Ladun Ogidan is the Deputy Editor of Omenka Africa’s first art, business and luxury- lifestyle magazine. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communication from Covenant University, Nigeria. Ogidan is also Operations Manager at the Omenka Gallery, and Chief Operating Officer at Revilo Company Limited, a leading art publishing company in Lagos. She has co-ordinated several exhibitions at home and abroad.
After picking up the Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Chinonye Chukwu’s death row drama Clemency is well on its way to a busy fall season. That means not...
Nigerian English American actor and producer David Oyelowo is in final negotiations to join George Clooney in Netflix’s untitled adaptation of Lily Brooks-Dalton’s 2016 novel Good Morning, Midnight. Felicity Jones and Kyle Chandler are...
Layori Dada has always been passionate about fashion, music, and the creative arts. She has found a way to express herself through the Layori Collection, her clothing line, as well...
From the Lascaux cave drawings to the Bayeux Tapestry, as well as Michelangelo’s David to the pyramids of Egypt, throughout the history of human creation, large-scale creations have always been fascinating. It...
In recent times, African art has experienced unprecedented growth with the establishment of art fairs focused on art from the continent such as AKAA (Also Known As Africa) and 1:54 Contemporary...
Artist, poet, researcher, and inventor Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, also known as Cheik Nadro, was born in 1923 in Zépréguhé, Ivory Coast, and was among the first Ivorians educated by the...
Chef Isie is the founder/head chef at Chowstation. In this interview with Omenka, he discusses his culinary inspiration, as well as the decisions that led to becoming a professional chef. You...
Since inception in 2003, Stevenson gallery has morphed from Michael Stevenson to Brodie Stevenson, and now has two galleries in Cape Town and Johannesburg that focus on the work of...
Born in 1983 in Enugu, Njideka Akunyili Crosby lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Her works on paper combine collage, drawing, painting, printmaking and photo transfers. Crosby negotiates the...
The Cape Town International Jazz Festival (CTIJF) is proudly a South African-produced event, hosted annually at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) in downtown, Cape Town. This year’s edition...