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The Swamp Dwellers… Soyinka’s 68-year-old-play returns to stage at Sheffield, June 29-July11
by Jerry Adesewo 4 minutes readMigration remains one of the defining challenges of our time. Across Africa, Europe and beyond, millions of young people leave their communities in search of opportunity, often creating emotional and …
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Nurturing Next-Gen Talent: Theatremania Africa partners Corona School Agbara for historic theatre initiative
by Agency Report 5 minutes readPress Release This high-octane, two-day theatrical and educational experience will come alive on June 4th and 5th, 2026, at the prestigious Corona Secondary School (CSS), Agbara, Ogun State. The event …
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Ozi Okoli @50… celebrates with book launch, command performance of ‘Restless Night’, June 13
by The ArtHubby The ArtHub 3 minutes readOkoli conceived Restless Night as a theatrical meditation on insecurity as a lived, repetitive experience rather than a single catastrophic event. The play unfolds in cycles—of dialogue, memory, fear, and interruption—mirroring the …
I am the story of the old and young… I am human… I am African… I am Art… I am History… That which you seek and find… The knowledge that builds tomorrow… That which your researches and …
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FESTAC ‘77: 50 years after and WE are still waiting…
by Edi Lawaniby Edi Lawani 3 minutes readFESTAC was a deep-rooted statement of intent by Africa and the Black race, to underscore the ‘people-for-power’ mandate and its undertones from African leaders mobilizing under the auspices of the …
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Why we must revive FESTAC ’77 now — Abioye, festival chair
by The Punch Newspaper 16 minutes readThe Festival of Arts and Culture tagged FESTAC ’77 brought together thousands of participants from across Africa and the diaspora in one of the continent’s biggest cultural gatherings, aimed at …
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Clarissa review – Sophie Okonedo mesmeric as Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway decamps to Nigeria
by TheGuardian.com 5 minutes readIt is essentially a film about life-choices, about the terrible inevitability of marrying the wrong person and yearning to make sense of the past without regret. The film moves with …
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Nollywood, moral panic and the myths we tell ourselves
by Sola Adeyemiby Sola Adeyemi 6 minutes readNigeria’s challenges are vast, and no single industry can be held responsible for them. Nollywood is a mirror – sometimes distorted, sometimes unflattering, sometimes illuminating. To demand that it carries …
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Venice Biennale 2026: Africa takes centre stage with record representation
by Agency Report 3 minutes readThirteen African countries are participating in the 2026 Venice Biennale, a record for the event. Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone and Somalia joined the exhibition for the first time. The …
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