Institute To Host 3-day Inaugural Festival In Lagos

Nsibidi Institute volition big a three-day inaugural festival connected fashionable Nigerian civilization from contiguous to Sunday, September 28.

The institute disclosed that the event, with the taxable “The Past successful the Present Around Us: A Retrospective Celebration of Nigerian Popular Culture,” is taking spot successful Lagos.

According to the Nsibidi Institute, participants volition enactment successful a symposium, exhibition, movie screening, and photograph exhibition, among different activities.

The manager of the Nsibidi Institute, Mr Ed Keazor, said, „The festival looks to research the beardown affinities betwixt Nigerian modern and humanities fashionable cultures. The nonsubjective is to show the vibrant continuity of our societal history. We shall research this done film, photo, creation exhibitions, performance, and interactive conversations.”

According to the institute, “the opening time keynote address, titled ‚Heritage and Future successful the Past,‘ is expected to beryllium delivered by the National Council for Arts and Culture director-general, Ojinnaka Obi Asika.

“The symposium titled ‘The Nigerian Popular Press: A Driver of Heritage and Social Culture’ volition beryllium moderated by Aduke Gomez, with panellists including Jahman Anikulapo, C. Don Adinuba, Freda Olatunbosun, and Michael Effiong James. “Part of the accumulation for the opening time is connected the archetypal period of paper advertizing (1863–1963) and a movie screening based connected Lagos: The Birth of a City Style (1861–1967) by Muni and Ed Keazor. Hubris: A Brief Political History of the Nigerian Army, with the theme

“Military Rule and Social Impact,” volition beryllium the centre of the publication discussion. The writer of the book, Major-General Tunde Akinkunmi (rtd), volition beryllium conversing with Mr Yemi Candide-Johnson, SAN,’’ the connection read.

The Nsibidi Institute is an autarkic probe and taste organisation based successful Lagos, Nigeria. Its enactment centres connected preserving, exploring, and reimagining indigenous cognition systems, peculiarly those rooted successful Nigerian history, language, and identity.