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Kole Omotoso: The novelist and scholar’s remarkable legacy even includes being the ‘Yebo Gogo man’ in SA ads.

Nigeria’s writer and professor of drama, Kole Omotoso, died on 19 July 2023 aged 80.

The news that came from Johannesburg, South Africa on July 19 was heartrending: Kole Omotoso is dead! The lionized writer, Kole Omotoso, was my teacher at the then University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, for four years of my study there in the Dramatic Arts Department with Professor Wole Soyinka as Head of Department.

Revisiting the origins of American democracy.

As a new post-Roe era of culture wars kick in, Aliza Shvarts reflects on her experience making abortion-related art 15 years ago.

Unbridled enthusiasm for all things Green and Gold! The Baylor Proud blog highlights the great things going on within the Baylor University family.

John Killacky’s book, Because Art, was released in 2021. Killacky is an artist, a community activist, philosopher, and an LGBTQ elder who has seemingly lived several lives in one. Currently, he is a state representative in Vermont, and graciously took the time to tell me about his life and art, ...