This photograph of Benita Enwonwu from the 1970s recalls a familiar face from Nigerian popular culture of that era. She was widely known as a...
Born April 10, 1957, in Kano, northern Nigeria, Aliko Dangote has come to symbolize the transformative power of enterprise on the African continent. With a commercial...
When Afrobeat intersected with 1980s New York’s vibrant art scene In 1986, Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti traveled to New York, a global epicentre...
Akhuemokhan Egbor (1924–2011) occupies an important place in the history of Nigerian architecture as one of the professionals who helped shape the built environment of...
The photograph was taken in 1951 and shows the old palace of Oba Sir Ladapo Ademola II, the Alake of Abeokuta, in present-day Ogun State, Nigeria....
This photograph captures Chief Inyang Henshaw, a Nigerian highlife musician, performing with dancers during the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture...
Born on December 30, 1936, in the village of Anibeze, now Isoko South, Delta State, Obaro Ikime emerged from humble rural roots (his father a...
