Arts & Culture

Sequel to the success recorded by his epic movie, “Invasion 1897”, which broke new grounds at the international scene last year, Lancelot Imasuen has landed another big deal as he signs a multi-million naira production contract with a leading online TV platform, Nollytv. This is coming, as the Nigeria Police has commissioned the celebrated film director to produce a TV …

A controversial bronze cockerel that was looted from Africa in the 19th century and has long stood in the hall of a Cambridge college has been removed following calls from students for it to be repatriated. The university agreed on Tuesday that the statue, one of the Benin bronzes, should be taken down from the hall in Jesus College and …

Jesus College student union passes motion saying sculpture – taken from Benin empire in 1897 – should be repatriated Haroon Siddique Students at a Cambridge University college have voted that a bronze cockerel that stands in its hall should be repatriated to Africa, from where it was looted in the 19th century. Firing the opening shots in a campaign that …

By Alltimepost.com, As epic movie, invasion 1897 continues to draw attention around the world, the film producer, actor and director, Mr. Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen is being showered with various awards of excellence from various organizations in different parts of the globe. Within one month, precisely from August 7 till date he has received four different awards from Eghoba Global Association, …

Boston – By Alltimepost.com Invasion 1897, an epic film by Nigerian-born actor, film director and producer, Mr. Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, depicting the horror of an unimaginable proportion unleashed on Edo people of Benin Kingdom in 1897 by the British colonial masters will premiere in Massachusetts on Sunday August 16, 2015. The show, jointly sponsored by apex Edo socio-cultural Organization, The …

By Shannon Collins DoD News Features, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON – When Terri A. Dickerson, the director of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Office of Civil Rights, was a little girl growing up in New Orleans, she attended a segregated Catholic school. As the school was desegregated, she witnessed violence, bombings and demonstrations. “I grew up with the unfairness, the slights, …

Washington, D.C. – United States Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division, in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African Art, will present “Connecting the Gems of the Indian Ocean: Eastern Africa’s ‘Swahili’ Civilization, Oman and the Gulf” on Thursday, March 5, 2015. The event will hold from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Montpelier Room, …

The task of the theatrical designer—through machinery, lighting, scenery and costumes—is to transport Members of an audience from their time and place to an entirely different world. The Library of Congress exhibition “Grand Illusion: The Art of the Theatrical Design” will show how designers create their magic, with a behind-the-scenes look at stage productions, from the Baroque courts of Europe …

By Alltimepost.com United States Library of Congress will again participate in Washington’s annual celebration of its gift of cherry trees from Japan with two events during the 2015 National Cherry Blossom Festival. A lecture by National Mall and Memorial Parks Superintendent Robert A. Vogel will be presented by the Library’s Asian Division, the Library said in a press release on …

By Osaru Osayi-Osazuwa There is a large presence of Edo descendants in the United States of America. What I observed in the Edo community is that it is evident that parents are not teaching our youths the traditional Edo customs, such as greetings. At a function I noticed that one of my peers greeted an elder “Hi Auntie.” This bothers …