The Arts-Muse Fair

Poet Dike Chukwumerije has made history with his Made In Nigeria poetry performances that have continually broken the assumption that poetry does not sell or cannot be sold to audiences in Nigeria. Two days ago, on October 1 and 2, in commemoration of Nigeria’s Independence anniversary, the phenomenal Dike Chukwumerije got poetry lovers to pay and excitedly watch him and his MIN crew dramatize the history of Nigeria through poetry at Merit House, Abuja. However, becoming a jinx breaker and a trailblazer like Chukwumerije has done with the commercialization of poetry in Nigeria comes with tremendous focus and discipline. It takes uncommon guts and grit to succeed in breaking new grounds like Chukwumerije has done with his poetry show. Dike Chukwumerije very much attested to this in a review of his shows to date posted on his facebook timeline which he titled: HOW TO CREATE A SHOW ON A SHOE STRING BUDGET. We publish it here with his permission.   I had grand vi

Praxis Magazine Online in collaboration with Box Office Studios has announced the launch of “ Praxis Hangout ”, a monthly gathering that brings together creative people in Nigeria to interact with their fans and fellow lovers of arts.  According to available information from the organizers, the debut September 2017 edition would feature two prominent performance poets; Dike Chukwumerije and Andrew Patience, as discussants on “performance poetry as a tool for social re-engineering.”   The event is scheduled to hold on Saturday, September 2, 2017 at “Name It Media Store, 3rd Floor, Silver bird Galleria”, Abuja by 4:00pm. The Praxis Hangout is planned to host various artists, ranging from painters, writers, performance poets, actors, musicians, filmmakers among others, every first Saturday of every month, all year round with proceedings filmed for broadcasting after the event.