This International Women’s Day we promise to carry on the transformative work of our predecessors in the Labour party ‘Labour women who stood up and changed our country for the better’: Barbara Castle, Edith Summerskill and Alice Bacon in 1954.…
Keanzo’s 10years on stage; A Cultural Adventure
Kingsley Adeyemi Olakunle popularly known as Keanzo, is one of the biggest exports out of the city of Ibadan. His cultural concert tagged Kulture, Kings and Keanzo is billed to come up on the 26th of September, 2021, at the…
Culture and development
In Nigeria discourses on development occur often within the development set and are preoccupied with macro-indicators, namely, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), purchasing Power Parity (PPP), Per Capital Income (PCI), and so on. In fact under the prevailing administration, development discourses…
I will use culture to unite Nigeria, says Runsewe
The Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe (OON) who is also the President of the World Crafts Council, African Region, has said that his ultimate goal as the Director-General of the National Council for…
Nigeria: Expressing culture through wood carving
Emmanuel Nnakwelugo is a sculptor and carver whose amazing art works have dazzled many. A native of Anambra State, South East Nigeria, Emmanuel’s interest for arts started at a very young age when he usually accommpanied his friends to the…
The role of dance in African culture
As an African, dance is as much a part of my life as eating, drinking and working, but it is also an important part of our worship, following the guidance of the Bible where it is frequently referenced, particularly in…
Culture Is A Company’s Single Most Powerful Advantage. Here’s Why
There are very few factors that contribute more to business success than culture. Although it is sometimes difficult to draw boundaries around the notion of culture in organizations, it remains widely associated with business performance by practitioners, consultants, and researchers.…
Nigeria’s Yoruba women announce their arrival in style
When an aunt sent Oye Diran an old family photo, he was mesmerised by the high sense of fashion and style exhibited by the Yoruba women of West Africa in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. The photo was of his…
Ọmọ Tí A Kò Kọ́: Globalization and Cultural Education among New Generation Nigerian Yorùbá
This essay 1critically explores the semantic, phonological and philosophical implications of the sound “kọ”́ (build) in the Yorùbá proverb—Ọmọ tí a kò kọ́ ni yóò gbé ilé tí a kọ́ tà (the child that is not taught will eventually sell the house…
Bigger than Africa: Tales of the Yoruba people
The Yoruba people, one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa, have survived for centuries on the African continent. Evidence points to a powerful Yoruba kingdom in the eighth century in Ile-Ife. They lived in well-structured urban centers organized around…