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SUMMARY:The Nigeria Prize for Creative Arts [Documentary Filmmaking]
DESCRIPTION:The Nigeria Prize for Creative Arts is a new platform that celebrates the power of storytelling and the brilliance of young Nigerian creators. \nIntroduced by NLNG as the newest category of The Nigeria Prizes in 2025. The 2026 award spotlights the art of documentary filmmaking. The Prize will focus on young Nigerians aged 18 to 35\, who are bold enough to capture Nigeria’s identity with authenticity\, depth\, and vision. Rooted in the belief that storytelling is the lifeblood of culture\, the Prize honours films that preserve our memories\, challenge our perceptions\, and inspire national pride. It provides emerging filmmakers with meaningful visibility and recognition that will help strengthen Nigeria’s growing cultural legacy. \nThe theme of IDENTITY invites filmmakers to reflect on what defines us individually and collectively. Entries may explore ideas such as belonging\, transformation\, heritage\, self-discovery\, language\, gender\, faith\, or memory. What matters most is authenticity\, how each story captures the truth of Nigerian identity through the filmmaker’s unique lens. \nCreated to stand alongside NLNG’s respected The Nigeria Prize for Literature and The Nigeria Prize for Science\, The Nigeria Prize for Creative Arts brings global attention to Nigeria’s vibrant creative sector\, which remains one of the most dynamic forces shaping culture and opportunity across the continent. The Prize celebrates works that reflect our nation’s resilience\, complexity\, and imagination. \nWith a prize value of USD $20\,000\, the award marks the rise of what is set to become one of Africa’s most important prizes for creative excellence. \nThe winner(s) will be announced in October 2026 at the NLNG Grand Award Night in Lagos. \n\n\n\n\nAwards & Prizes\n\nThe Nigeria Prize for Creative Arts 2026\nUSD $20\,000 \n\n\n\nRules & Terms\n\n\nPrize Cycle\n• The 2026 Prize cycle opens for submissions on 1 February 2026.\n• Entries will close on 30 April 2026.\n• No entries will be accepted after the deadline.\n• The winner will be announced in October 2026 at NLNG’s Grand Award Night. \nEligibility Criteria \n• The Prize is exclusively for Nigerians aged 18–35 (applies to director\, producer & writer)\, irrespective of residence.\n• Only completed non-fiction documentary films are eligible.\n• Documentary films must have been completed between April 2024 and April 2026. Any entry outside this timeframe submitted for this year’s competition will not be considered.\n• Only short documentary films of no more than 20 minutes will be accepted. Entries must be original works.\n• Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated imagery\, or music will not be accepted. \nSubmission Process \nAll entries must be accompanied by a Short Artistic Statement of no more than 250 words\, explaining your story\, vision\, and creative process and photocopy of Nigerian passport or National Identity card or NIN number by the stipulated date. \nThe entries must be character-driven documentaries centred around individuals\, communities\, ideas and their narratives. The story should revolve around a protagonist’s (singular or collective) experiences or emotions or challenges. This approach fosters deep emotional connections with the audience\, making the characters’ journeys relatable and compelling. This should be well researched and thoroughly explored. \nNo member of the Advisory Board\, Panel of Judges and members of their immediate families can enter their work(s) for the award in the period in which they are serving and two (2) years thereafter. No entries will be accepted from staff of NLNG and their immediate families. \nOnly one entry per contestant is permitted each competition year. Entries submitted for this competition will not be accepted in the next competition. \nEntries not submitted by the stated deadline and according to the stated conditions shall not be considered. \nThe Prize will be awarded for no other reason that creative excellence. \n\n\n\nDetails by @thenigeriaprizes\, @filmfreeway. \n*** \nDisclaimer: Unless explicitly stated\, ArtGuideAfrica does not own\, endorse and is not affiliated with any event/organisation included on this event calendar. All promotional information for this event belongs to the organiser and is subject to change at the discretion of the organiser. ArtGuideAfrica’s use of this promotional information qualifies as “fair dealing” (also “fair use”) under copyright law. \nThese Event details were last updated on: [23/2/2026]
URL:https://artguideafrica.com/art-event/the-nigeria-prize-for-creative-arts-documentary-filmmaking-4/
LOCATION:Online Application
CATEGORIES:Artists Grant,Filmmaking,Lagos,Nigeria,Open Call,Opportunities
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SUMMARY:"What Shaped Us Does Not Disappear" [Exhibition]
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to present “What Shaped Us Does Not Disappear\,” a solo exhibition by German-Nigerian artist Joke Amusan\, opening on Sunday\, March 8 at 2 PM \nThe works inhabit space like bodies in a gentle conversation\, revealing the bonds that hold us. Hanging from branches and reaching into space\, they bridge the human and natural worlds. Organic forms emerge through cocoons\, twisting vines\, and spiralling structures that allude to cyclical journeys\, movements inward toward origin\, and outward across generations \nJoin us Sunday 8th March 2026\, 2 PM\nFor more information or inquiries\, kindly email \n[CLOSED SUNDAYs & MONDAYS] \nFor more information or inquiries\, kindly email manager@galleryaffinity.com \nDetails by @galleryaffinity. \n*** \nDisclaimer: Unless explicitly stated\, ArtGuideAfrica does not own\, endorse and is not affiliated with any event/organisation included on this event calendar. All promotional information for this event belongs to the organiser and is subject to change at the discretion of the organiser. ArtGuideAfrica’s use of this promotional information qualifies as “fair dealing” (also “fair use”) under copyright law. \nThese Event details were last updated on: [18/3/2026]
URL:https://artguideafrica.com/art-event/what-shaped-us-does-not-disappear-exhibition/
LOCATION:Affinity Gallery Lagos\, 1-7 Muri Okunola St\, Victoria Island\, Lagos\, Lagos\, 101241\, Nigeria
CATEGORIES:Diaspora,Exhibition,Free,in-person,Lagos,Textiles,West Africa
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SUMMARY:Ayotunde Ojo: A Life of Its Own [Solo Exhibition]
DESCRIPTION:OPENING NEXT WEEK \nTiwani Contemporary is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Ayotunde Ojo\, ‘A Life Of Its Own’\, at its Lagos gallery. \nOjo presents his domestic interiors as living\, shifting spaces\, altered by light\, stillness and movement\, subtly capturing the temporal shifts that coexist within a shared space. \nThe exhibition reflects an awareness that life does not stand still. Relationships between lovers\, friends\, family and animals carry moments of closeness and potential friction. By layering multiple scenes together\, Ojo introduces a quiet tension into the compositions. The home\, perceived primarily as a site of stability\, can become a space that both shelters and mirrors the instabilities of the outside world. \nExhibition dates: 26 March – 27 June 2026 (Update! Now closing 16th May)\nOpening reception: Thursday\, 26 March 2026\, 6:00 – 10:00 pm \nDetails by @tiwanicontemporary. \n*** \nDisclaimer: Unless explicitly stated\, ArtGuideAfrica does not own\, endorse and is not affiliated with any event/organisation included on this event calendar. All promotional information for this event belongs to the organiser and is subject to change at the discretion of the organiser. ArtGuideAfrica’s use of this promotional information qualifies as “fair dealing” (also “fair use”) under copyright law. \nThese Event details were last updated on: [13/05/2026]
URL:https://artguideafrica.com/art-event/ayotunde-ojo-a-life-of-its-own-solo-exhibition/
LOCATION:Tiwani Contemporary\, Lagos\, 13 Elsie Femi Pearse Street\, Victoria Island\, Lagos\, Lagos\, Nigeria
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Free,in-person,Lagos,Nigeria
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SUMMARY:Lagos Fanti Carnival\, An Afro-Brazilian Street Experience
DESCRIPTION:Africa’s biggest Afro-Brazilian street experience.\nApril 6\, 2026 📍Tafawa Balewa Square\nRegister to attend!\n\nThe Lagos Fanti Carnival is rooted in one of the Atlantic world’s most remarkable migrations. From the 1830s onward\, formerly enslaved Africans — many of Yoruba descent — began returning to West Africa from Brazil\, Cuba\, and the wider Americas. They came back transformed: shaped by decades of forced displacement\, yet carrying with them languages\, trades\, faith practices\, and street traditions they had refused to surrender.\n\n\nSETTLING LAGOS ISLAND \nThese returnees\, known in Lagos as the Aguda\, made their home on Lagos Island in neighbourhoods like Popo Aguda\, Olowogbowo\, Lafiaji\, and Brazilian Campos. By the 1880s\, they represented nearly a tenth of Lagos’s population. Their fingerprints are still visible in the city: in the Portuguese-inflected architecture along certain streets\, in dishes like frejon and acara\, and in the Catholic feast-day customs that became woven into community life. \n\n\nTHE BIRTH OF THE CARNIVAL \nThe Fanti Carnival emerged from this cultural fusion. The name is believed to stem from fantasia\, the Portuguese word for costume or imaginative dress\, while the tradition itself descends from the careta\, an Afro-Catholic form of masked street performance that the Aguda had known in Brazil. As they rebuilt their lives on Lagos Island\, these customs merged with Yoruba music and spirituality to create something new: a celebration that was neither wholly Brazilian nor wholly Yoruba\, but entirely its own.\n\n\n\n\n\nA TRADITION THAT ENDURES \nThe Fanti Carnival has been sustained by seven historic community associations rooted in the original Aguda settlements: Isale-Eko Woro\, Olowogbowo\, Okoo-Faji\, Lafiaji\, Okepopo\, Epetedo United Youth Movement\, and Brazilian Campos Carreta. Each brings its own colours\, choreography\, and neighbourhood identity to the procession. The carnival grew through the 20th century\, fell dormant for a period\, and has since been powerfully revived by these same intergenerational communities who kept the tradition alive in the first place. \n\n\n\n\nWHY IT MATTERS \nThe Lagos Fanti Carnival is one of Nigeria’s most layered cultural events — a celebration that is simultaneously a historical record\, a community gathering\, a creative platform\, and a statement of belonging. It connects Lagos Island to the broader story of the African diaspora\, to Brazil\, to the Atlantic world\, and to the enduring resilience of communities who carried their culture across oceans and kept it alive.To attend the Fanti Carnival is to witness history that has never stopped moving. \n\nDetails by @lagosfanticarnival. \n*** \nDisclaimer: Unless explicitly stated\, ArtGuideAfrica does not own\, endorse and is not affiliated with any event/organisation included on this event calendar. All promotional information for this event belongs to the organiser and is subject to change at the discretion of the organiser. ArtGuideAfrica’s use of this promotional information qualifies as “fair dealing” (also “fair use”) under copyright law. \nThese Event details were last updated on: [16/3/2026]
URL:https://artguideafrica.com/art-event/lagos-fanti-carnival-an-afro-brazilian-street-experience/
LOCATION:Tafawa Balewa Square\, Tafawa Balewa Square\, Lagos Island\, Lagos\, Lagos\, 102273\, Nigeria
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Lagos,Performance,Registration Only
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