by admin | May 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
LONG before world music became a genre, before Paul Simon met Ray Phiri, and before Ladysmith Black Mambazo started winning Grammys, Miriam Makeba introduced international audiences to South African music. The singer and civil rights activist, who began her career in...
by admin | Mar 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
Date:March 3, 2016 Time:7:00 pm To Location:Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination, UWI, Cave Hill, St. Michael Event Description The Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination Film Club presents Oto BengaSpecial Guest: Professor Niyi Coker...
by admin | Jun 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Growing up in Lagos, Nigeria, Adeniyi A. Coker Jr. (a.k.a. ’Niyi) wasn’t interested in becoming a lawyer like his father. Instead, he wrote plays. “If you ask any of my high-school classmates, that’s what they remember me for,” says Coker. “I always had a fresh play...
by admin | Jul 27, 2007 | Uncategorized
SOUTH African playwright Athol Fugard’s modern, apartheid-era classic Sizwe Banzi is Dead is being preformed this week at City Hall. On Tuesday, reporter CONOR DOYLE had a chance to speak with actors Niyi Coker and Matthew Amend. Mr. Coker (whose first name is...
