle on the rising instances of home and sexual violence in Nigeria, with specific emphasis on church buildings. THE nameless quote, “The unhappy factor about betrayal is that it by no means comes out of your enemies; it comes from these you belief essentially the most,” sums up the essence of the movie 'Ajaga: The Yoke'. The easily produced spiritual movie, which will likely be launched in cinemas throughout the nation and in Ghana from September 6, options a few of Nigeria’s best artists together with Femi Jacobs, Tope Olowoniyan, Carol King, Jaiye…

The Quramo Writers Prize (QWP) 2024 has introduced a longlist of 20 manuscripts for the eighth version of the award for rising writers. The longlist of 20 will precede a last shortlist of 5 in September and the announcement of a winner on the annual Quramo Competition (QFest), themed 'The Shifting: Empowering Voices… Inspiring Minds', which goals to focus on the altering nature of literature and its energy to create change. The 2024 Quramo Competition will happen from October 2nd to sixth on the Eko Resort & Suites on Victoria Island in Lagos. The winner will obtain a money prize…

Via Azeez Kareem August 22, 2024 | 2:56 PM Because the world of literature celebrates its icons, we’re reminded of some gifted up to date Nigerian writers whose distinctive works of fiction provide readers a various vary of tales that mirror the depth and richness of African literature. Take a look at 5 fictional novels to learn now in 2024. And so I roar 5 fictional… Because the world of literature celebrates its icons, we’re reminded of some gifted up to date Nigerian writers whose distinctive works of fiction provide readers a various vary of tales that mirror the…