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The Committee for Relevant Art is a group of artists, art enthusiasts,
art promoters and art writers committed to the development of the Arts of Nigeria
and their enabling environment

CORA ART
& CULTURAL FOUNDATION

We Are Cultural Landscapists

THE COMMITTEE
FOR RELEVANT ART

WINNER OF PRINCE CLAUS AWARD 2006

LABAF 25....Dubbed Africa's Largest Culture Picnic

Founding

Over 30 Years of Culture Landscaping

DEFINITION

We Are 'Cultural Landscapists'

OUR VISION

Is to make Culture the Prime Investment Destination for the Country and the Continent.

OUR MISSION

To create an enabling environment for the flourishing of the contemporary arts of Nigeria and to increase human capacity

OUR ORIGIN

Founded on June 2, 1991 by Toyin Akinosho, Yomi Layinka, Josey Ogbuanoh, Tunde Lanipekun and Chika Okeke-Agulu, and is involved in the organization of various events and activities which support cultural expression and contemporary art. CORA mainly focuses on Nigeria, but meets with a wide response in the rest of the African continent as well. The organization pays attention to several cultural expressions, like literature, theatre, cabaret, films, television programs and music.

Over 30 Years of Culture Landscaping

Latest News

A Large Community

09 November,

CORA has organically evolved over time to become the largest community of artists and art enthusiasts united in the common belief in the viability of the arts as a tool for personal and communal development, for nation building and as a valuable lens through which we engage with our common humanity.

CORA has provided a platform over the years for many activities, of which the following have been prominent on the organization's roster of programmes.

Programmes

09 November,

CORA has provided a platform over the years for many activities, of which the following have been prominent on the organization's roster of programmes.

"Let us use the instrumentality of the published book to light our way out of the dark…” Akinosho.

16 November, 2019

By Toyin Akinosho How do we break out of the global darkness? How do we escape Trumpland, Boko Haram, ISIS, and Nigeria’s insistence of ruling as the global poverty capital? How do we make our way out of the tunnel into sunshine? Welcome to our 20th anniversary...

Prof. Wole Soyinka

Why Biafra can never be defeated – Soyinka

By Nehru Odeh Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has opened up on why he said Biafra can never be defeated. He revealed what he meant by that expression at the public presentation of his latest works, two-volume collection of essays entitled Of Power and Freedom and a soon-to be released collection of poems.

"CELEBRATION at 90

THE MASK IS STILL DANCING! Prof Bruce Onabrakpeya celebrated at 90

JELILI ATIKU

His Royal Weirdness Jelili Atiku in a dazzling performance, Tuesday, Nov.15

Canvassing citizens’ eternal vigilance as LABAF 2022 opens on charged political tone

By Anote Ajeluorou LAGOS Book & Art Festival (LABAF 2022), which prides itself as the feast of ‘ideas and life’ dedicated to the promotion of ‘literacy, empowerment and development’ with the aim of ‘saving our (common) humanity,’ opened on Monday, November 14, at its regular Freedom Park, Lagos Island home to feverish activities. Board of Trustees chairman of the Committee for Relevant Art (CORA), Chief Kayode Aderinokun, declared the festival open, as he addressed the youths who eagerly awaited the festival’s exciting programming.

Babs Omotowa, ex-MD, NigeriaLNG

Rising from AdversitIES to LIFE Conquering ODDS

The Committee For Relevant Art

WINNER OF PRINCE CLAUS AWARD 2006

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Address Information

c/o
Freedom Park
1 Hospital Road
Off Broad Street, Lagos
Nigeria, West Africa

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+2348033076418, +2348036554119

Mail

info@coraartfoundation.org

WELCOME TO CORA

CORA ART
& CULTURAL FOUNDATION