Inside the Making of Four Nollywood Movies: An account of a Fulbright scholar, Bic Leu “I think that if you all are half as fast as I am, we can be done in no time!” is director Desmond Elliott’s rallying call to cast and crew in the midst of a grueling shooting schedule that [...]
Not much attention was paid to Samsong, when he came into the music scene with his ‘Count your Blessing’ album in 2002, but five years later it was his song ‘Bianule’ from the album, ‘The World of my Dreams’ that sealed his status as a frontline gospel artist when it hit the airwaves and spread [...]
By David Olanrewaju Popularly known as ‘G-Fresh; Gabriel Afolayan is the Actor/Singer son of Adeyemi Afolayan (a.k.a. Ade-Love), one of the pioneers of film-making in Nigeria. Gabriel is one of the four children of ‘Ade-Love’ who are currently making waves in the Yoruba Nollywood Film Industry, the others being Moji Afolayan, Kunle Afolayan (who played [...]
Ebele has all the trappings of a star, 4 inch stiletto heels, fancy clothes and a voice to die for but that is not what makes her stand out in the thick crowd of showbiz in Nigeria. After years of bonding with the flute, it has become her signature musical instrument and she can’t be [...]
By Kehinde Ajose ……Releasing a new song every week for 52 weeks When the producers of The First Apprentice – a reality television show about competing with an apprenticeship with Donald Trump began constructing a story, they wanted to know which applicant will have what it takes to stand out in a crowd. [...]
“Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery.” – Charles Dickens from David Copperfield, 1849 One of the greatest English writers of all time is being celebrated this month throughout the world as we mark the 200th birthday of [...]
US-based Forbes magazine has named 80-year-old literary icon, Chinua Achebe, among the most influential celebrities in Africa. The magazine said it received 7,500 entries from people after it demanded that people should send names of influential celebrities in the continent. “Determining the celebrities who exert the highest degree of influence in contemporary African pop culture [...]
Unspoken Words, an exhibition of works by three Nigerian artists (Segun Aiyesan; Diseye Tantua and Gbenga Offo) took place recently at the Terra Kulture, Victoria Island, Lagos. All three artists are artists of note who have been around for quite some time. Having enjoyed their era of making beautiful pictures, they came together to show results [...]
In what has become a celebrated annual forum for children in private schools in Lagos to showcase their artistic talents and prowess, the Kings School, a private school in Gbagada, Lagos in conjunction with the National Gallery of Art and Terra Kulture held its 4TH CHILDREN’S ART COMPETITION/EXHIBITION on Thursday, June 8 2011. The themes [...]
Title: “KJB – The Book that Changed the World” Genre: Culture & Society Release Date: April, 2011 Studio: Lionsgate Format: DVD Ages: 12+ By Mai nasara “KJB – The Book that Changed the World” is a 90-minute Drama Documentary about the translation of the King James Bible. Narrator John Rhys-Davies leads us back, through [...]
