Arts

A CONVERSATION WITH SEGUN ODEGBAMI, PART 5

August 10, 2021

Mathematical 7 Goes on Stage: Segun Odegbami, Abeokuta, and the Making of “Ayinla” by Tunde Kelani PART 5 THE EAGLE LANDED ON PLANET NOLLYWOOD

A CONVERSATION WITH PROFESSOR PAUL ZELEZA, PART 8 of 8

August 10, 2021

Preface This final piece marks Zeleza’s end of term as Vice Chancellor of United States International University in Kenya. PART A THE INTERVIEW (Unedited Transcript) What

Author calls for improved reading culture

August 9, 2021

By Emmanuel Onoja Law Ikay Ezeh, one of the authors shortlisted for the the 2021 $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature (NPL) has said reading culture in Nigeria is quite

A cut too deep to heal (for Pius Adesanmi)

August 9, 2021

By Olayinka Oyegbile (Wreaths for a Wayfarer: An anthology of poems in honour of Pius Adesanmi (1972-2019), 2020) It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it

A CONVERSATION WITH HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, OBA (Dr.) V.A. KILADEJO, PART 4

August 6, 2021

Oba Dr. Victor Adesimbo Kiladejo: Kings in History and Modern Democracy By Toyin Falola During the recent Toyin Falola Interviews, His Imperial Majesty, the Osemawe of Ondo, Oba Dr. Victor

A CONVERSATION WITH DR. BISI ADELEYE-FAYEMI, PART 4

August 6, 2021

Dr. Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi: Breaking the Chains of Patriarchy Through Feminism By Toyin Falola The patriarchal paradigm of the society marginalizes and even dehumanizes women, particularly in Africa. Culture,

CORA, NLNG hold Book Party for 11 shortlisted writers

August 4, 2021

The 11 novelists shortlisted for the 2021 $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature (NPL) are to be hosted Sunday, August 8 at the Eko Hotel & Suites, VI, Lagos The party

A CONVERSATION WITH PROFESSOR PAUL ZELEZA, PART 7 of 8

August 3, 2021

African Universities and African Future: The Meeting Point PART A THE INTERVIEW By Totin Falola (Unedited Transcript) What do you see as the major challenges and opportunities facing

A CONVERSATION WITH HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, OBA (Dr.) V.A. KILADEJO, PART 3

August 3, 2021

THE POWER OF ORAL TRADITION: OBA KILADEJO ON THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN ONDO HISTORY By Toyin Falola Introduction As always, the Toyin Falola Interviews is

The Aesthetics of Performance and Orality in Na’Allah’s Dadakuada

August 2, 2021

By Toyin Falola The aesthetics of performance as a dynamic process has proven its ability to create, re-create, reflect, refract, and re-present the sociocultural identities of the society. It cannot

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