Archives Tag: Wole Soyinka
The Wole Soyinka Prize For Investigative Reporting: Entries Open
April 19, 2022
Entries are currently open for the Wole Soyinka Prize for Investigative Reporting. If you are a journalist with investigative works in print, online, audio, or visual media covering the focus areas of the award, you are invited to apply. Read more about Opportunities Since it was first held in 2005, the award has aided … Continue reading The Wole Soyinka Prize For Investigative Reporting: Entries Open
Top 10 Nigerian Authors In 2020
April 19, 2022
In a year that greatly affected the mentality of so many through the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns, Nigerians found a way to thrive and make the society seem normal. One group, Nigerian writers, were not to be left out. Every year, they have thrived both at home and on the world stage and 2020 was … Continue reading Top 10 Nigerian Authors In 2020
By ugo-chinedu
Social Media Roundup
April 19, 2022
Wole Soyinka’s Plane Seat Incident One of the highlights of the week was a tweet by Nigeria politician Tonye Cole in which he recounted an experience he witnessed between a young man and Wole Soyinka on a plane. In the tweet, he called out the young man for asking Wole Soyinka to leave his seat … Continue reading Social Media Roundup
FG Orders Return Of History As Standalone Subject In Nigerian Schools
April 19, 2022
Events from the past shape the future, and the study of history, which entails learning about the past in relation to the future, is very crucial to growth and development of any nation. It is necessary for citizens of any country to understand and question how they arrived at their present state or level in … Continue reading FG Orders Return Of History As Standalone Subject In Nigerian Schools
By ugo-chinedu
Herdsmen Invasion: A Regional Effort to Tackle Insecurity
April 19, 2022
Barely a month since Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Professor Wole Soyinka agreed on the subject of insecurity in the nation – and particularly the recent kidnappings in the South-West – there has been an unprecedented step up in coordinated effort to get regional leaders and other stakeholders on board to take pragmatic action. Gone are … Continue reading Herdsmen Invasion: A Regional Effort to Tackle Insecurity
By adedoyin
Throwback Thursday: The Biafra Declaration (1967)
April 19, 2022
“Now, therefore, I, Lieutenant-Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Military Governor of Eastern Nigeria, by virtue of the authority, and pursuant to the principles, recited above, do hereby solemnly proclaim that the territory and region known as and called Eastern Nigeria together with her continental shelf and territorial waters, shall henceforth be an independent sovereign state of … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: The Biafra Declaration (1967)
By adedoyin
Do You Know That Wole Soyinka is the First and Only Nigerian to Win a Nobel Award?
April 19, 2022
Amongst awards, there are ‘Awards’. The Nobel Prize is technically the ‘crème de la crème’ of awards; especially with regards to contributions made to humanity. The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed in several categories by Swedish and Norwegian institutions in recognition of academic, cultural, or scientific advances. This was in line with the … Continue reading Do You Know That Wole Soyinka is the First and Only Nigerian to Win a Nobel Award?
By jeremiah
World Poetry Day: Five Nigerian Poets
April 19, 2022
21st March is World Poetry Day. Its purpose, according to the 1999 UNESCO declaration, is to promote the reading, writing, publishing, and teaching of poetry throughout the world. What better way to celebrate the day than to celebrate some of the most famous Nigerian poets? Ben Okri Ben Okri is a Nigerian poet and writer, … Continue reading World Poetry Day: Five Nigerian Poets
Nigeria Decides 2019: Kingsley Moghalu of the Young Progressive Party (YPP)
April 19, 2022
The excellent presentation of the YPP’s candidate, Kingsley Moghalu at the Presidential Debate, increased his popularity. As the three players (Fela Durotoye, Oby Ezekwesili and Moghalu) onstage demonstrated to Nigerians what the future could hold for our political space. Though the absence of the two lead actors, All Progressive Congress’ Muhammadu Buhari People’s Democratic Party’s … Continue reading Nigeria Decides 2019: Kingsley Moghalu of the Young Progressive Party (YPP)
By ugochukwu
EbonyLife TV Set to Film ”Death and the King’s Horseman” by Wole Soyinka
April 19, 2022
Filmmaker, media entrepreneur and EbonyLife TV boss, Mo Abudu, has announced that EbonyLife TV has acquired the rights to produce a feature film “Death and the King’s Horseman” an adaptation of a play by Wole Soyinka. She made the post after a lunch meeting with the Nobel laureate in London on Sunday. “Lunch with Prof … Continue reading EbonyLife TV Set to Film ”Death and the King’s Horseman” by Wole Soyinka
Onyeka Nwelue Celebrates Soyinka In New Documentary Film, ‘Wole Soyinka: A God And The Biafrans’
April 19, 2022
Award-winning Nigerian writer and filmmaker, Onyeka Nwelue is developing a documentary on Nigerian Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, titled, “Wole Soyinka: A God and the Biafrans”. The Documentary The project which, according to Nwelue, was started in 2004 when he was 16, and is being developed at The Cooper Gallery, Hutchins Center for African & African … Continue reading Onyeka Nwelue Celebrates Soyinka In New Documentary Film, ‘Wole Soyinka: A God And The Biafrans’
20 Inspiring Quotes From Writers About Writing
April 19, 2022
Much has been said about the power and pleasure of reading, and not nearly enough about writing. Without writers there would be no books to read or rave about, but how much do we know about the writing process and what goes on in the minds of writers, be they novelists, journalists, or just people … Continue reading 20 Inspiring Quotes From Writers About Writing
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This Day in History: Poet, Christopher Okigbo was born in Ojoto, 1932
April 19, 2022
Christopher Ifekandu Okigbo was a Nigerian poet, one of the major founding fathers that shaped the development of Nigerian Literature, and African Literature in general, in the 20th century. He was born in Eastern Nigeria, in the town of Ojoto, in Anambra State, on the 16th of August, 1932, to Chief James Okoye Okigbo and … Continue reading This Day in History: Poet, Christopher Okigbo was born in Ojoto, 1932
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82 Students to Engage in Writing Contest on Wole Soyinka’s 82nd Birthday
April 19, 2022
For two days in the month of July, Abeokuta’s June 12 cultural centre will be playing host to the Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange. The annual event is scheduled to take place on the 13th and 14th of this month, coinciding with the 82nd birthday of its initiator, Professor Wole Soyinka. As part of the … Continue reading 82 Students to Engage in Writing Contest on Wole Soyinka’s 82nd Birthday
Events This Weekend: 25 – 27 September
April 19, 2022
Enjoying the long weekend already? The fun and learning doesn’t have to stop. Attend one or more of these events: Femi Leye’s Debut Album Launch Afro jazz guitarist, Femi Leye is launching his debut album EKAABO this weekend and wants you right there with him! Date: Saturday, September 24th, 2015 Venue: Eko Hotel & … Continue reading Events This Weekend: 25 – 27 September
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