Category: Art, Media & Entertainment

Good Nigerian art, media & entertainment. This includes Nigerian-inspired visuals, auditory or performing artifacts (artworks), music, movies, culture, etc.

King Sunny Ade Inducted Into Hard Rock Café Hall of Fame [2016]

Legendary Nigerian musician, King Sunny Ade, has made history as the first Nigerian artiste to be inducted into the Hard Rock Café Hall of Fame and also the first Nigerian to have his memorabilia hanging from the Hard Rock Café.

He is also the first Nigerian to have his memorabilia hanging from the Hard Rock Café. Hard Rock’s archive includes over 77,000 items, and is the largest private collection of Rock and Roll memorabilia in the world.

Continue reading King Sunny Ade Inducted Into Hard Rock Café Hall of Fame [2016]

Patrick Egwu Ejike Emerge 2nd At 2016 Haller Prize For Development Journalism

Patrick Egwu Ejike has won second place in the 2016 Haller Prize for Development Journalism  with his work titled: ‘Digital Tech Improving Access to Education in Nigeria’.

The 3rd Haller Prize for Development Journalism in Sub Saharan Africa received 110 applications; ranging from Nigeria to Kenya, to Ghana, Somalia, Burundi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Ethiopia in answer to this year’s topic:

“How best can digital technology empower development in Sub Saharan Africa? And where are the challenges?”

Articles gave insight on the myriad challenges and opportunities of the Digital Revolution across Africa. From citizens using WhatsApp to communicate directly with town representatives to make sure infrastructure is improved in real time, to the many opportunities around learning skills and accessing services through digital tech.

All the submissions provided unique perspectives on the change and transformation associated with the fast-changing world of technology in Africa.

1st place, winning £3000

Tatenda Chitagu (Zimbabwe)

‘Service delivery, accountability just a click away in Zimbabwean City’

2nd place, winning £1000

Patrick Egwu Ejike (Nigeria)

‘Digital Tech Improving Access to Education in Nigeria’

3rd place, winning £500

Tinashe Mushakavanhu (Zimbabwe)

‘Africa manufacturing its own hardware: BRCK – Internet in a box’

Patrick is a graduate of Mass Communication from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), and has also, won the Best Student Journalist (2013 and 2014) in his department and Writer of The Year in the Faculty of Arts in 2014 during his undergraduate days.

Njideka Akunyili Crosby & “Drown”

A new auction record was set for Njideka Akunyili Crosby in New York when “Drown” soared to sell for $1,092,500, over three times the high-estimate ($200,000-$300,000), in Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale. No fewer than 11 bidders competed for the work that was eventually sold to an anonymous buyer on the telephone.

This was the second time in less than two months that the auction record for Njideka Akunyili Crosby had been broken at Sotheby’s. The previous auction record for the artist was $93,750, set by her “Untitled” work from 2011 at Sotheby’s New York in September 2016.

“Drown” is an intimate self-portrait of the artist with her husband, Justin, and demonstrates beautifully how the layers of Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s work reference the layers of her own identity.

In May next year, Sotheby’s will launch its first dedicated sales of “African Modern and Contemporary Art” in London, led by Hannah O’Leary, Sotheby’s recently-appointed Head of Modern and Contemporary African Art.