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Subject: [josana] KOLE OMOTOSHO @ 70
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Subject: KOLE OMOTOSHO @ 70
Sent: 29 Mar 2013 6:54 AM
KOLE OMOTOSO AT 70: Exhibition and Festschrift. Professor Bankole Omotoso, short story writer, novelist, dramatist, critic, actor, biographer of Nigeria, founding General Secretary and a former President of the Association of Nigerian Authors, a foremost icon of the literary arts and of popular culture in Nigeria and South Africa, will be 70 years old on April 21, 2013. Omotoso's arrival at the biblical three-score-and-ten offers all of us an opportunity to draw attention to and appreciate his many-sided commitment to the literary arts as well as celebrate those with whom his path has crossed. At the heart of the celebrations is Akure, his hometown where The Kole Omotoso Exhibition - Akure to Jo'burg will be on display from 19th April to 21st April, 2013. The Exhibition, to be donated to a cultural establishment in Ondo state after the celebrations, is to motivate a permanent means of attracting literary enthusiasts to the city that has featured so much in his many novels and short stories. Showcasing his contributions to civic education and the development of popular culture in Nigeria and South Africa, the Exhibition will round out the motifs that have given Akure a place as one of Africa's cities of literature. Quintessentially, there is a need to view Kole Omotoso's achievements as a creative writer also in the context of his role as a pioneering activist in literary journalism. His literary editorship of Afriscope in the seventies, his Writer's Diary in West Africamagazine, his travelogues in National Concord, and his Uncle Very Very series in the now defunct Daily Sketch, bear witness to his durable performances. Kole Omotoso's especial creativity in these areas remain benchmark performances to which must now be added his continuing conversations with Nigeria - in the columns he has maintained on the pages of TheNews magazine and VANGUARD newspapers. So far, he is one Nigerian writer who has done a full length biography of Nigeria in fiction and faction. His Just Before Dawn, remains a special intervention in literary and civic engagements with the national odyssey. It is understandable therefore that on his 70th Birthday, many scholars, friends and colleagues would have much to say about Kole Omotoso's place in, and impact on, African literature and culture as well as his interface with the literatures and cultures of his country-in-laws in the Carribbean and the Arab world. It is also an opportunity to engage the continental tilt of his literary activism since he relocated to South Africa where he has had a unique involvement with the international culture of mobile phone usage. All these clearly present a rationale for a Festschrift to engage his private and public persona. Specific to the Festschrift: contributions, which may cover events in the 70th Birthday celebrations, may be written as reminiscences or random narratives encompassing his early years from Oyemekun Grammar School, Akure, to King's College, Lagos; the University of Ibadan to the University of Edinburgh; the University of Ife (Obafemi Awolowo University) to Stellenborch in Cape Town, South Africa. The reminiscences and academic essays on and around his creative writing and criticism, his works and days, may be sent before May 20, 2013, to the Kole Omotoso at 70 Committee, c/o the following email addresses: odia55@yahoo.com, laoyeayeole@yahoo.com,omoluabi@yahoo.co.uk. PLEASE, NOTE: the celebrations will take off as a Special Reading, KOLE OMOTOSO IN PERSON at Jazzhole, 168 Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, in Lagos on April 17, 2013 at 4.30 pm. The Kole Omotoso Exhibition - Akure to Jo'burg will be on displayfrom 12 noon on 19th April to 21st April, 2013. A Reception, An Evening for Uncle Very Very's Nephew will be held at the Cultural Centre, Akure on the same date, 19thApril 2013. The core celebration begins with a Special Birthday Lecture RADICALS, LITERATURE AND NIGERIA: JUST BEFORE 1914 which will be delivered by Professor G.G. Darah of Delta State University, Abraka, and will be chaired by Professor Akinwumi Isola, at the Cultural Centre, Akure, on 20th April, 2013. Time:4.30pm. It will be immediately followed by Kole Omotoso's South African play, YES AND 'KNOW' TO THE FREEDOM CHATTER, directed by Felix Okolo and produced by Hornbill House. Odia Ofeimun, for Kole Omotoso at 70 Committee
------------------------------- Jahman Oladejo Anikulapo Culture Advocates Caucus www.cultureadvocates.org www.nigeriatheatre.org www.eyinjuodu.blogspot.com
------------------------------------- Jahman Oladejo Anikulapo Artiste, Culture Advocate, Communicator, Consultant www.cultureadvocates.org
www.nigeriatheatre.org eyinjuodu.blogspot.com
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From: Eyinju'Odu <jahblak@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 2:19 PM
Subject: [josana] KOLE OMOTOSHO @ 70
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From: Jahman Anikulapo
Subject: KOLE OMOTOSHO @ 70
Sent: 29 Mar 2013 6:54 AM
KOLE OMOTOSO AT 70: Exhibition and Festschrift. Professor Bankole Omotoso, short story writer, novelist, dramatist, critic, actor, biographer of Nigeria, founding General Secretary and a former President of the Association of Nigerian Authors, a foremost icon of the literary arts and of popular culture in Nigeria and South Africa, will be 70 years old on April 21, 2013. Omotoso's arrival at the biblical three-score-and-ten offers all of us an opportunity to draw attention to and appreciate his many-sided commitment to the literary arts as well as celebrate those with whom his path has crossed. At the heart of the celebrations is Akure, his hometown where The Kole Omotoso Exhibition - Akure to Jo'burg will be on display from 19th April to 21st April, 2013. The Exhibition, to be donated to a cultural establishment in Ondo state after the celebrations, is to motivate a permanent means of attracting literary enthusiasts to the city that has featured so much in his many novels and short stories. Showcasing his contributions to civic education and the development of popular culture in Nigeria and South Africa, the Exhibition will round out the motifs that have given Akure a place as one of Africa's cities of literature. Quintessentially, there is a need to view Kole Omotoso's achievements as a creative writer also in the context of his role as a pioneering activist in literary journalism. His literary editorship of Afriscope in the seventies, his Writer's Diary in West Africamagazine, his travelogues in National Concord, and his Uncle Very Very series in the now defunct Daily Sketch, bear witness to his durable performances. Kole Omotoso's especial creativity in these areas remain benchmark performances to which must now be added his continuing conversations with Nigeria - in the columns he has maintained on the pages of TheNews magazine and VANGUARD newspapers. So far, he is one Nigerian writer who has done a full length biography of Nigeria in fiction and faction. His Just Before Dawn, remains a special intervention in literary and civic engagements with the national odyssey. It is understandable therefore that on his 70th Birthday, many scholars, friends and colleagues would have much to say about Kole Omotoso's place in, and impact on, African literature and culture as well as his interface with the literatures and cultures of his country-in-laws in the Carribbean and the Arab world. It is also an opportunity to engage the continental tilt of his literary activism since he relocated to South Africa where he has had a unique involvement with the international culture of mobile phone usage. All these clearly present a rationale for a Festschrift to engage his private and public persona. Specific to the Festschrift: contributions, which may cover events in the 70th Birthday celebrations, may be written as reminiscences or random narratives encompassing his early years from Oyemekun Grammar School, Akure, to King's College, Lagos; the University of Ibadan to the University of Edinburgh; the University of Ife (Obafemi Awolowo University) to Stellenborch in Cape Town, South Africa. The reminiscences and academic essays on and around his creative writing and criticism, his works and days, may be sent before May 20, 2013, to the Kole Omotoso at 70 Committee, c/o the following email addresses: odia55@yahoo.com, laoyeayeole@yahoo.com,omoluabi@yahoo.co.uk. PLEASE, NOTE: the celebrations will take off as a Special Reading, KOLE OMOTOSO IN PERSON at Jazzhole, 168 Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, in Lagos on April 17, 2013 at 4.30 pm. The Kole Omotoso Exhibition - Akure to Jo'burg will be on displayfrom 12 noon on 19th April to 21st April, 2013. A Reception, An Evening for Uncle Very Very's Nephew will be held at the Cultural Centre, Akure on the same date, 19thApril 2013. The core celebration begins with a Special Birthday Lecture RADICALS, LITERATURE AND NIGERIA: JUST BEFORE 1914 which will be delivered by Professor G.G. Darah of Delta State University, Abraka, and will be chaired by Professor Akinwumi Isola, at the Cultural Centre, Akure, on 20th April, 2013. Time:4.30pm. It will be immediately followed by Kole Omotoso's South African play, YES AND 'KNOW' TO THE FREEDOM CHATTER, directed by Felix Okolo and produced by Hornbill House. Odia Ofeimun, for Kole Omotoso at 70 Committee
------------------------------- Jahman Oladejo Anikulapo Culture Advocates Caucus www.cultureadvocates.org www.nigeriatheatre.org www.eyinjuodu.blogspot.com
------------------------------------- Jahman Oladejo Anikulapo Artiste, Culture Advocate, Communicator, Consultant www.cultureadvocates.org
www.nigeriatheatre.org eyinjuodu.blogspot.com
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