By Samson O. Ijaola Professor Toyin Falola is an enigma within African scholarship who holds an uncommon position within the academic community. As one of the architects of Africa’s new
A Nigerian short film, Tears for Enebi, by renowned storyteller Godspower Oshodin, has won two major honours at the Independent Short Awards in Los Angeles. The film clinched the awards
By Toyin Falola Perhaps, the one thing that makes Teledalase’s voice stand out in the Afro-folk genre is the smooth and calm nature of her lyrics and tune, as she
The National Theatre, Lagos, renamed Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Arts, has reopened. The reopening marked a new vista, with stakeholders hailing it as a beacon for the
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has stated that renaming the renovated National Theatre after Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka was a fitting way to honour the legacy of a man of
In South Side Adesokan’s second novel, he has succeeded in writing a smorgasbord of a novel that parades the movers and shakers of the African continent. The villains, the saints, heroes and the depressed and oppressed. He has in this one novel told the story of the continent in a masterful way that encompasses all that have ailed and continue to hold the continent down. If you want to know why Africa is not great, why it is going to be great, how to make it great, who are those blocking its greatness, how do we deal with them
The National Theatre has said it will support theatre and film practitioners in building sustainable careers by enhancing both their artistic and business skills through specialised training programmes. The Chief
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the recall of Mr Salihu Abdullahi Dembos, the Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and others in the recently announced change of guards
By Toyin Falola Since I will be delivering the Coronation Lecture on September 24, 2025, there is no need to issue an advance advisory to our new Kabiyesi, the Olubadan
The Mazariyya Books Ltd., a publishing outfit based in Abuja and Cyprian Ekewensi Foundation have signed a contract agreement for the posthumous publication “In My Time”, an autobiography of the
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