Legends

John Chukwu and Julie Coker helped define Nigerian entertainment: one through comedy, the other through television. Their stories live on t

Sola Osofisan is a writer, filmmaker, and cultural archivist whose work spans literature, film, radio drama, and digital publishing. This HS

A rare photographic record of the 1992 Nigerian Music Awards in Abuja. from airport departure to the event. Preserved in the HSPACA archive.

A tribute to Nigerian filmmaker Eddie Ugbomah, whose cinema challenged corruption, celebrated heritage, and shaped the roots of Nollywood.

“He didn’t just tell stories; he sculpted memory.” A curatorial reflection on Nigerian writer and filmmaker Biyi Bandele, his theatre legacy

In the late 1980s, Lagos theatre was alive with defiance. While others sought glamour or applause, one group rehearsed revolution. They called themselves Collective Artistes, a theatre company born in 1988 under the direction of Professor Chuck Mike. Their goal was simple but bold: to use performance as a mirror, a weapon, and a way of healing. Hakeem Shitta was there. With his camera pressed against the pulse of that decade, he captured faces, sweat, laughter, and silence: t

Susanne Wenger, photographed by Hakeem Shitta. Under the trees of the Osun Sacred Grove, art became more than expression. It became prayer, and prayer became a way of keeping memory alive. When Hakeem Shitta photographed Susanne Wenger, he wasn’t just taking a picture. He was capturing devotion, the kind that doesn’t demand to be seen but quietly changes everything around it. Known to the Yoruba as Adunni Olorisha, Wenger came to Nigeria as an artist and left the world