Art and Ideas

Art and Ideas

Northern Nigerian Writers summit repositions self

After three days of deliberation, the 3rd Northern Nigerian Writers Summit has taken measures to position itself as an umbrella organisation for the p

Philanthropist launches ‘Fund a Library Project’ to put books in schools

Businessman Obinwanne Okeke, through his Invictus Foundation, has unfolded plans to give grants to several schools across the country to fund their li

Mystery over Christ’s orb in $100m Leonardo da Vinci painting

Crystal sphere in Salvator Mundi artwork lacks optical exactitude, prompting experts to speculate over motive and authenticity A new biography of Leon

The 2017 NLNG Prize dozen

Peter Akinlabi: Iconography Peter Akinlabi is no stranger to award shortlists.  In 2001 he was shortlisted for the Okigbo Poetry Prize and was al

Colson Whitehead: ‘To deal with this subject with the gravity it deserved was scary’

The author of The Underground Railroad on slavery, privilege and why he took 15 years to tackle the idea that won him a Pulitzer Prize  Colson Wh