Goethe Institut Launches Limbe to Lagos, StoryMakers’Workshop
This evening in Lagos, the literati will create an intellectual haven at Ouida House, GRA Ikeja as the German cultural centre, Goethe Institut Nigeria launches the book, “Limbe to Lagos: Non-fiction from Cameroon to Nigeria”. This collection of narrative nonfiction is the outcome of the Literary Exchange project organized by Goethe Institut Lagos and Goethe Institut Cameroon in partnership with Bakwa Magazine and Saraba Magazine.
In the conversations, writers will talk about the modern African reality and share their journey on creative nonfiction and travelling around Cameroon and Nigeria.
Edited by Dami Ajayi, Emmanuel Iduma and Diekashu MacVibah, the narrative documents the inter-cultural life of the two neighboring countries, their shared values and the writers’ perspectives coloured by first-hand experiences.
This book launch is one in the series of literary events lined by the cultural organization for the city. Recently, Goethe Institut Nigeria made a call for Storymakers’ Workshop for children ´ s Book illustrators and authors with the aim of fostering the development of children’s literature in Nigeria.
This forthcoming workshop is designed for six children´s storybook authors and six illustrators from 17 to 21 March 2019 in Lagos, Nigeria. Ute Krause, one of Germany´s best-known children ´ s book author and illustrator, alongside Nigerian illustrator Abdulkareem Baba Aminu, will conduct the workshop. The project is curated to promote and support the development of authentic children’s literature that reflects the cultural and social reality in Nigeria.
The 3some play fever is in the air this Valentine season in Lagos as night crawlers will slow down the city’s tempo with quickened heartbeats at the Crave Lounge, Hamilton Hotel, Lekki where the Hamilton Valentine’s Day Strip Party revvs up from February 13 till the dawn of the Valentine’s day. Featuring the lead character in the 3some Play, Marvelous Dominion, the rare strip party is a sketch of the whole dramatic piece written by Jude Idada. The strip scene in the psychotherapeutic play is one of the most controversial scenes in contemporary theatre today for its adult content and verisimilitude.
Clad in sheer bodysuit, the character appears nude from a distant, with her anatomy teasing the minds of members of the audience. Other members of the cast will be at the lounge on the eve of lovers’ day.
Written for the purpose of strengthening marriages and relationships, the play’s fluidity of performance style will be put to test at the lounge which is an unconventional space for its performance.
The strip scene is perhaps the most difficult part of the play because it depends largely on special effects, light, sound and other technical details. Whichever way the play is executed, the titillating performer leaves little for the viewer’s imagination.