Parading the beauty of Nigeria’s diverse cultures

It is wide, colourful, multi, diverse, regal, and rustic. For the commentator who ran the closing ceremony commentaries, “the dances are vigorous and rigorous”. Those are the sum descriptions of the cultures of the people of Nigeria as showcased, exhibited, and paraded at the 2017 NAFEST hosted by Kaduna State Government

The opening ceremony which took place on Tuesday October 31 commenced with a state-by-state cultural parade and march past after the National Anthem had been sang: Borno State Cultural Troupe, Delta State, Jigawa, Kano State (with their breathtaking acrobatic displays and flexible dances), Lagos, Sokoto, Bayelsa, Rivers, Taraba, and then Kaduna, the host state. In all, 21 states and the FCT participated. The dominant feature of drums, music and dance make one to realise how huge music and dance are in the body of Nigerian cultures.

After the parades and displays, Otunba Runsewe performed the Calabash Opening ceremony, which he had innovated and unveiled at last AFAC Expo to replace tape cutting ceremonies. The calabash remained open, as long as the 5-day event lasted, climaxing on Saturday November 4, which witnessed another colourful parades, music, and dances as part of the closing ceremony.

Amaechi Okobi : Art is a huge part of who we are at Access Bank

Amaechi Okobi, Group Head, Corporate Communications, Access Bank Plc, is a man of many parts. His knowledge of art runs deep. In this interview with OSA AMADI, he lets us in on the aesthetically rich art gallery of Access Bank, shares his passion for art generally, and expresses his confidence in the prosperous future of Nigerian art. Enjoy the tour:

THE BLACK HERMIT : The burden of tribal politics in Ngugi Wa Thongo’s play.

Kenyan literary icon, the prolific writer and activist, James Ngugi Wa Thongo, decries the burden of tribalism in his play, The Black Hermit. The play was first produced in November, 1962 at the Ugandan National Theatre and published in 1968 by Heinemann Educational Books Ltd. The setting is a typical newly independent East African society, which grapples with a new form of oppression after the dethronement of colonialism through a fierce struggle for independence

Moremi Ajasoro Festival: Ooni Of Ife marks this year Festival

The Queen Moremi Ajasoro Festival was celebrated on Wednesday November 1 at the Ooni of Ife’s Palace with streams of activities making it excitingly memorable. Moremi festival is an annual event in commemoration of the great Amazon in the history of Yoruba race, Queen Moremi Ajasoro, a princess from Offa married to Oduduwa, the cradle of Ile Ife dynasty and custodian of Yoruba heritage.

This year’s ceremony was precisely Ooni Alayeluwa Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi, Ojaja II’s second Moremi festival celebration since he became the new Kabieyesi. However, the culturally stylish Kabieyesi prior to this has introduced several innovative cultural

Summary: The Palm-wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola

Title:                     The Palm-wine Drinkard
Author:                 Amos Tutuola
Language:            English
Publisher:             Faber and Faber (UK)
                             Grove Press       (US)
Genre:                  Fiction, Fantasy Fiction
Publication Date: 1952 (UK)
                             1953 (US)
Pages:                  125
ISBN:                  0-571-04996-6



The narrator lives contentedly as the son of a rich man who retains a palm-wine tapster for his son’s exclusive use. Each day, the tapster draws enormous amounts of palm-wine for the narrator, who drinks it with his friends. One day, after the narrator’s father has died, the tapster falls from a palm tree and is killed. The narrator misses his supply of palm-wine, and his friends no longer visit him, so he decides to go to Deads’ Town to find his tapster.

The narrator’s journey leads him from his town to various parts of the bush—that place outside civilization that is the habitation of all s

10th Convocation Play, Leadcity University

Happening live at Leadcity  University, featuring Dance performance, the play Palmwine Drinkard by the Students of Performing  arts and Culture  Department. Leadcity University