Njideka Akunyili Crosby was commissioned to paint the first joint portrait of the former US president and first lady, Barack ...

:: "This one, it is knacking (cracking) not drawing. You know, something you draw is different with knacking. Knacking is, you have to get the accurate place you are knacking, you understand, if you ...

In Osogbo, a city in southwestern Nigeria, an unexpected art movement arose in the 1960s ...

Nigerian music artist and founder of the New Skool Ogene (NSO) movement, Dan RicHeE, has announced plans to release a new seven-track project titled PAGES II.The forthcoming project is expected to ...

Michelle Obama praised Njideka Akunyili-Crosby after the Nigerian-American artist created a portrait for the Obama ...

Kayode Adegbola has been helping build Nigeria’s arts infrastructure for fifteen years through his curatorial platform Adegbola Art Projects. Photo: Jonathan Chambalin. Courtesy Adegbola Art Projects.

In Lagos, Nigeria, multimedia artist Anthony Azekwoh creates art that is easily recognizable—mostly depictions of mythical or legendary figures from various religions and eras, but with a twist.

Nigeria’s sound has gone global and there’s no turning back. What started as a local wave has become a full-blown movement, breaking records and setting new standards for what global music sounds like ...

Tokini Peterside-Schwebig understands the power of art. It’s why she created Art X Lagos, the premiere art fair and the only one of its kind in West Africa that brings Nigerian and African art to an ...

The new prize, which includes $5000 and a residency in Benin City, was open to artists living in Ghana and Nigeria ...