ARTS & CULTURE

Odun Ifa Exhibition

Yoruba Gallery’s Odun Ifa 2024 exhibition showcased an eclectic mix of art from talented artists presenting the essence of Ifa / Orunmila in practice, belief, culture and lifestyle, including the Orisa’s associated with Ifa such as Orisa Ibeji and Orisa Esu in his multidimensional forms and energies.

Zimbabwe: Tourism Ministry Hails Madam Boss

[The Herald] The Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality Industry has hailed comedienne Madam Boss for promoting the national fabric at this year's BET Awards show held in the US last weekend.

Rwanda: I Am Hip Hop Festival in the Rapper’s Perspective

[New Times] Rwanda's first-ever I Am Hip-Hop festival is around the corner and, with just two days to go, rappers on the lineup are giving their maximum in rehearsals, as they vow to deliver great performances enough to entertain their fans who are looking forward to the festival.

Nigeria: The Road to the Village – Novelist Chigozie Obioma On Nigeria’s Brutal Civil War, Love and Redemption

[The Conversation Africa] Chigozie Obioma is the Nigerian author of the novels The Fishermen (2015) and An Orchestra of Minorities (2019), both shortlisted for the Booker Prize for their unique, folkloric tales of Nigerian life in decades past. Like them, his 2024 novel The Road to the Country is "tinged with fable and prophecy". It's set in the brutal Nigerian Civil War of 1967-1960, fought between Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra, a secessionist state which had declared its independence. This epic story of "a young man seeking