The Photo of the Week showcases Western House, Nigeria’s pioneering high-rise office building, which commenced operations in 1958, alongside surrounding … More
Category: History
Photo of the Week: Happy World Photography Day
The annual World Photography Day, observed on August 19, is a tribute to the art, science, and heritage of photography, … More
Photo of the Week: Falomo Roundabout-Then and Now
Our Photo of the Week series continues with rephotography of old and new iconic areas of Lagos. The older photo … More
Photo of the Week: Shitta Bey Mosque, Lagos – Then and Now
This Photo of the Week is a rephotography of Shitta Bey Mosque, at least a hundred years apart. Photo one … More
Photo of the Week: Catholic Mission Street Lagos – Then and Now
Eyes of a Lagos Boy Photo of the Week series shows a rephotoghraph collage of Lagos – 57 years apart. On … More
Photo of the week: Sango in the sun
Our Photo of the week features the statue of Sango, created by the master Nigerian sculptor, Ben Enwonwu (1917-1994) in … More
Didi Museum at 40: No art No history
Didi Museum, the famous centre for art, culture and heritage promotion situated in Victoria Island Lagos, marks its 40th anniversary … More
Photo of the week: The struggle is real
The celebration of the first day of May started as a commemoration for the 1886 Haymarket Massacre in Chicago when … More
Interview with Yemisi Shyllon: Hope in the signs of the times
For Africa’s leading renowned art collector Omooba Yemisi Shyllon, it is not all gloom and doom in the visual arts … More
Interview: Orlando Julius Ekemode, back to his roots
Orlando Julius is a legendary Nigerian musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has graced the Nigerian music scene for six decades and is still going strong.
Molue nostalgia
Molue has all that you want to buy especially in the healthcare department, there’s always a vendor of all kinds of medicine or magical product that can make all ones problems go away forever. Ironically, a Molue is like a moving school, with a lot of colourful paintings and words written on them. Even job notices and success tips are pasted all around the bus inside out.
Rex Lawson: Decades of highlife reverberation
Highlife music was the foremost sound from West Africa, mainly Ghana and Nigeria, in the 1950s, reaching a remarkable height in the ’60s.
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