Art and Ideas

Art and Ideas

In my troubled years, poetry gave me solace

With two published poetry collections and a massive social media poetry movement called WRR, Kukogho Iruesiri Samson has established himself as a poet

Lagos at 50: Eko for show with dance dramas

For the past one week, residents and visitors to Lagos have witnessed a different side to Nigeria’s foremost commercial capital as the city cele

Biafra: A ‘victor’s’ side of the story

A review of Usman Faruk’s  ‘The Victors and the Vanquished of the Nigerian Civil War 1967-1970: Triumph of Truth and Valour over Gree

The many controversies of the Nigerian Writers Series

In 2014, the Association of Nigerian Authors published 10 books under the new Nigerian Writers Series (NWS). The experiment has been marred with alleg

African Art: Easy Pickings For Chinese Collectors?

The ‘South China Morning Post’ takes a long look at Chinese collectors buying African art which may prove decisive in launching this still