The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives – A Review by Amelia Brown
“…there is a sense of joy and playfulness to the whole production”
When Teacher tells a young Baba Segi that “two women at home are better than ten in a bush”, Baba Segi knows what...
I am Woman
I am velvet and steel
I am longing and desire made real
I am passion passion burning bright
Inspiration setting ablaze the night
I am the story that reads resilience
Tales of courage overcoming mountains of resistance
Mine is the yoniverse,...
Oya Chronicles: In Conversation with My Mother by Funmi Iyanda – Abimbola Onimole
So did you die? Funmi Iyanda’s “In Conversation with My Mother” started with these words. From that moment, I was transfixed. I entered a world serene, anguished and intimate; beautifully so actually.
Funmi Iyanda’s dialogue...
There was a time
There was a time
When for the sake of your smile the ocean would not have withstood me
When I would have run a gauntlet just to be by your side
When my thoughts were centered only around you...
Greg Hicks is theatrical excellence, Femi Elufowoju, Jr masterful in Arcola Theatre’s Richard III
Despite being a confirmed culture vulture, I was a bit concerned about how my ADHD would hold up for Richard III. This is Shakespeare's second longest play, and I am a person who has...
Maami – a traditional Yoruba poem
Maami, this day shall pass away
To usher in a boundless joy
The energy invested in the hurdles of life
Shall be regained in the pleasure of future.
You've won many battles with courage
And broken many tides with prayers
You've...
London’s Southbank Centre’s AFRICA UTOPIA returns for 5th year
SOUTHBANK CENTRE’S AFRICA UTOPIA RETURNS
WITH A PROGRAMME OF PERFORMANCE, ART, FASHION AND TALKS
Africa Utopia returns to Southbank Centre for its fifth year, from 15-16 July 2017, with a line up of some of the...
ALBINO – traditional African poetry
Cluttering face in the hot rays
Inviting even the engaged eyes
The white god amidst the Blacks
The cult among the uninitiated
Squeezing reddish face
Oh please don't dare cry
Why dare close eye at dawn
How do you see path...
Sisi Mi – traditional Yoruba poetry
Sisi mi
You need not the charms of Abija wara bi ekun
Nor the Ifa consultation of the Elebuibons
You need not the prophesies of Temitope omo Joshua
To ascertain the originality of the love I profess to...
A tribute to my grandfather
Baba
Right in your warm embrace
I wrecked mama's heavy meal
I gulped from your palm wine tank
In readiness for the Ijapa travels.
You rained blessings on me
before the farm path registered your feet.
You bought me cloths of...
