PAINTING EXHIBITION AT THE ITALIAN EMBASSYArt lovers in Abuja gathered at The Studio of the Embassy of Italy on Wednesday, 21st of January, for a painting exhibition by Joe Musa, Director-General of the National Gallery of Art.
Joe Musa is an alumnus of Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government. He has held over 16 solo exhibitions as well as participated in group shows at home and abroad. In 1990, he was awarded Executive Membership of the International Art Galleries Association (IAGA) in recognition of his contribution to creative excellence. Joe Musa is a recipient of the 1996 Nigeria National Merit Award (NMA) for Arts and Culture. VIEW PHOTOS of the painting exhibition here...
CHINUA ACHEBE VISITS NIGERAAfter nine years of being away from Nigeria and 50 years since he wrote his legendary novel, THINGS FALL APART, Chinua Achebe arrived in Abuja on January 19 to participate in a month-long festival of art and culture marking Igbo Civilisation in Owerri, the capital of Imo State. Nigeria’s beloved novelist sounded upbeat and happy as he met with Abuja-based journalists and writers at a press conference and cocktails held in his honour at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel on the same day he arrived.
Accompanied by members of the Planning Committee of the Festival of Igbo Civilization and immediately surrounded by everyone as soon as he entered the venue, Chinua Achebe started off by saying, “I did not come here to give you a lecture. You are the ones who are here.” He then answered questions on various topics from the journalists.
Chinua Achebe has always maintained that he does not have a favourite among his novels because that is like asking a father to choose the best among his children. At the conference he said, “Things Fall Apart is not the only book I wrote. I wrote many other books and you should read all of them.” And having worked in a media outfit himself in the late 1950s while working on the his first novel that went on to sell close to 10 million copies, he told the reporters to “continue the good that you are doing.”
Things Fall Apart is reported to have been translated into 50 languages and is on the list of required readings in many schools and universities all over the world. VIEW PHOTOS of Chinua Achebe here...
AIWC COFFEE MORNING
At 10:00am on January 21, 2009, members of the Abuja International Women’s Club (also known as AIWC) gathered at the residence of the club’s President, Lola Lundgren, for tea, coffee and cakes. This is a way to start the year off.
AIWC is a voluntary, non-political, non-sectarian, non-profit organisation established to promote deeper understanding and appreciation of the diverse social and cultural values of its members. The main purpose of the club is to promote friendship and understanding amongst women of diverse nationalities by organizing social, recreational and humanitarian activities. Its current Executive Officers are: Lola Lundgren (President); Mary-Lou Herron and Daphne Herrenschmidt (Vice-Presidents); Claudia Rackl (Treasurer); Aditi Basu (Assistant Treasurer); Karima Radwan (Secretary -Membership/Correspondence); Lata Poulsen (Secretary - Newsletter); Shirley Bowry (Events Coordinator); and Glynis Taylor and Lola Lundgren (Charity Coordinators). Club members usually meet for socials and lunch at least once a month respectively. VIEW PHOTOS of the AIWC gathering here...
At 10:00am on January 21, 2009, members of the Abuja International Women’s Club (also known as AIWC) gathered at the residence of the club’s President, Lola Lundgren, for tea, coffee and cakes. This is a way to start the year off.
AIWC is a voluntary, non-political, non-sectarian, non-profit organisation established to promote deeper understanding and appreciation of the diverse social and cultural values of its members. The main purpose of the club is to promote friendship and understanding amongst women of diverse nationalities by organizing social, recreational and humanitarian activities. Its current Executive Officers are: Lola Lundgren (President); Mary-Lou Herron and Daphne Herrenschmidt (Vice-Presidents); Claudia Rackl (Treasurer); Aditi Basu (Assistant Treasurer); Karima Radwan (Secretary -Membership/Correspondence); Lata Poulsen (Secretary - Newsletter); Shirley Bowry (Events Coordinator); and Glynis Taylor and Lola Lundgren (Charity Coordinators). Club members usually meet for socials and lunch at least once a month respectively. VIEW PHOTOS of the AIWC gathering here...
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