Girl child challenges as regressive cultural practice in ‘Beyond The Sunset’

Modern science has proven beyond doubt that a child’s sex (male or female) is determined by the Y-chromosomes the male partner, at the time of copulation, donates to the woman. But this scientific fact, which is yet sink into the consciousness of most African males and their die-hard traditional beliefs, that attributes the sex of the unborn child to a particular god or goddess or blamed on a woman’s ill-fate or inability to have a male, surfaced as part of the sub-theme of the play, Beyond The Sunset. It was performed recently by G2 Coy to celebrate World Theatre Day.

Written by Lekan Balogun, the play, which is based on the culture of the Igbo, has Olisa Emeka (Godwin Ikeduru) maltreating his wife, Titi (Dupe Thomas), and his two daughters because his only son, Chidi (Segun Dada), who is to inherit his wealth, turns out a moron and is physically challenged.

Saddened that he has an imbecile for a heir, Emeka becomes a terror to his family. He beats up his wife and daughters at the slightest provocation. The matter becomes worse, when the wife, on health grounds, could not give birth to another child after Chidi.

AjibogunMayowa’s Features : BALOGUN YUSUF ARTICLE "BLOOD SPILLS".

It was so quick, so swift for a mere man's comprehension. Not even Obatala would have predicted such calamity that was bound to befall us this evening. If only Moremi Ajasoro would descend to rescue us from this perfidy..!
The sun has gone into its nest; the leaves have had enough of it to photosynthesize. This was the rarest of sun that could peel off the skin of an albino in broad day-light. Even the fishes scampered into their hiding at the perilous scorching it brings. But now, the deities seem to have intervened and it has gone down.
"In seasons to come, this horrendous sun might not rise again. It prophesies impending evil, hence appeasement be placed at the crossroad of Olukoso by the next dawn",the town crier has gonged round the nook and cranny of the land. 
"Morounmubo ! Awele !",my mother screamed from the corridor. The two maidens rushed out.
"Maami, hope no cause for alarm ?",Awele asked, with her knees embracing the earth. 
"Not at all,my daughter. You and Mubo, go in and change to new wears. We have to visit the farm and harvest yams,the new yam festival is drawing nearer."
Morounmubo rolled her eyes in idleness. She wasn't thinking of visiting the farm this evening,when all she had in mind was to get to see Alani,her fiance. 

Music : Ayor Blac - IRE

Oshode Samuel Ayodele popularly known as Ayor blac is an Up & Coming Afro-Pop artiste for ijebu ode , Ogun state, based in Shomolu Bariga area of Lagos state.

He holds an OND in Business Administration and Management from D.S Adegbenro ICT Polythecnic Itori Ewekoro, Abeokuta.

ThePoetryCourt : AFRICAN POETS ENCYCLOPEDIA 3 - 2017

There's something very important to us, and that is your name. Names are like identity marks, you wear them like ALWAYS.
GlorydPoet said in her Spoken Word Poem. That good names are better than gold. Prestige also said it, in his poem with Paul Word "good name better pass money and fame. When everything don go, E go still remain"
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One of our aim in ThePoetryCourt is to give African Poets a name, so we are building an Encyclopedia of African Poets.
Note: it's not a ranking list It's to celebrate African Poets.
If you see your name on the list now as search through this Encyclopedia; Smile and show another Poet to search for his/her name. You will like and enjoy the fun of searching for your name on an Encyclopedia of African Poets.

This list is for both WRITTEN POETS, SPOKEN WORD POETS, PERFORMANCE POETS and POETRY PROMOTERS.

April is National Poetry Month. This year 2017, is our third year on the list, and it has really been encouraging. Poets have been showing love and support on it.
Poetry Promoters Includes: writers of other genre who include poetry in their events/ Musicians who see poetry as a tool for a better society...

From poverty to pulpit: Pastor Adeboye’s narrative in print

In a new book, General Overseer Worldwide of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor E. A. Adeboye, tells the story of his amazing transformation from debilitating poverty into a powerful man of God revered by millions of people across the world.

Entitled Stories of Pastor E. A. Adeboye, the man fondly called Daddy G.O. tells the story in his own words in testimonies compiled to read like an autobiography by seasoned author and journalist, Bisi Daniels.

The 350-page book, which shows for the first time the house in which Pastor Adeboye was born and the primary school he attended in Ifewara, Osun State, was released recently to mark his 75th birthday.

Article : 90th day of 2017 by Oke Oluwapelumi

Yesterday  was the first  day of the month of April the 90th of 365 days in 2017. Have asked yourself  what you have being thinking for 90 days.

We all think everyday if not everytime as some people do. I sat and asked myself this funny question.
What are the types of thinkers we have???

This is a new month what am i thinking or what should i think of???
After so many months of thinking I finally found out that we have two kinds of thinkers namely :

*IMPOSSIBILITY THINKERS

*POSSIBILITY THINKERS

IMPOSSIBILITY THINKERS

The Osogbo art stories

Returning to the UNESCO Category II Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding (CBCIU) in Osogbo, Osun State, after many years, one felt some sadness at the state of the place. An intricately carved monolithic wood, once celebrated as the tallest talking drum in the world, was now cracked and bent. Even its base seemed to have given way. “Did it sink?” someone asked, expecting no reply. There were signs of emergency bush clearing all over the facility. The buildings told their own stories of neglect and disrepair.

It was hard to believe that this was the same centre that was launched with much fanfare in 2009. A plaque in front of the Administrative Block showed that the building was commissioned in January of that year by the then Director General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura. The centre had in 2010 played host to two major international conferences: The Colloquium on Slavery, Slave Trade and its Consequences; and the First Global Conference of Black Nationalities. It also organized conferences in countries including: Cuba, Brazil and the United States.

World Theatre Day message 2017

So, here we are once more. Gathered again in Spring, 55 years since our inaugural meeting, to celebrate World Theatre Day (WTD). Just one day, 24 hours, is dedicated to celebrating theatre around the world. And here we are in Paris, the premier city in the world for attracting international theatre groups, to venerate the art of theatre.

Paris is a world city, fit to contain the globes theatre traditions in a day of celebration; from here in France’s capital we can transport ourselves to Japan by experiencing Noh and Bunraku theatre, trace a line from here to thoughts and expressions as diverse as Peking Opera and Kathakali; the stage allows us to linger between Greece and Scandinavia, as we envelope ourselves in Aeschylus and Ibsen, Sophocles and Strindberg; it allows us to flit between Britain and Italy, as we reverberate between Sarah Kane and Prinadello.

Within these 24 hours we may be taken from France to Russia, from Racine and Moliere to Chekhov; we can even cross the Atlantic as a bolt of inspiration to serve on a Campus in California, enticing a young student there to reinvent and make their name in theatre.