Nigeria’s creative economy—encompassing film, fashion, music, design, tech, writing, and animation—has emerged as one of the country’s most dynamic and globally resonant sectors. Yet for many talented Nigerians, one question […]
The Lagos Creative Enterprise Week (LCEW) an initiative of Pride Creative and Multi-Media Limited and Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech) have entered into collaboration to nurture and empower the next generation of creative professionals […]
MR Olusegun Awolowo, former Executive Director, Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) on Friday said exhibition of Nigerian arts and crafts would enhance job creation. Awolowo also said it could help […]
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a loan of $170 million to finance a digital and creative enterprises program in Nigeria. The investment in Digital […]
The Pride Lagos Creative Enterprise Week (PLCEW) which seeks to chart pathways to make creativity pay has assembled a stellar lineup of facilitators for its 2021 edition “Creativity Is Big […]
Members of South Africa’s Zip Zap Circus. Washington Post/Getty Images Elleke Boehmer, University of Oxford Across cultures, the self-making powers of storytelling are widely recognised. Steve Biko, the South African […]
Author Akwaeke Emezi. Theo Wargo/WireImage Aretha Phiri, Rhodes University and Rocío Cobo-Piñero, Universidad de Sevilla Queering the Black Atlantic: Transgender Spaces in Akwaeke Emezi’s Freshwater is a paper by Rocío […]
Alexis Huguet/AFP/Getty Images Aretha Phiri, Rhodes University and Sam Naidu, Rhodes University Crime and detective fiction continues to top bestseller lists across the world, spawning TV series and films. In […]
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