Did You Know? Soukous Means Congolese Music.
Music of the Democratic Republic of the Congo varies in its different forms. Outside of Africa, most music from the Democratic Republic of Congo is called Soukous, which most accurately refers instead to a dance popular in the late 1960s. The term rumba orrock-rumba is also used generically to refer to Congolese music, though neither is precise nor accurately descriptive. Really, […]
Hurrah ! now we have emc3Boston
emc3 just opened up an office in Boston. Don’t forget to follow our Boston office on twitter. Follow @emc3Boston You can check out who we are and what we do: https://vimeo.com/120698892 #Events #Boston #EventProfs
emc3Nigeria’s production of the Yale Africa-China conference.
Yale University, through its MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, is organizing a series of important conferences on Africa-China relations (“Africa-China Relations: Balance, Growth and a Sustainable Future”) in collaboration with leading business schools in China and on the African continent. Attached is the full information document. The conferences aim to integrate African, Chinese […]
The Story of Benin City; the mighty medieval capital now lost without trace
This is the story of a lost medieval city you’ve probably never heard about. Benin City, originally known as Edo, was once the capital of a pre-colonial African empire located in what is now southern Nigeria. The Benin empire was one of the oldest and most highly developed states in west Africa, dating back to […]
The Venus Bushfires: explains why she likes to tick the “other” box
Nigerian-born Helen Isibor-Epega, otherwise known as The Venus Bushfires, is a singer-songwriter who explains why she likes to tick the “other” box during an interview with Design Indaba. She’s a diaspora African: born in Nigeria and raised in London, she has been influenced by different styles, cultures and languages. She is also one of very […]
JUST ARRIVED NIGERIA, WHY NOT VISIT ( PART II )
Terra Kulture Terra Kulture is a leading art, culture, lifestyle, and educational centre located in Lagos, Nigeria. Since its establishment in 2004 by respected businesswoman and art connoisseur Bolanle Austen-Peters to promote the richness and diversity of Nigerian Languages, Arts and Culture, Since then, Terra Kulture has become the premier recreational destination for those looking for an […]
Just Arrived Nigeria, Why not visit ( Part I )
Are you in Nigeria and got some free time? Why not visit: The Muson Centre Located in the heart of Lagos Island, situated conspicuously between the National Museum, the City Mall, the age-long Onikan Stadium and the former official residence of the Nigeria’s foremost Centre of artistic excellence is the MUSON Centre, an acronym for […]
emc3 Nigeria Witnessed the FCMB Dare2Dream Finale
emc3 Nigeria was present at the FCMB Dare2Dream Finale. The highly anticipated event, which was a culmination of many weeks of intensive research that took the Dare2Dream & FCMB teams across 3 major universities in the country – University of Lagos, University of Abuja and University of Port-Harcourt, scouting for the next faces in modelling […]
Nigerian Helen Parker-Jayne Isisbor Spawned the First Pidgin Opera.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Nigerian Helen Parker-Jayne Isisbor’s quest to champion her often-derided west African vernacular has spawned the first pidgin opera. This is opera, but not as you know it: it is the world’s first opera in pidgin, the language spoken by some 50 million people in West Africa’s most populous nation of Nigeria, alongside variants in Ghana, […]
Aim of the Transparency Forum Initiative, a Core Key to National Development
As Buchi Ajufo, a Strategy and Communications Consultant at AfricaPractice noted in the recent article published on Increased Transparency that; Nigeria is both Africa’s largest market and economy due to its natural resources and an ever-growing population but in order to sustainably leverage these assets, it must encourage a culture of strong corporate governance within […]