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This weekend’s edition of Globacom-sponsored African Voices Changemakers on CNN International will have two change agents of Nigerian origin as special guests. According to a vignette of the magazine programme released by the telecommunications company, the guests are Chuks Collins, a fashion designer, and Adenrele Sonariwo, an art curator. Collins, who is based in the United States, launched his fashion business in 2010. He says his goal in the industry is to style people in a manner that will give them respect and a sense of pride. x Despite two serious setbacks in 2012, a major accident and a kidney problem that required a transplant, Collins was not discouraged. He had his debut collection ‘Survival’ and two more collections named ‘The Journey’ and ‘The Dream’ in quick succession. ....
By Omolabake Fasugon “The future is not digital. The present already is. Today’s reality is digital. You are either leveraging it or made irrelevant by it. However, everybody is at different levels of adoption of the reality of digital, its various elements, and its vast influence on business and the global economy today. That is why it is imperative that business leaders come together to chart the course for the digitization of the Nigerian and African economy and future.” This was the position of the MD/CEO of Adloyalty Business Network, Dr. Freeman Osonuga at the Ogun Digital Summit held on the 4th March, 2021 at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta, Ogun State with the theme ‘’Competency for The Future’’, an event aimed at bringing together great minds and ideas that will results into blueprints to the enhancement of digital technology in Nigeria. ....
Njideka Akunyili-Crosby’s I Refuse to Be Invisible (2013). PHOTO: Courtesy of the artist Though women in the arts have suffered under-representation and been written out of the history books, some are demystifying the art space, which is helping them to make the desired statement. One of such female artists is Njideka Akunyili-Crosby. Akunyili-Crosby is exploding the myth of ‘authentic African experience’. Her art “negotiates the cultural terrain between her adopted home in America and her native Nigeria, creating collage and photo transfer-based paintings that expose the challenges of occupying these two worlds”. Akunyili-Crosby mixes the classic academic western technique with her personal life, Nigerian and American culture and African traditions. She composes scenes from her everyday life between two countries, using western elements ....
From Lagos to Los Angeles, an African Art Gallery Arrives Adenrele Sonariwo has brought her Nigerian sensibility to Melrose Avenue, with a show focusing on women. Adenrele Sonariwo, a Nigerian art dealer, opened an outpost of the Rele Gallery in Los Angeles with a show called “Orita Meta,” a Yoruba phrase loosely translated as “a junction where three roads meet.” It shows three emerging female artists.Credit.Phylicia J. L. Munn for The New York Times Feb. 17, 2021 LOS ANGELES It certainly didn’t feel like a gallery opening. There was no crowd. No wine and cheese. Only a few people were allowed in at a time because of Covid-19 restrictions. ....
Design by Ingrid Frahm Part of staying fulfilled (and sane) during the pandemic is about finding and participating in things you love. Fittingly, February’s culture lineup is stacked with a diverse assortment of in-person and virtual events that will make your heart sing. Among them: an out-of-this-world comedy variety show, stunning choreographic premieres, an innovative art fair scattered across New York, and a Zoom reunion reading of a play written by Tony Award winner Billy Porter. To round it all out, the Met Opera will be presenting two weeks of free nightly streams of performances starring legendary African-American performers in honor of Black History Month. ....