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Amina Claudine Myers Interviewer: Simon Rentner Simon Rentner: This is Simon Rentner with Afropop Worldwide with George Collinet. I'm here sitting with Amina Claudine Myers, the famous genre-defying pianist, who has played with so many luminaries in the industry. It’s just a pleasure to be here with you and talk about some of your life experiences. Amina Claudine Myers: Thank you. It's a pleasure. My pleasure.

Afropop Worldwide http://www.afropop.org/img/interview/GeorgeLewis/Lewis_chp8_06.jpg Interviewer: Simon Rentner Simon Rentner: I'm here with George E. Lewis, the author of the book A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music. First of all, why did you name your book A Power Stronger Than Itself?

By Jessica Hundley Femi Kuti makes something more than music. His dozen or so album releases and hugely popular concerts (“one of the more powerful live shows on Earth,” according to the Onion) are imbued with the weight of family legacy and Kuti’s own individual intents. It is "music as message" in a way few acts take on these days –- protest and admonishment and hope all embedded in Afrobeat exuberance. In his own words, Kuti’s songs are his primary “weapon” in a lifelong struggle to bring awareness and resolution to the strife in his home country of Nigeria. The eldest son of the great musician and activist Fela Kuti, Femi began his musical career at age 16 as a member of his father’s band. After Fela’s death in 1997, Kuti continued in his father’s footsteps, embracing outspoken activism, maverick musicianship and a relentless tour schedule. His newest effort, Africa for Africa (released April 12 on Knitting Factory Records), was recorded in the same studio where he ...

Culled from The Cultural Weapon Should artists accept “dirty money”? Mike van Graan A number of things strike one on entering Bamako, the capital of Mali. The first is the majestic Niger River responsible for much of the green in an otherwise dusty, gravelly, semi-desert city. Another is the industriousness of the people in an obviously poor country, as everyone is trying to generate even a meagre income selling mangoes, chickens and home-made furniture, or Chinese-manufactured T-shirts, electricity adapters and slip slops. Then there are some incongruously tall buildings and hotels, a number of the latter bearing the name “Libya Hotels”. One garish building is named after the Libyan dictator, Gaddafi, who has funded this – still empty - structure to house the Malian cabinet. There are two bridges across the Niger with a third being built by the Chinese. As one walks through the market, there are hand-made posters in defence of Gaddafi, and in conversation with some of the loc...

Olusola, Onobrakpeya, Babawale pay tribute to Beier THE GUARDIAN, THURSDAY, 07 APRIL 2011 00:00 BY MICHAEL ORIE AND YEMI OLAKITAN ART - ARTS DAYS after the death of the venerable arts and culture enthusiast, Ulli Beier, tributes and encomium have continued to pour in for the man who opened the Osogbo Art to the world. According to Prof. Tunde Babawale, Director General of Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC), Beier was passionate about Nigeria arts and culture. While commiserating with the entire art and culture community over the passing on of the culture promoter, Babawale said, “was as a unique personality who made passionate and indelible contributions to the development and popularisation of Yoruba arts and culture.” The DG said Beier provided an enduring platform for interaction between Yoruba indigenous ideas, beliefs and practices and the European cultural space, the legacy of which is the Iwalewa House at the University of Bayreuth, which continue...

Repositioning The Nigeria Prize For Literature: The Stakeholders’ Resolve Repositioning The Nigeria Prize For Literature: The Stakeholders’ Resolve THE GUARDIAN, SUNDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2011 ABOUT 30 workers in the various disciplines of the Literature discipline gathered in a function room of Eko Hotel & Suites, last Monday to review the state and status of the $50,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature with a mission to setting it on a more progressive and widely beneficial path for the creative writng community. the gathering was at the instance of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas company, NLNG, which initiated the prize (as well as its $50,000 Science counterpart) and has been its facilitator over the years. According to Siene Allwell-Brown, General Manager, External Relations, of the gas company, the forum was conve of making it the “best and the biggest for rewarding excellence” as well as one of the best administered prizes in the world. Said the ex-newscaster, “We believe it is...

TWO DAYS TO AJAI-LYCETT CELEBRATION The Committee for Relevant Art, CORA in collaboration with the African Movies Academy Awards, AMAA, present ARTHOUSE FORUM in celebration of the 70th Birthday Anniversary of the veteran actress and stage matriarch, TAIWO AJAI-LYCETT. Theme: STATE OF THE STAGE: CONVERSATION WITH, AND AROUND TAIWO AJAI-LYCETT featuring dialogue between TAIWO AJAI-LYCETT and two Sister Actresses -- TINA MBA and KATE HENSHAW. Also, Q & A between the veteran actress and the audience. Moderator: WOLE OGUNTOKUN (Director, Theatre @ Terra) Date: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13 Time: 2PM Venue: TRIBECA, Adetokunbo Ademola Street (opposite Eko Hotel, VI, Lagos Gate: FREE EniOlorutidakosefarawekosefenutembelekosebinukosena'kaiwosisiwiwolaawo

ARTHOUSE FORUM The Committee for Relevant Art, CORA in collaboration with theAfrican Movies Academy Awards, AMAA, present: in celebration of the 70th Birthday Anniversary of the veteran actress and stage matriarch, TAIWO AJAI-LYCETT . Theme: STATE OF THE STAGE: CONVERSATION WITH, AND AROUND TAIWO AJAI-LYCETT featuring dialogue between TAIWO AJAI-LYCETT and two Sister Actresses -- TINA MBA and KATE HENSHAW. Also, Q & A between the veteran actress and the audience. Moderator: WOLE OGUNTOKUN (Director, Theatre @ Terra) Date: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13 Time: 2PM Venue: TRIBECA, Adetokunbo Ademola Street (opposite Eko Hotel, VI, Lagos Gate: FREE TAIWO AJAI-LYCETT, OON, FELLOW (SONTA) (Sourced from http://taiwoajailycett.co.uk) NATIONAL & PROFESSIONAL HONOURS Taiwo Ajai-Lycett, OON, Fellow (SONTA), was born in Lagos, Nigeria, on 3 February 1941. She was honoured with an OON (Officer of the Order of the Niger) in the 2006 Nigerian National Honours List by President Olusegun Obasanjo, P...

The Committee for Relevant Art, CORA in collaboration with the African Movies Academy Awards, AMAA , present ARTHOUSE FORUM in celebration of the 70th Birthday Anniversary of the veteran actress and stage matriarch, TAIWO AJAI-LYCETT . Theme: STATE OF THE STAGE: CONVERSATION WITH, AND AROUND TAIWO AJAI-LYCETT featuring dialogue between TAIWO AJAI-LYCETT and two Sister Actresses -- TINA MBA and KATE HENSHAW. Also, Q & A between the veteran actress and the audience. Moderator: WOLE OGUNTOKUN (Director, Theatre @ Terra) Date: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13 Time: 2PM Venue: TRIBECA , Adetokunbo Ademola Street (opposite Eko Hotel, VI, Lagos Gate: FREE TAIWO AJAI-LYCETT, OON, FELLOW (SONTA) (Sourced from http://taiwoajailycett.co.uk) NATIONAL & PROFESSIONAL HONOURS Taiwo Ajai-Lycett, OON, Fellow (SONTA), was born in Lagos, Nigeria, on 3 February 1941. She was honoured with an OON (Officer of the Order of the Niger) in the 2006 Nigerian National Honours List by President Olusegun Obasanjo,...

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(An international touring Documentary Film Festival located in Nigeria) (www.irepfilmfestival.com) PRESS RELEASE Organisers of iREPRESENT (iREP) International Documentary Film Fest, wish to thank you immensely for the support you have rendered so far towards the realisation of the maiden edition of the annual touring festival, which is billed to hold January 20 to 23, 2011 at the TERRA KULTURE, TIAMIYU SAVAGE ST. VI and the LAGOS BUSINESS SCHOOL, VI. LAGOS We also wish to apprise you of the latest information on the festival. The iREP festival, initiated with the objective of promoting independent documentary features, in its objectives and contents, places emphasis on training and skill development to the benefit of the young, aspiring and practising film makers in Nigeria, especially for those with flair for Documentary films. iREP 2011 (i) CONCEPTAL FRAMEWORK: Africa In Self-Conversation (ii) THEME: Can Documentary Change the World? (iii) OUTLINE: 3 Day Festival Schedule – ...

The Committee For Relevant Art (CORA) is hosting decision-making executives of publishing houses to register for the Publishers Forum at the 12th edition of the annual Lagos Book & Art Festival. The Festival runs from the 11th till the 14th of November 2010. The Publishers Forum is the very first programme and the only event for November 11, 2010. The Lagos Book and Art Festival is unique for being an event where the emphasis is as much on insights into the content of books as it is in their promotion and sales. Therefore, for this year’s festival, we have designed what we call the Publishers’ Forum to provide a concentrated space for key publishers in Nigeria to collectively appraise their current operations within the context of the challenges facing their industry, brainstorm on their findings and identify key steps that can be taken as individual businesses or as a collective to improve their bottom line. At CORA, we picture ourselves as midwives to the different facets of th...