Art and Ideas

Art and Ideas

‘How endowment bill on arts, literature will liberate industry’

The Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Senator Shehu Sani has revealed how the National Endowment for Arts and Literature bill w

10 essential African novels

Yewande Omotoso In Omotoso’s charming and incisive The Woman Next Door, two Cape Town women, one black and one white, are neighbors who discover

Anger, frustration led me to write – Garricks

What inspired your novel, Tomorrow Died Yesterday?  A bit of frustration, some anger, and the uncomfortable burden of carrying the weight of an u

2017: Nigerian wins the BelgianArtPrize

A Nigerian, Otobong Nkanga has won the most important and historic award for contemporary art in Belgium.  According to a report on the website,

6-yr-old creates books to teach about black indigenous cultures

A 6-year-old girl and her mother have created a coloring book that educates young children about black indigenous cultures around the world while expl