ORA BOOK TREK Begins Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Dear Friends,

The 2-month CORA BOOK SEASON, organized by the Committee For Relevant Art, to mark preparation for the 11th edition of its yearly Lagos Book and Art Festival, LABAF 2009 (November 13-15, 2009) continues on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, with the staging of the 2nd CORA BOOK TREK -- a school outreach project which began in 2006 with Reading Culture campaign in some Nigerian universities.

The 2nd CORA BOOK TREK under the theme: The Quest for The Most Literate Student in Lagos State is designed in three phases with the aim of encouraging students get more actively involved in reading books beyond their textbooks.

The first phase is tagged Meet-The-Author and will hold on TUESDAY OCTOBER 27 at the Alakoto Senior High School, Tolu School Complex, Olodi-Apapa, Lagos; starting at 10am. The students of the school and neighboring schools in the Olodi-Apapa and Festac Town areas will have opportunity to participate in such activities as Reading and Discussing selected creative writing works; Writing Clinic as well as having a one-one with notable writers.
Participation in, and admission to the event is FREE.

The 2nd phase is the Quiz/Book Review session by the students drawn from the first phase; and this will hold on NOVEMBER 3, 2009, at the Bola Ige Memorial Secondary School, Tolu School Complex, Olodi Apapa.

The 3rd phase is an Award Presentation session, and will hold NOVEMBER 13, 2009, where Finalists and Winners will be celebrated on the platform of the 11th Lagos Book and Art Festival, LABAF'09.

The Book Trek is CORA's main School Outreach project aside the Green Festival, which in collaboration with CATE Foundation, holds every year at the LABAF festival events. This edition is coordinated by the poet, school teacher, culture activist, Daggar Tolar, who is currently the Chairman of Lagos chapter of the Association of Nigerian Authors, ANA. The first edition in 2006 was coordinated by the Popular Culture scholar and culture activist, Ropo Ewenla.

Also at the University of Nsukka, Nsukka, the writer and author of Abbysinian Boy (Dada Books), Onyeka Nwelue will be staging a Book Trek for students of the school, where he is also a student.

The Book Trek is the third in the series opf programmes designed for the 2-month Book Season preparatory to the LABAF'09. The Season had flagged off with the CORA BOOK PARTY, which last month at the Goethe Institut, Lagos, presented eight of the nine poets in the Longlist of the 2009 Nigerian Prize for Literature. The second event was the Conversation on Eros and the African Novel, between Toni Kan, author of (Night of the Creaking Bed) and the Ugandan Doreen Baigana , author of Tropical Fish at the Quintessence in Ikoyi, Lagos. It was in collaboration with Cassava Republic Publishers.
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CORA BOOK TREK Begins Tuesday, October 27, 2009

CORA BOOK TREK Begins Tuesday, October 27, 2009
CORA BOOK TREK Begins Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Dear Friends,

The 2-month CORA BOOK SEASON, organized by the Committee For Relevant Art, to mark preparation for the 11th edition of its yearly Lagos Book and Art Festival, LABAF 2009 (November 13-15, 2009) continues on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, with the staging of the 2nd CORA BOOK TREK -- a school outreach project which began in 2006 with Reading Culture campaign in some Nigerian universities.

The 2nd CORA BOOK TREK under the theme: The Quest for The Most Literate Student in Lagos State is designed in three phases with the aim of encouraging students get more actively involved in reading books beyond their textbooks.

The first phase is tagged Meet-The-Author and will hold on TUESDAY OCTOBER 27 at the Alakoto Senior High School, Tolu School Complex, Olodi-Apapa, Lagos; starting at 10am. The students of the school and neighboring schools in the Olodi-Apapa and Festac Town areas will have opportunity to participate in such activities as Reading and Discussing selected creative writing works; Writing Clinic as well as having a one-one with notable writers.
Participation in, and admission to the event is FREE.

The 2nd phase is the Quiz/Book Review session by the students drawn from the first phase; and this will hold on NOVEMBER 3, 2009, at the Bola Ige Memorial Secondary School, Tolu School Complex, Olodi Apapa.

The 3rd phase is an Award Presentation session, and will hold NOVEMBER 13, 2009, where Finalists and Winners will be celebrated on the platform of the 11th Lagos Book and Art Festival, LABAF'09.

The Book Trek is CORA's main School Outreach project aside the Green Festival, which in collaboration with CATE Foundation, holds every year at the LABAF festival events. This edition is coordinated by the poet, school teacher, culture activist, Daggar Tolar, who is currently the Chairman of Lagos chapter of the Association of Nigerian Authors, ANA. The first edition in 2006 was coordinated by the Popular Culture scholar and culture activist, Ropo Ewenla.

Also at the University of Nsukka, Nsukka, the writer and author of Abbysinian Boy (Dada Books), Onyeka Nwelue will be staging a Book Trek for students of the school, where he is also a student.

The Book Trek is the third in the series opf programmes designed for the 2-month Book Season preparatory to the LABAF'09. The Season had flagged off with the CORA BOOK PARTY, which last month at the Goethe Institut, Lagos, presented eight of the nine poets in the Longlist of the 2009 Nigerian Prize for Literature. The second event was the Conversation on Eros and the African Novel, between Toni Kan, author of (Night of the Creaking Bed) and the Ugandan Doreen Baigana , author of Tropical Fish at the Quintessence in Ikoyi, Lagos. It was in collaboration with Cassava Republic Publishers.

ALI BABA & ......., COMING SOON

THE AMIABLE SECOND CITIZEN OF LAGOS STATE MRS SARAH SOSAN,REALY HAD A NICE TIME AT THE ALI BABA AGAIN, A COMEDY SHOW THAT FEATURED SOME OF THE BEST HANDS IN THE MUSIC AND COMDEY INDUSTRY,SOME OF THE A LIST ARTISTES THAT PERFORMED AT THE EVENT, WHICH WAS DISCRIBED AS THE BEST COMEDY SHOW IN 2009,HAD A WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE .THE LIST IS ENDLESS BUT PERMIT ME TO MENTION THESE WONDERFULARTISTES: D'BANJ, 9ICE , YINKA DAVIES, TEE A, YIBOKOKO, WANDE COAL, AY, JULIUS AGWU, KOFFI, TIMAYA,BOWJOINT,SEYI LAW AMONG OTHERS. WELL IF YOU MISSED OUT AT THE SHOW, THERE IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SEE THE BEST OF ALI BABA ON STAGE, ACCORDING TO A VERY RELIABLE SOURCE ALI BABA IS PREPARING A DELICIOUS MAIL AND THE MAEL WILL BE SERVED VERY SOON, THE SOURCE INFORMED NAIJAJUWON THAT THE MEAL WILL BE SERVED AT AN EXCLISIVE PARTY HAPPENING AT THE PALMS, ON THE ISLAND, VERY SOON, BEFORE I SIGNED OUT, I WAS TOLD IT IS FOR ONLY 150 DISTINGUSHED PEOPLE. DONT WORRY I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED, BEFORE, I SIGN OUT, I WAS TOLD THE AUDIENCE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A BRAND NEW CAR, GBA BE!

ROBESON HIGH SCHOOL THINGS ARE HAPPENING!

About one in seven girls at Robeson High School are pregnant. Officials say a variety of factors are to blame.

It is a Chicago public school full of energy and spirit. It has about 800 girls, and 115 of them have something in common - something you might find disturbing.

All those young ladies are moms or moms-to-be at Paul Robeson High School. It's not a school for young mothers, it's a neighborhood school. And all of the pregnancies have happened, despite prevention talk.

If you want to know why, the people closest to the situation say there's no simple explanation.

Chicago Public Schools says it does not track the overall number of teen moms in the district. But Robeson Principal Gerald Morrow knows the count at his school in Englewood: 115 young ladies who are either expecting or already have had children.

To put it in perspective, their school pictures would fill roughly six pages of their high school year book.

Why is it happening at Robeson?

"It can be a lot of things that are happening in the home or not happening in the home, if you will," Morrow said. Absentee fathers are another factor, he said.

LaDonna Denson and two other Robeson students say parents not talking to teens and, in some cases, the pursuit of public assistance also factor into the pregnancies. None of them thought they'd be moms at such a young age.

They said they have support at home. But not all girls do, they said. In fact, some girls get thrown out of the home.

Not on Morrow's turf. "We're not looking at them like 'Ooh you made a mistake,'" he said. "We're looking at how we can get them to the next phase, how can we still get them thinking about graduation?"

So there's help in a teen parent program. And coming soon, right across from Robeson, developers are turning a one-time crack house into a day care for student use. "We have to provide some type of environment for them and some form of support for them," Van Vincent, CEO of VLV Development, said. It's all made an impression.

"Just cause you have a baby, that doesn't mean your life is over," one student said.

One thing they might not know about their principal: His mom had him when she was 15. That's why accepting the problem -- and working through it -- is so important to him.

THE A LIST STAND UP COMEDIANS

These are some of the A list Stand Up Comedians in the country, they had a wonderful performances at the last, Ali Baba Again, Produced by Bunmi Davies

what is ALI BABA UP TO?

THE AMIABLE SECOND CITIZEN OF LAGOS STATE MRS SARAH SOSAN,REALY HAD A NICE TIME AT THE ALI BABA AGAIN, A COMEDY SHOW THAT FEATURED SOME OF THE BEST HANDS IN THE MUSIC AND COMDEY INDUSTRY,SOME OF THE A LIST ARTISTES THAT PERFORMED AT THE EVENT, WHICH WAS DISCRIBED AS THE BEST COMEDY SHOW IN 2009,THE LIST IS ENDLESS BUT PERMIT ME TO MENTION THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE, D'BANJ, 9ICE , YINKA DAVIES, TEE A, YIBOKOKO, WANDE CAOL, AY, JULIUS AGWU, KOFFI, TIMAYA,BOWJOINT,SEYI LAW AMONG OTHERS. WELL IF YOU MISSED OUT AT THE SHOW, THERE IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SEE THE BEST OF ALI BABA ON STAGE, ACCORDING TO A VERY RELIABLE SOURCE ALI BABA IS PREPARING A DELICIOUS MAIL AND THE MAEL WILL BE SERVED VERY SOON, THE SOURCE INFORMED NAIJAJUWON THAT THE MEAL WILL BE SERVED AT AN EXCLISIVE PARTY HAPPENING AT THE PALMS, ON THE ISLAND, VERY SOON, BEFORE I SIGNED OUT, I WAS TOLD IT IS FOR ONLY 150 DISTINGUSHED PEOPLE. DONT WORRY I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED, GBA BE!

WHAT IS ALI BABA UP TO?

THE AMIABLE SECOND CITIZEN OF LAGOS STATE MRS SARAH SOSAN,REALY HAD A NICE TIME AT THE ALI BABA AGAIN, A COMEDY SHOW THAT FEATURED SOME OF THE BEST HANDS IN THE MUSIC AND COMDEY INDUSTRY,SOME OF THE A LIST ARTISTES THAT PERFORMED AT THE EVENT, WHICH WAS DISCRIBED AS THE BEST COMEDY SHOW IN 2009,THE LIST IS ENDLESS BUT PERMIT ME TO MENTION THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE, D'BANJ, 9ICE , YINKA DAVIES, TEE A, YIBOKOKO, WANDE CAOL, AY, JULIUS AGWU, KOFFI, TIMAYA,BOWJOINT,SEYI LAW AMONG OTHERS. WELL IF YOU MISSED OUT AT THE SHOW, THERE IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SEE THE BEST OF ALI BABA ON STAGE, ACCORDING TO A VERY RELIABLE SOURCE ALI BABA IS PREPARING A DELICIOUS MAIL AND THE MAEL WILL BE SERVED VERY SOON, THE SOURCE INFORMED NAIJAJUWON THAT THE MEAL WILL BE SERVED AT AN EXCLISIVE PARTY HAPPENING AT THE PALMS, ON THE ISLAND, VERY SOON, BEFORE I SIGNED OUT, I WAS TOLD IT IS FOR ONLY 150 DISTINGUSHED PEOPLE. DONT WORRY I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED, GBA BE!

Where is Yinka Davies, She is one of the best talents in the Music industry, but in recent times , it seems she is out of circulation, but if you are reading this and you know where I can catch up with her, kindly let me know, am one of her fans and am missing her music and her stage dexterity!    

The Gospel Singer is out with double album, you will read more about her, very soon here on naijajuwon

YENI KUTI ON THE DANCE FLOOR

YENI KUTI , THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE AFROBEATS KING FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI WAS HOSTED IN AUGUST AT  THE MONTHLY STAND UP NIGERIA, PRODUCED BY BUNMI DAVIES

Jide Kosoko, Reachel Oniga and others shine in PAJAWIRI

A new movie from the stable of the young talented movie producer, Yomi Fabiyi is out titled Pajawiri which literarily means Emergency, the movie parades the like of Jide Kosoko, Reachel Oniga, Sola Asedeko, Babasuwe, Yinka Quardri and many others is directed by the award winning movie director Abbey Lanre while Corporate Picture is the marketer and distributor

LABAF IS HERE AGAIN

LAGOS HAPPENS ! 11TH LAGOS BOOK & ARTS FESTIVAL , THIS IS THE GREATEST BOOK EVENT IN THE COUNTRY , YOU MUST THE THERE , OYA NOW , LETS GO THERE , 12TH -14TH NOVEMBER, 2009

Here comes Supper RUNWAY Nigeria

Plans are in top gear for the maiden edition of Super Runway Nigeria, a fashion and modeling talent hunt and showpiece designed to identify , harness and sharpen raw models in other to showcase them to the international scene .
According to the organizers, over five thousand youths are expected to participate in the show , in the words of Lolarshon , the beauty consultant for the event “ Super Runway is unique and would be beneficiary to many young ladies out there, she further stated there are many girls around who want to showcase their talent in modeling and what have you, this is an avenue for them to do so” she submitted

At Press conference held in Lagos recently REVEALED that there will be audition across the country and the winner is will go home with a brand new car , five hundred thousand Naira cash and the opportunity to attend major fashion shows in Holland, USA and the UK among others..

The project is an initiative of Fair Contest Projects Limited, headed by a professional moviemaker Barrister O. Philips. So if you are intelligent and beautiful this may your only opportunity to become a super model, sales of forms will be through Micro Finance and commercial Banks. The form is just two thousand naira only

MC DANNI B IN A "Kontry Komedy”

The sport city Surulere Lagos will come alive in November
As plans are in advance stage for a comedy and music show that will shake the city, the
Show according to Danni B the producer of the show, will feature some of the best entertainers in the country from Stand up comedy to music the likes of Gbenga Adeyinka D 1st, Sheddi Baba, Owen Gee, Omo Baba, Mandy, Koffi, Yaw, Bovi, Iky Moore , Dj Zeez, Art Quake, Fazinoh, H-man, K-solo, Clever Jay among others. born
Baba Daniel Ugbede currently a Mass Communications Undergraduate at the state owned university (LASU) , in his word “Am a born entertainer, my journey into the industry started gradually from my primary school days, I played a lead role drama at the end we won a trophy for the school in the year 1994- 1996 In 1997 , I graduated to secondary , it was there tha I finally discovered myself as a Good M.C / Comedian, and since then I have never regretted my action” he submitted , he was nicknamed MC Danni-B by Gbenda Adeyinka D 1st. After watching his wonderful performance in a comedy show tagged Laff It Loud .
MC Danni B is described as one of Nigeria best comic art with a new unique style of acting comedy and cracking jokes, recently he was honored as the Young Ambassador for world peace, and also the second best stand up comedian and MC from Kogi state. This event is Slated for Sunday 8th November 2009 At The Fountain Multipurpose Hall opposite Havana Hospital Akerele, Surulere, Lagos. From 3pm , some of the celebrities expected at the event are Nollywood star: Ufuoma, Daniel Armstrong, Mercy Johnson, Saint Obi and others, “ The show will definitely rock surulere with amusement” said Mc Danni B
Kontry Komedy is supported by Mrs. Maureen Moyo, Top Celebreties, Reality Weeekly, naijajuwon. Laffmattazz Magazine, Encomium, E-twin Productions, Best of Nollywood magazine, First Weekly, Alacha Ent, Eve Salon and Nail Studio and Mr and Mrs Joel Baba ( his parents).

iRead @ ThisDay Media Store, The Palms, Lekki (2nd Edition)

My friend Don DADA SENT THIS TO ME
AND I BELIEVE YOU WILL LIKE TO BE
PART OF IT

@ DADA books, we're excited to present the 2nd edition of iRead, a book reading session to provide a platform for bringing together young people and lovers of literary works in a relaxed atmosphere where they can interact and network alongside Nigerian writers in an intellectually stimulating environment.

iRead runs on a simple idea, come with a favourite book of yours and read two paragraphs that appeal to you the most. You get to talk about the book and why you picked the paragraphs you read and you get to question other people about their own choices too.

The 2nd edition of iRead will also feature Ayodele Arigbabu reading from A fistful of tales- his new short story collection published by DADA books.

Date: Saturday 10th October 2009
Time: 2pm - 6pm
Venue: This Day Media Store @ The Palms Shopping Center, Lekki.

If iRead, then so can you!

iRead @ ThisDay Media Store, The Palms, Lekki (2nd Edition)

@ DADA books, we're excited to present the 2nd edition of iRead, a book reading session to provide a platform for bringing together young people and lovers of literary works in a relaxed atmosphere where they can interact and network alongside Nigerian writers in an intellectually stimulating environment.

iRead runs on a simple idea, come with a favourite book of yours and read two paragraphs that appeal to you the most. You get to talk about the book and why you picked the paragraphs you read and you get to question other people about their own choices too.

The 2nd edition of iRead will also feature Ayodele Arigbabu reading from A fistful of tales- his new short story collection published by DADA books.

Date: Saturday 10th October 2009
Time: 2pm - 6pm
Venue: This Day Media Store @ The Palms Shopping Center, Lekki.

If iRead, then so can you!

SCOPE 411 WITH JIBADE OYEMS

All is now set for the 2009 edition of SCOPE 411
an evening of real comedy and dance with the
talented Stand up comedian , Ajibade Oyemade otherwise known
as Jibade Oyems, according to information reaching naijajuwon, the event is slated for Sunday 24th October, 2009 and it will feature some of the best hands in the comedy industry
Venue? , don’t worry , I will give you the details very soon ,that is a promise, the gate pass I was told is N1,5oo. Only.

Don’t MISS OUT!

TUNDE KELANI'S DAY OF GLORY AT STAND UP NIGERIA

it was fun all the way last Saturday when comedians gathered together at the City Mall to honour one of the best Nollywood personalities,  in the Person of Tunde Kelani popularly known as TK, a creative and talented cinematographer from this part of the world and a blessing to Africa . It was at the September edition of  monthly comedy show Stand Up Nigeria a project of Afrotainment Production, produced by Bunmi Davies. As early as 6pm guests had arrived the venue waiting for the celebrity of the night, the programme kicked off  at exactly 7pm, when the host comedian Princess mounted the stage to welcome the guests, she later invited Aje Baba an upcoming comedian to set the ball rolling , Aje’s performance was scintillating, his performance paved way for Shon Pee also a talented upcoming comedian and many others like Charles EDO, Mc Pato, Mc Shakara, Cry Pikin And Kenny blind, though this guy  can’t see, his jokes are out of this world. The guests had more than what they paid for , Some of them wished  the show could be extended till the following day as they were reluctant to leave the hall, one  of the guests have this to say: “ this is my third time of attending stand up Nigeria , and I must confess this edition is the bomb” Kenny Fakorede. The high point of the night was the presentation of an award to Kelani by the CEO  of Afrotainment , for his outstanding contribution to the Nigerian Movie Industry over the years , there was also a question and answer segment where Kelani was asked why he is not producing Tv drama series and he responded by saying he wouldn’t want to do something that will not catch peoples’ attention( ie a talk of the town television  series) “for I just want to leave the tv for the tv people” According to Bunmi Davies the show was established to showcase talents and to celebrate Nigerians who have contributed immensely to the showbiz industry in Nigeria, in   the words of the spoke person for the organizer Olujuwon Bukunola –Philips, Stand Up Nigeria is the classiest comedy show that happens in the country every month, since inception last year many talented and creative Nigerians have been honored these include Stella Damasucus, Lagabaja, Julius Agwu, Jimmy Jatt, Joke silver, Femi Sowoolu among others. The host for the night Princess, gave good account of herself, the show which was well attended comes up again on the 31^st October, 2009 at the same venue