Tribute

The history of the Afrobeat movement in Nigeria will be incomplete without a mention of Pa Tajudeen Olalekan Animashaun (Baba Ani), the baritone sax player, vocalist, composer, and former bandleader …

ROWLAND Abiodun turned 80 on Sunday, July 25. He is the John C. Newton Professor of Art, the History of Art, and Black Studies at Amherst College, MA. He has …

The beloved actress, women empowerment advocate and social activist is 50 today. The stage and screen goddess is breaking the internet already, with fans and admirers from home and abroad …

(Adé Bantu (Adegoke Odukoya), multiple award-winning Nigerian-German born musician, producer and activist, is 50 today. In the 2015 interview below, originally titled, Ade Bantu: From Africa to the World, excerpted …

WITH the exception of paintings that adorn the tip of the upper floor of the blocked building, Block 120, Plot 2 Bosun Adekoya Street, Oniru, Victoria Island, Lagos does not …

“I was named Richard by my elder sister. My dad called me Wedson. Our landlady called me Eyimofe. My grandmother who speaks Itshekiri (I am Urhobo) named me Enagholo. Evans …

TODAY is Professor Aaze Tom Adaba’s actual birthday anniversary, but the celebrations started on 30th June, 2021, with a glitz and charm webinar across continents organised by his children, and …

SOMETIME in 1999/2000, the great maestro Steve Rhodes introduced me to Monsieur Pascal Ott who was then the Director of the French Cultural Centre on Kingsway Road Ikoyi, Lagos. Uncle …

THIS is not my day. It is our day to commemorate. These hours, I proclaim my 60th birthday, alongside my amazing family and affectionate friends. I give thanks for this …

By Olu Obafemi FEMI Osofisan is 75, in the morning Season of Winter and midway on the journey towards the Season of the Octogenarian. But it is yet early noon …