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☆ Wole Soyinka on having his memoir made into a movie: ‘Turning my life into something people can watch, pains me’
  + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Daniel Renjifo | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +9 min
Twenty-two months in total isolation, denied books, denied paper, my cell constantly searched, nothing at all to sustain my mind. Let me put it this way, turning anything in my life into something other people can watch, pains me. Nigerian playwright, novelist and Nobel Prize in Literature winner Wole Soyinka poses for a portrait in Johannesburg on April 4, 2024. But it was grand when one after the other (African Nobel winners) began to come in. WS: If Branson came now and said, I’ve found space for you, I would terminate this interview right now.
Persons: Nigeria CNN — Wole Soyinka, ”, Soyinka, CNN’s Larry Madowo, Larry Madowo, it’s, Wole Soyinka, MARCO LONGARI, Mrs, Ransome Kuti, Fela Kútì’s, Wole, PIUS UTOMI EKPEI, Sani Abacha, would’ve, Ken Saro, I’ve, Armstrong, Richard Branson, Branson, I’m Organizations: Nigeria CNN, Getty, WS Locations: Abeokuta, Nigeria, Southwestern Nigeria, Nigerian, Johannesburg, AFP, Lagos, Jose ( California
☆ Woman makes record-breaking wig longer than seven Olympic swimming pools
  + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —A woman from Lagos, Nigeria, has entered the record books after weaving a handmade wig that measures 351.28 meters (1,152 feet, 5 inches) in length. Professional wigmaker Helen Williams spent more than two million naira (almost $2,500) and 11 days making the wig, which is longer than seven Olympic swimming pools. “Finding the materials to make the longest wig was not an easy task,” said Williams in the statement. “I have trained hundreds of students and have made thousands of wigs,” said Williams, although her record-breaking endeavor still proved difficult. The outcome is the longest handmade wig in the world.”Williams is a professional wigmaker in Lagos, Nigeria.
Persons: Helen Williams, Williams, ” Organizations: CNN, Guinness World Records Locations: Lagos, Nigeria
☆ Nigerian Food and Fashion Came Together at This Dinner Party in Brooklyn
  + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( Camille Okhio | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
In 2010, Busayo Olupona was working as a corporate finance lawyer in New York City when she began making dresses from traditional African textiles, both as a creative outlet and as a way to connect with her heritage. In 2013, she decided to turn her hobby into a business, launching Busayo, a collection of full-skirted dresses, voluminous pants and puff-sleeved tops, all produced in the country where she spent her childhood. Over the past decade, her designs have been spotted on celebrities like Lupita Nyong’o and Gwyneth Paltrow, and picked up by luxury retailers including Neiman Marcus and Moda Operandi. When she’s home in Brownsville, Brooklyn, Olupona jumps at any opportunity to host a gathering. “Nigerians love a good party,” she says, recalling childhood memories of her parents and their friends dancing to the jùjú music by Shina Peters and King Sunny Ade, dressed up in Nigerian lace and head wraps.
☆ Eco-friendly Nigerian artist turns plastic flip-flops into portraits
  + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
[1/4] Nigerian artist Eugene Komboye creates artworks using discarded plastic flip-flop sandals in his studio in Abeokuta, Ogun state, Nigeria, January 21, 2023. REUTERS/Seun SanniABEOKUTA, Nigeria, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Eugene Komboye, a Nigerian artist, is turning discarded plastic flip-flop sandals into colourful portraits in an effort to help clean up the environment in a country where plastic pollution is prevalent. Flip-flops are the footwear of choice for many Nigerians andKomboye, 30, sources his material mostly from dump sites, landfills and river banks. Some customers come to his studio with photographs which he will use to create a personalised portrait. Reporting by Seun Sanni, writing by MacDonald Dzirutwe, editing by Susan FentonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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