Arts & Entertainment

VENTURES AFRICA – At the age of 12, multi-award winning veteran fashion Designer cum style consultant, Adebayo Jones knew he was destined to be a famous fashion designer. Having caught the sight of a T-shirt on a window display close to his home, he became inspired by what he saw. According to the Nigerian born [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Blackberry manufacturer, Research In Motion (RIM), is collaborating with Lagos State on its MTN Lagos Fashion and Design Week (LFDW), to provide Nigerian fashion enthusiasts mobile solutions to experiencing more of the event. Blackberry, the official technology partner of LFDW for the second consecutive year, developed a Style House Files (SHF) application [...]

VENTURES AFRICA - Former Tanzanian beauty queen, Jokate Mwegelo, has unveiled Kidoti Brand, a fashion and hair style label that will be involved in both fashion show and hairstyles. Jakote, who was the first runner-up at Miss Tanzania 2006 competition, said the Kidoti brand is a reflection of her own image and personality. The label, she [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – After years of silence on the Biafra war, Africa’s father of modern literature, Professor Chinua Achebe has released his first major work in years. For more than 40 years he has remained mute about his war experiences. Now, he tells the story how he lived it and he has now come to [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – After years in the wilderness a buzz is finally developing around the African Fashion Industry, and nobody has ridden this new wave of popularity more than designer Aisha Obuobi, whose design company is set to expand from Ghana into Nigeria. Having started how own design company, Christie Brown Ltd, in 2008, Obuobi [...]

VENTURES AFRICA- Nigerian author, Babatunde Rotimi has emerged the winner of the 2012 Caine Prize for African Writing. The author won the price for his short story- Bombay Republic – which tells the story of a Nigeria soldier fighting in Burma campaign of World War II and returning home as a veteran with a strong [...]

By ‘Fisayo Soyombo   VENTURES AFRICA — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie needs no introduction to the rest of world, even beyond the literati, which renders any attempt at such effort a superfluous waste of publishing space.   But in making a name for herself, her country, and indeed the African continent, Chimamanda has won awards that [...]

By Tomi Oladepo   VENTURES AFRICA – From a simple fascination of the beauty and delicateness amongst African women when making their hair in salon stalls at local market places, Ishaya Bako created a globally recognised and 2012 African Movie Academy Award-winning short film, Braids on a Bald Head. This short film has been showcased at international film festivals such as [...]

VENTURES AFRICA- There is bound to be a change in the order of things if the proposed Kenya’s copyright law is passed. One of the adjustments in the law will make provision for Guitarists, Drummers and Dancers to get equal remuneration from television and radio royalties. If the move is successful, it will be the [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Ethiopian Supermodel, Liya Kibede, lights up runways in Paris and New York, all honey brown skinned and long limbed. And like Warie Daris, Iman, Naomi Campbell, Tyra Banks and her other black supermodel sisters, she broke through the colour barrier in the modelling world to become the first woman of colour appointed [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Google Art Project is partnering with South African National Gallery and Wit Rock Art Research Institute to launch an online art museum.   The museum will feature arts from the Giant Nature Reserve, ancient African cave paintings as well as several works by artists like Sophie Peters, Thami Mnyele and Alexia Preller.   The [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Nigeria’s Next Supermodel is fast preparing for the next series of the popular model search TV show scheduled for later this year. The latest from the NNSM camp is the promotional images for the next series titled “Shades of You”. Lensed by Italian photographer Emilio Conti and featuring former NNSM winners and [...]

By Jennifer Ehidiamen   VENTURES AFRICA – I’m always fascinated by the art of photography. I almost adore photographers- both upcoming and established ones, that know their onions. When I first saw Steeve’s art, I was really stunned. No, to say I was stunned is an understatement. Steeve Aukingso Photography as a brand might not [...]

The bone of contention, according to an online petition launched against this film adaptation is that “Thandie Newton is an accomplished and talented actress in her own right. However, she is not Igbo, she is not Nigerian, and she does not physically resemble Igbo women in the slightest.”   By Tomi Oladepo One of the [...]

Due to the phenomenal response to the call to participate in the much anticipated, ARISE Magazine Fashion Week, which last year hosted 5,000 guests, 51 designers, 81 models, 5 musical acts over three days – ARISE organisers have announced that it will return to Lagos in March 2012, only this time it will feature 77 participants [...]