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NaijaPoetryFest set to mark World Refugee Day with powerful performances, conversations

NaijaPoetryFest, in collaboration with Alliance Française, is hosting a one-of-a-kind event to commemorate World Refugee Day. Titled Home Beyond Borders: Displacement, Resilience, and Rebuilding in Nigeria, the programme is scheduled for the 17th of July 2025 at 2pm and promises a deeply engaging blend of art, poetry, music, and critical discussion. This year’s theme speaks ...

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The Medical Poet hosts maiden edition of ‘Meet & Speak’

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Greener tomorrow: ‘Whispers of the Earth’ to stir Lagos in commemoration of World Earth Day

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Osundare, Bingham-Risher, other leading poets hail Adedayo Agarau’s The Years of Blood

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Wendy Okeke’s ‘Grief’s First Kiss is an Avalanche’ hits shelves nationwide

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Multidisciplinarity isn’t a burden, it’s a gift — Actor, Daniel Okezue

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Thespian, Daniel Okezue, clinches lead role in Scrilla, UK

Playwright and thespian, Daniel Okezue, has clinched a lead role in the upcoming UK stage production Scrilla, set to premiere on 24 July 2024 at The Bradford Playhouse. Okezue will portray DCI Mason in what is described as “an exciting story with a twist, exploring the complexities of mixing business with pleasure, the things we ...

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Building worlds in seconds: Inside the visual mind of Oluwatise Oluwajuwon

From Darling Hair commercials to Swallow on Netflix and the stylistic experiments of his early showreels, Oluwatise Oluwajuwon has built a career defined by clarity of vision and technical precision. Speaking with Flourish Joshua, he reflects on narrative flow, invisible VFX, team dynamics, and the evolving future of hybrid digital artists. Flourish:Your motion-design reel and ...

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Daniel Okezue to reprise role in The Butterflies III

Daniel Okezue is set to reprise his role as ‘Ben’ in Butterflies III, the annual stage production and relationship conference by The New Church, a ministry under Kingsword Ministries International. The production will take place at 4:00 pm on 26 March 2023 at the Shell Hall, Muson Centre, Lagos. The cast also includes Funke Bolodeoku ...

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A HARVEST OF HATRED, a review by Olu Jacobs

Abdullahi Ismaila’s short story collection, A Harvest of Hatred, is a 98-page cornucopia of societal ills, rendered in varying shades of grey. There are no bright colours. The prognosis is grim. Divided into two parts, the first part, “Sundry Tales” is a palpable allegory where the young protagonist, appropriately named Junior, sees his motherland in ...

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An addition to Nigeria’s burgeoning field of children’s literature

Nana The Storyteller is a slim book made up of seven stories filled with magical forms and miraculous elements, which appeal to children and adults in one breath. The many illustrations accompanying each story add to the excitement and flavour. There is the impression of radiant sunshine which graces parts of the sometimes ‘funny, sad ...

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