The Ashanti Kingdom celebrated its 5th Akwasidae for 2023 on Sunday, July 23, 2023. The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, as usual, displayed the beautiful culture of the Akan people to the world. A video shared by the Royal Palace Multimedia showed the overlord of the Ashanti Kingdom displaying some …
Read More »Reactions trail photos of cultural dance troupe at a festival
Members of the Gbagyi Dance Troupe attended an annual festival held in Akwanga, Nasarawa State on Tuesday, December 27, 2022. The photos posted by the event organizers, have elicited varying reactions on Facebook. While members of the Gbagyi ethnic group hailed the display, one Asema Agirigi described it as …
Read More »The cultural history of waist beads
Over the years, wearing waist beads has slowly become the ‘in thing’ in fashion. Although it has always been an element of culture in the African custom, today, many more people have fallen in love with the idea of having it on or having someone they love wearing them. Waist …
Read More »Watch How This Girl Was Exposing Her T0t0 In The Name Of Cultural Dance
A young lady probably between the ages of 18 and 25 years has been recorded on camera putting up a beautiful cultural dance and many social media users after coming across this video couldn’t keep mute over it. As many people are aware, cultural dance displays are always accompanied by …
Read More »Top three interesting cultural facts to know about Nigeria as it marks independence
Nigeria gained independence on October 1, 1960. A federal government structure with an elected prime minister and ceremonial head of state was formed by a new constitution. After neither party obtained a majority in the 1959 elections, the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) then led by Nnamdi …
Read More »We need to capitalize on technology to boost Africa’s cultural heritage
Dr. Wale Okediran, the General Secretary of the Pan African Writers’ Association (PAWA) says there is a need to capitalize on the numerous benefits of technology to commercialize Africa’s intangible cultural heritage. He said this during the Indigenous African Music and Dance Conference, organized under the auspices of the Ministry …
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