NICO Ibadan Office has concluded its plan to kick-start the Weekend Edition of the Nigerian Indigenous Languages Programme in collaboration with Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Oyo State Command on 16th October, 2020.
Mwana is a raw and refreshing collection of poetry embracing profound themes in relation to community, the children of Africa and the unapologetic voice of Jackline Waziri through a transition of many journeys and overwhelming experiences”
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IN MEMORY OF UNCLE ROBERT EVANS
The night has been choked with the pain of a new exit,
Years of laughter and stories,
wrapped in the shades of a loud album
Your presence was all that was needed to feed our hearts.
And for many years, there was energy,
painting the structure of Life’s moments
The night has been choked with the pain of a new exit,
But in love, we have found a beginning
We will love you always
Tony Tokunbo Fernandez
Africa’s biggest UK Cultural Show! SOMETHING SPECIAL IS ON IT’S WAY PLS SAVE A DATEThe African Cultural Gala Night (ACGN) goes VIRTUAL!!!
To celebrate Black History Month the 2nd Annual Event will be on Zoom – Saturday, 31st October 2020.There will be a variety of awesome performances by dynamic African artistes, proudly showcasing Africa’s rich cultural heritage.
We are looking for ‘True’ Africans who are happy and willing to showcase their traditional attire, native accessories and recite a poem/poetry, and folklore songs of their originContacts for more information: 07939151064, 07506418604, 07405723359.
Africa’s biggest UK Cultural Show! SOMETHING SPECIAL IS ON IT’S WAY PLS SAVE A DATEThe African Cultural Gala Night (ACGN) goes VIRTUAL!!!
To celebrate Black History Month the 2nd Annual Event will be on Zoom – Saturday, 31st October 2020.There will be a variety of awesome performances by dynamic African artistes, proudly showcasing Africa’s rich cultural heritage.
We are looking for ‘True’ Africans who are happy and willing to showcase their traditional attire, native accessories and recite a poem/poetry, and folklore songs of their originContacts for more information: 07939151064, 07506418604, 07405723359. #Proudlyafrican
As you dey long for flight,
Another person dey long for car.
As he dey long for car,
Another person dey long for bike.
As he dey long for bike,
Another person dey long for bicycle.
As he dey long for bicycle,
Another person dey long for shoe.
As he dey long for shoe,
Another person dey long for leg.
As he dey long for leg,
Another person dey long for breath.
BE THANKFUL
©PENAWD
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Primrose Magala is originally from Uganda and now works as an Ophthalmic Nurse Practitioner at the world-renowned Moorfields Eye Hospital, in London.
Having made a career change following a life changing experience a few years ago, this inspired her to pursue a career in healthcare and specialise in ophthalmology.
Ophthalmology remains a neglected sector in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, thanks to emerging Global Sustainable Development initiatives and collaborative partnerships, Eye Health Uganda (and Eye Health Africa launching soon) has been formed as a great platform to support positive and sustainable healthcare transformation in Africa.
Eye Health is now a global concern (WHO 2020) with over 39 million people blind and over 285 million visually impaired, at least 70% of these are in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Primrose’s vision is to work with other partners, experts and stakeholders via an Africa wide Consortium platform, to set up Centres of Excellence and Institutes in Africa so that everyone has access to health care.
This will also mean that no one will have to leave the Continent to access these essential health services.
It is no longer a matter of, let someone else do it, but rather, let us do something about it together. Let us work together to utilise all available opportunities, resources, networks and platforms to develop health and economic systems in Africa.
THE BIG BLACK MAN WITH NO NAME- WRITTEN BY TONY TOKUNBO FERNANDEZ
Your presence is enough,
to provoke a silent storm within the chosen territories of cold eyes.
YOU STAND OUT- like an awkward jigsaw embraced in a poor puzzle,
And each time you move, the world is also moved in silence.
Your presence is enough,
to confuse the energy of a new crowd,
for all you can feel is layers and boundaries of hidden thoughts,
tucked in the energy of old secrets.
All they can feel is your PRESENCE,
And in that split second – All they can see and all they know,
is “THE BIG BLACK MAN WITH NO NAME”
WRITTEN BY Tony Tokunbo Eteka Fernandez
The amazing Johnny Nash has died at the age of 80. This great musical legend took the world by storm for very many years with great hit such as “I can see clearly now”. He died of natural causes and will always be remembered by numerous fans around the world
ABOUT THE ARTIST
John Lester “Johnny” Nash, Jr. (born August 19, 1940) is an American pop singer- songwriter, best known in the US for his 1972 comeback hit, “I Can See Clearly Now”. He was also one of the first non-Jamaican singers to record reggae music in Kingston, Jamaica.
Born John Lester Nash, Jr. in Houston, Texas, he began as a pop singer in the 1950s. He also enjoyed success as an actor early in his career appearing in the screen version of playwright Louis S. Peterson’s Take a Giant Step. Nash won a Silver Sail Award for his performance from the Locarno International Film Festival.
In 1965, Johnny Nash and Danny Sims formed the JAD label in New York. One of the more interesting signings was four brothers from Newport, Rhode Island, ages 9, 11, 15 and 16, called The Cowsills, before signing with Mercury/Philips with Shelby Singleton, before MGM and their first million selling hit single, “The Rain, The Park & Other Things”. The Cowsills went into the studio in New York with studio musicians and recorded a number of songs like “Either You Do Or You Don’t” and “You Can’t Go Halfway”. Eventually The Cowsills would write and record their own song, “All I Really Wanta Be Is Me”, which became the group’s debut single release on JODA (J-103).
Besides “I Can See Clearly Now,” Nash recorded several hits in Jamaica, where he travelled in early 1968, as his girlfriend had family links with local TV and radio host and novel writer Neville Willoughby. Nash planned to try breaking the local rocksteady sound in the United States. Willoughby introduced him to a local struggling vocal group, The Wailers. Members Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh introduced him to the local scene. Nash signed all three to an exclusive publishing and recording contract with his JAD label and financed some of their recordings, some with Byron Lee’s Dragonaires and some with other local musicians such as Jackie Jackson and Lynn Taitt. None of the Marley and Tosh songs he produced were successful. Only two singles were released at the time: “Bend Down Low” (JAD 1968) and “Reggae on Broadway” (Columbia, 1972), which was recorded in London in 1972 on the same sessions that produced “I Can See Clearly Now.” It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in November 1972. The I Can See Clearly Now album includes four original Marley compositions published by JAD: “Guava Jelly”, “Comma Comma”, “You Poured Sugar On Me” and the follow-up hit “Stir It Up”. “There Are More Questions Than Answers” was a third hit single taken from the album.
Nash was also active as a composer in the Swedish romance Vill så gärna tro (1971) in which he portrayed Robert. The film soundtrack, partly instrumental reggae with strings, was co-composed by Bob Marley and arranged by Fred Jordan.
SOURCE- JOHNNY NASH WEBSITE
TONY TOKUNBO ETEKA FERNANDEZ 