Grooming Children on the Value of Taking Care of their Environment

Children and the Environment (CATE), a non-governmental organisation focused on grooming children on the value of taking care of their environment, in collaboration with the 2010 Lagos Book and Art Festival held its ‘The Green Festival 5 at ‘LABAF 2010'.The event, themed ‘Greening our creativity at 50', consisted of a number of workshops and discussion sessions for the benefit of Children and Teens. The exhibition hall of the National...

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Thumbs up for KEMI BAKARE at the WordSlam IV

Friday, September 30, 2011 WordSlam... explosion of live poetry in Lagos WordSlam... explosion of live poetry in Lagos • Tomoloju headlines the explosion (THE GUARDIAN, FRIDAY, 30 SEPTEMBER 2011) BY ANOTE AJELUOROU FEATURES It was by every measure a weekend the power of the spoken word took centre-stage and audience that had gathered savoured every bit of it. But by far, the most humbling was when playwright, actor, singer and culture...

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WordSlam IV - School Outreach Programme Phase 2

The second phase of the School Outreach Programme, a school poetry workshop kick-off today on the Island. The workshop started at about 1p.m at Ireti Grammar School, Ikoyi, today, Nov 23rd, 2009 and will end on the Nov 25th, 2009. The first phase which held last week at the Bola Ige Millennium School in Tolu School Complex, Ajegunle was indeed interesting as Ade Bantu took the students through the usage of rhyme and rhythm in poetry and...

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BornTroWay… creativity hunt hits Ajegunle

ALL is now set for the maiden edition of the Creative Arts Training targeted at youths in Ajegunle, Lagos.  A total of 28 candidates were shortlisted from 130 that did their screening at Ayota Arts Centre, Ajegunle in March this year. The training holds from May 16 to 20 at Millennium Senior Secondary School, Tolu, Ajegunle. The aim is to promote Nigeria’s peace and unity. With the theme BornTroWay (born throw away), the creative...

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