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MultiChoice Nigeria has announced the addition of Lumen Christi, a Catholic TV channel, on its DStv platform. The channel will launch on 17 January on channel 350 and will be available to subscribers on Premium, Compact Plus, Compact, Family and Access. Lumen Christi Television Network (LCTN) is a Catholic television…
The Late 1950s and early 1960s witnessed in Nigeria art history the beginning of radical revolution in visual art. The periods witnessed a change of art style from ancient traditions as artists jettisoned western style realistic approach to execution of artwork. Here, BEATRICE ISOLA, highlights some interesting pieces from the…
Helon Habila, chair of the judging panel of the 2016 Etisalat Prize for Literature, has announced the 2016 longlist of nine books. The longlist is made up of entries from first-time authors whose books were published in the past 24 months. The longlisted books are Mr. and Mrs. Doctor by…
What kind of books do you read? Now, I try to read books about people who have walk down this road before me. I will read books by late Steve Jobs, Jack Walsh. Mostly books about leadership; that’s the kind of books I am looking for. Some of the challenges…
NAOMI NDUBUEZE The National Theatre witnessed an influx of people from the Yoruba Film industry on the Thursday, 15 of December, 2016 at the celebration of the 20 years’ remembrance of the film legend, Adeyemi Josiah Afolayan, popularly known as Ade Love. Popular practitioners in the industry like Lere Paimo,…
The foundation for the next success stories in Nigeria’s film industry was laid today as Sahara Group announced Joseph Duke as the winner of its ‘Grooming Film Extraprenuers with Kunle Afolayan’ project. Duke won with a documentary entitled ‘Give Us This Day’. Duke’s documentary, which beat entries from 20 finalists,…
As the family of late veteran filmmaker, Adeyemi Afolayan, aka Ade Love prepares for the 20th anniversary of his demise, it is another opportunity for movie buffs to experience the early days of filmmaking in Nigeria and how Nollywood evolved from the Yoruba travelling theatre and the celluloid technology. In…
FUNKE OSAE-BROWN Thirty years ago, foremost King of Juju music, King Sunny Ade, was in search of a new guitar. He left the rehearsal hall in search of one. He would later see a guitar that caught his fancy and he spoke to the guitar thus: “you guitar, any music…
Nigeria LNG (NLNG) Limited on Tuesday formally presented The Nigeria Prize for Literature and accompanying cash prize of $100,000 to the 2016 winner, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, at a Public Presentation ceremony in Abuja. Ibrahim’s entry, Season of Crimson Blossoms, emerged from 172 other entries to claim the prize in October…
FUNKE OSAE-BROWN The parking lot at the National Theatre was filled on Sunday. It was a few minutes’ past 3pm. It was only a figure like Wole Soyinka that could pull that kind of crowd to the Theatre in the scorching November sun. By the time I got into the…
After a glamorous opening of the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) at the new Filmhouse-IMAX, Lekki, Lagos, the real business of the one-week festival began on Monday with film screenings, industry sessions, master classes and other programmes, taking place simultaneously at the Silverbird Galleria, Victoria Island; Genesis Deluxe and Filmhouse-IMAX,…
The search for the best film in Africa has begun as the Africa Film Academy has announced call for entry for the 13th Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA). The academy invites filmmakers to submit their feature, short, animation and documentary work for consideration in nearly 30 film categories of the…
Sister Act – The Musical, the world-renowned theatrical piece, earlier scheduled for debut in Nigeria in December will now be staged in Easter, Femi Akinkungbe, executive producer has said in a statement. The postponement, according to the producers, Ajibayo Akinkugbe Productions, a sister arm of the recently inaugurated Ajibayo Akinkugbe…
The 6th Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) opened Sunday night at the newly commissioned Filmhouse-IMAX theatres in Lekki, Lagos. Filmmakers, guests, the media as well as dignitaries from all walks of life turned out for the festival’s opening presentation, the acclaimed Hollywood film, Birth of a Nation, written, directed by…
20 finalists have emerged for the Sahara Group’s ‘Grooming Film Extrapreneurs’ competition after a rigorous screening of over 150 docu-film entries by Nigerian movie producer and director, Kunle Afolayan, Bethel Obioma, Head, Corporate Communications, Sahara Group, has said in a statement. Describing the screening process as “nostalgic and indicative of…
You can best some great deals on new and old art works as Arthouse Contemporary announced its November auction. The seventeenth edition of the Modern and Contemporary Art comes up on November 14, 2016, 6 PM, at the Wheatbaker Hotel in Lagos, Nigeria. As contemporary African art moves to become…
The National Troupe of Nigeria will on November 19 and 20, at the National Theatre stage one of Professor Wole Soyinka’s most performed plays ‘Death and the King’s Horseman’. The play will be staged as part of the troupe’s ongoing Nigeria’s independence celebration performances and in commemoration of Professor Wole…
On Tuesday, the 1st of November, 2016, AfricaMagic viewers on DStv and GOtv noticed something very different about their favourite entertainment channels. With a new tagline, “entertainment loved by Africa”, the AfricaMagic brand has rebrandedand all the channels now have new logos and an exciting new look and feel, whilst…
FUNKE OSAE-BROWN I could tell that most of the media men who attended the Wednesday press premiere of the film, ’76, were anxious. Our anxiety was based on the various stories written on the film before Wednesday. Some of us were sceptical about the quality and perhaps the predictable story…
Arthouse-The Space is pleased to participate in the Art X Lagos Art Fair, November 4-6, 2016, at the Civic Center, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. This presentation will feature the work of contemporary artists Sokari Douglas Camp, Ola Dele-Kuku, Eva Obodo, Nnenna Okore and George Osodi spanning drawing, sculpture, photography and…
