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Writing A New Nigeria For BBC Radio4

  Sometime late last year, i presented a two part radio documentary for BBC Radio4 titled ‘Writing a new Nigeria’. I had a great time interviewing and speaking with lots of poets and writers. It’s so unfortunate when making programmes that you have to become very shrewd with killing your darling. This means that lots […]

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Make A date With Art Forum Africa

  As most people know i am quite passionate about art in all its forms and facets. To be honest passion doesn’t quite encapsulate the strength of emotion i feel for the arts but i suppose passion will suffice for now. Bukola Oye of The Sole Adventurer blog and i have decided to come together […]

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Strip; An Exhibition On Nudes

  So just over a month ago Adenrele Sonariwo of Rele gallery asked if i would be interested in co-curating an exhibition on nudes along with writer Ayodeji Rotinwa. As you can imagine, i leaped with joy saying YES!  The body is something that has always been of great importance to me. From a personal […]

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Limitations To Exploring Photography Off The Streets

  This panel discussion, organised to round up the ongoing Lagos: Hustle and Hope exhibition, will explore the dearth of creation, documentation and exposition of photographic works that go beyond the obvious everyday images on the streets to reveal the lives and work of people off the streets. The panelists are: visual artist Uche Okpa-Iroha, photographer […]

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Lagos: Hustle And Hope Exhibition

  Rele Gallery is pleased to announce the first of the ‘Lagos: Hustle and Hope’ exhibition series. The exhibition, which will run for three weeks, will open with a reception from 6pm on March 25, 2015, at 5 Military Street, Onikan, Lagos. Lagos: Hustle and Hope captures the dynamic nature of the city-state Lagos and […]

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Art In The Digital Age

  As part of a series of events organised by the British Council leading to the next theatre and fringe festival, i will be moderating a panel with award winning political and culture journalist Tolu Ogunlesi and Culture editor of BuzzFeed UK Bim Adewunmi on the theme of Art in the digital space and how […]

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My Street Economics

  The “My Street Economics” exhibition by Zainabu Jallo is in commemoration of the International Women’s Day and will hold on March 8th, at the new unconventional arts space in Lagos – Rele. In this major solo exhibition that will open on international women’s day, Zainab will display a set of photography works that captures […]