Evergreen Musical Company moves to preserve indigenous music By Banji Ayoola The late legendary comedian, Chief Moses Olaiya Adejumo, MON, popularly called ‘Baba Sala’, and variously described as father or pillar of Nigerian comedy, has been conferred with a post humus Life Achievement Award for his monumental contributions to the development of theatre and comedy […]
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Chairman of the maiden National Theatre Festival of Unity, Prof. Duro Oni (fourth from left); GM/CEO, National Theatre, Prof. Sunday E. Ododo and his wife; art and culture activist, Ben Tomoloju; and Festival Director, Biodun Abe, flagged by other executives at the closing ceremony The National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, which was in doldrums for lack […]
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“Eh ya!”“Eh ya!!”“My God…. Oh my God… Oh my God.”“God, Prof? Gone?”“It is well…” That, exactly, was how the Founder and Director of Rainbow Book Club, Koko Kalango, exclaimed when she heard of Prof. Johnson Pepper Clark-Bekederemo’s demise yesterday. According to Kalango, “the death of J.P. Clark is a personal loss. The last time I […]
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Rumour mongers were at work recently with the purported death of juju music maestro, Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey. But like every unfounded rumour, it ended up a ruse as the great musician himself came out to debunk it days after it trended on the internet. He told Paul Ukpabio in an interview at his Ikeja, […]
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Drummers welcome Prof. Yerima to the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding (CBCIU), Osogbo, Osun State Last weekend, the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding (CBCIU), Osogbo, Osun State, hosted a national colloquium in memory of Oba Adetoyese Laoye I, who passed on in 1975. With The Life And Legacies Of Timi John […]
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The picturesque redbrick house in Autonomous Residence of Ijegba (A.R.I) offers views that stand it out as a tourism enclave. Perched at the wooded end of Ibara Housing Estate, Kenta, Idiaba, Abeokuta, the building provides a panoramic view for a visitor. The amphitheatre at the basement is equally an architectural beauty worthy of note. On […]
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The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi (right) being presented the copy of a book entitled, Ayinla Omowura: Life and Times of an Apala Legend, by its author, Dr. Festus Adedayo, in his Oyo palace. The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has said there is traditional medicine capable of combating the COVID-19 pandemic. He […]
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The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has dissociated the House of Oduduwa from unauthorised statements purportedly issued on its behalf, seeking to condemn the streaming of the Moremi Musical or seeking court redress. He said in a statement that there is no dispute among the descendants of Oduduwa on Moremi matters. The monarch […]
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By Adedara Oduguwa Many in this generation might not be well familiar with the name, but for those born in the 50s, 60s, 70s and early 80s, Hubert Adedeji Ogunde was a colossus whose many works of art queries government officers’ malfeasance. He was jailed several times for standing on the part of his employer – […]
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For the female talking drummer, Aralola Olamuyiwa, popularly called Ara, Nigerians, and indeed, Africans, must not see their culture as inferior. She said they should instead hold it in high esteem. The lady, who spoke after her performance at the second edition of I Love My Culture, which held at the Alliance Francaise, Lagos, said, “I am passionate […]
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