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Abuja based cultural hub, certified French classes/exams centre
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This is to cordially invite you to 🎶 Fête de la Musique Abuja 2025. Join us for an unforgettable celebration of music, culture, and community at Fête de la Musique Abuja 2025! 📅 Date: Saturday, 21st June 2025 📍 Venue: Calypso Park & Gardens, 12 Sakono Street, Opposite AP Plaza, Wuse 2, Abuja. 🕕 Time: Starts at 4pm This global event, hosted annually by the French cultural network, brings together music lovers, artists, French learners, and friends of Francophone culture. Come enjoy live performances, connect with fellow music enthusiasts, and celebrate the universal language of music! Open to all – Free Entry! 📲 Follow our hashtags for updates and highlights: #fetedelamusiqueabuja #fetedelamusique2025 #fdlm2025 Feel free to share with friends and colleagues! Let’s make it a celebration to remember! 💃🕺 We cordially invite you to 🎶 Fête de la Musique Abuja 2025.
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We’re popping up where the music lives! 🎶🍿 Find our crispy and tasty popcorn at the World Music Day event organized by the French Embassy & French Institute this Saturday, 21st June. ~Details on the flyer~ #worldmusicday #fetedelamusique #popiverse #abujapopcorn
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🔸PASSAGES / RESIDENCY PROGRAM🔸 Presenting the partner @stylehousefiles @lagosfashionweekofficial #LagosFashionWeek is @stylehousefiles ’ leading initiative. Founded in 2011, it is today the leading fashion event on the African Fashion Calendar. FR// #LagosFashionWeek est l'initiative phare de @stylehousefiles. Fondée en 2011, Lagos Fashion Week est aujourd’hui l’événement de mode incontournable du continent africain ! Style House Files accueillera le ou la lauréat.e français.e habitant la #RegionSud dans le cadre de la résidence #PASSAGES à #Lagos du 20 octobre au 20 décembre 2022, au moment où la Lagos Fashion Week battra son plein. ⏰ 📢 Postulez jusqu'au 26 août: lien en bio pour plus d’infos !
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WE HAVE OUR ET… ACTION ! VOL. 2 CHALLENGE WINNER! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 👏🏾 @af.lagos and @ifnigeria are happy to announce that the video “FUTURE IS FEMALE” by @jumzy.vicky.5 & @funny_socket has won the second edition of our « 🎬 ET… ACTION ! » challenge! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ They managed to gather a total close to 1400 likes with their street dance statement, a tribute to Nigeria’s historic and powerful female figures (Funmilayo Ransome Kuti, Picture Kodak, Queen Amina…). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “All we ask is a Collaborative World where Gender equality is a priority and the unheard voices are given a chance to show their worth and strength. We will make our choices, we will move our bodies the way we want, we will reach the peak of our careers, we will provide solution to human problems. We are not second fiddle, we are not the weaker gender, we are not a commodity to be bought. We are gods. Go tell them, The Future is Female. » / Music credit: Mr Yohan - Midnight Sun“ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Well done! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We also would like to thanks and congratulate all the other participants of this second edition: @patatrak_circus @oluyinka_rhythm @yemificent @iamsilc @kadimaproductions @iamfootarianmoses @sanusideji @ridwan_oflagos @auntyrayzor @rasheedridwan_: well done to all! Bravo à toutes et tous ! Please keep the vibe on and carry on with your creativity and passion, we need it 💖 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Last but not least… thanks to @nothingtodoinlagos, our media partner! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ - A 3rd edition of the challenge is under preparation, follow @af.lagos for updates!
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WE HAVE OUR ET… ACTION ! CHALLENGE WINNER! 👏🏾 @af.lagos and @ifnigeria are happy to announce that @lifestyleoforezzi has won the first edition of our ET… ACTION ! challenge! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ He managed to gather a total of 2,706 likes at 11:00 AM with his street dance video “Passion”, which reflects the conflict a young man is facing by pursuing his passion for dance against his family’s will. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Well done to him and to the dance community! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We also would like to thanks and congratulate all the other participants of this first edition: @coolestafrican_kid @mistabooks @ennovated @ptoxyeb @callmhe_tiwa @dmm_isabeast @tekenawilliams @theisomersmusic: well done to all! Bravo à toutes et tous ! Please keep the vibe on and carry on with your creativity and passion, we need it 💖 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ - ET... ACTION ! is a call for projects aimed at Nigerian creatives, organized by the French Cultural Network in Nigeria. 3 winning videos are highlighted every week on @af.lagos, @ifnigeria and @nothingtodoinlagos social networks... Follow us and enter the competition! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ - More info about the call: ► https://tinyurl.com/ydfw9brz (link in bio)
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🎬 ET… ACTION! VOL. 2: ENTER THE COMPETITION NOW! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ After the success of the first edition of ‘ET… ACTION !’ challenge, the French cultural network in Nigeria 🇫🇷 decided to extend it for another 4 weeks. Starting today, the challenge will last until Friday, June 12th, providing Nigerian creatives with another opportunity to showcase their talent and to win up to 100K NGN! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ For this second edition, we are delighted to welcome @nothingtodoinlagos on board as our media partner. They will surely help us bring this challenge to a whole new level! 🇳🇬 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ - ET... ACTION ! is a call for projects aimed at Nigerian creatives, organized by the French Cultural Network in Nigeria. 3 winning videos are higlighted every week on @af.lagos, @ifnigeria and @nothingtodoinlagos social networks... Follow us and enter the competition! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ - More info about the call: ► https://tinyurl.com/ydfw9brz (link in bio)
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Hello beautiful new day, it’s lovely to meet you. Thank you Institut Francais for seeing, teaching & uplifting #Repost @ifnigeria ・・・ 🎨 Meet Ugoma Adegoke, founding director and curator of the Lagos-based gallery BLOOM Art (IG: @bloomartlagos). The latest exhibition she curated was the Tega Akpokona's solo show which opened in March, but it was cut short due to the pandemic. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Ugoma chose 3 paintings by this talented artist for you to contemplate from home. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ - Ugoma Adegoke is a creative entrepreneur, gallerist, and foremost cultural curator. She is a tireless community builder, arts advocate, a passionate art collector and a dynamic taste-maker. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ She firmly believes that the development and flourishing of a society begins with the appreciation and understanding of its culture. For her, private repatriation is fundamental to safeguarding Nigerian art, to make its culture and history accessible and significant to as many people as possible. As she puts it “in the small arts community we have in Nigeria, private ownership is crucial”. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A few years ago, she facilitated a major art sale and helped a sizable private collection of Nigerian art, which belonged to a Westerner who had cherished it since the 1970s - 1980s, to return home. She recounts this unprecedented sale in a heartfelt article published in CNN Style; a platform in which she shares her passion and commitment to Nigerian art, while nurturing the broader debate on repatriation, in all its forms. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ► https://tinyurl.com/ydgtvgpu ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Always with an eye on the young generation, which she supports and promotes, Ugoma’s most recent curation is the Tega Akpokona’s solo exhibition (IG: @akpokonatega ). It opened 2 months ago in Lagos, featuring a selection of recent paintings by the emerging Nigerian artist. The exhibition brought together a diverse array of fictional characters from Akpokona’s universe, who seem to be playing with light and darkness, as Tega Akpokona plays with the brushstrokes. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Discover more at @bloomartlagos
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🎬🇳🇬« ET… ACTION!” - CALL FOR PROJECT🇫🇷💰 . ✅« Et... Action ! » is a creative response to Covid time by the French Cultural Network in Nigeria. The call for project is open to any arts and culture domain, so your project can literally take any form: a short dance video, a live digital theatre/poetry performance, a music video clip, an art tutorial, a short novel or film including animation… and be performed in any language (French, English or other Nigerian languages) the possibilities have no boundaries but its length: 3 minutes tops!⏱Originality will be a key factor in the selection process, so give room to your craziest ideas🤪... while respecting all measures of social distancing as decreed by the Nigerian authorities!🧼😷👌🏾 . ➡️🇫🇷@af.lagos & @ifnigeria will post three videos every week until the end of the challenge. If your project is selected and posted, you will receive N20000!💰💰Every month (or at the end of the challenge), the video which get the biggest number of “likes” on Instagram (on both @af.lagos account and @ifnigeria account) will get a special N100.000 prize to its creator. Ask your friends to join our social networks and like your video!!!👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 . 👉🏾To enter the competition, submit your video to culture.lagos@afnigeria.org, making sure to include the following info: . 1. Name(s) of the applicant(s) 2. Project title & short description 3. Following sentence: “I (your name) certify the project submitted has been done in the framework of the “Et… Action !” call for project, and fully authorise Alliance Française Lagos & Institut Français du Nigéria to post my project on their social networks (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook) if selected.” 4. Your banking details in case your video is selected. 📆⏱️ DEADLINE: We'll accept videos until the end of May! . 📣Help us spread the word!! 📣 . Bonne chance ! 🍀🤞🏾
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[AIR : La scène littéraire internationale] #AIRFestival2020 📆 À 16h / 📌 Dans le bar de la littérature-monde 🎤 Éditeurs, traducteurs, libraires, bibliothécaires : par-delà les frontières, les professionnels du livre s’expriment. Dans le bar de la littérature monde. »» Elsa Houzelles, Librairie Le Bal des ardents, Lyon »» Pierre Demarty, éditeur, Le Seuil »» Sonallah Ibrahim, écrivain, en partenariat avec l’Institut français d’Égypte »» Nick Barley, directeur du Edinburgh International Book Festival, Royaume-Uni »» Lola Shoneyin, écrivaine et fondatrice du Ake Arts & Book festival de Lagos, en partenariat avec l’Institut français du Nigeria »» Thorsten Dönges, Literarisches Colloquium Berlin, en partenariat avec le Goethe Institut Lyon ➡️ Retrouvez le programme complet : lien en bio.
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The world has changed in ways that none of us could have ever conceived. Less than two months ago (14 February 2020 to be precise) I was the special guest of honour at a cocktail reception in Abuja hosted by the Ambassador of France to Nigeria, Monsieur Jérôme PASQUIER, to recognize and celebrate me for my work in culture and the arts in Nigeria. A beautiful new embassy residence; champagne flowing; delicious French delicacies; progressive guests from government, business, civil society and the cultural world; my two besties and a special ambience filled with that signature French joie de vivre, which somehow culminated in me performing “Sweet Thing” by Chaka Khan at the request of my host and ably accompanied by guests with improvised musical instruments - spoons, flutes, feet, snapping fingers and even one taut stomach which provided percussive sound. It was a perfect evening and one of the greatest moments of my life - to be celebrated and recognized in such a way. Thank you, my French friends. Bisous! I didn’t plan to share this day publicly, but as the new quarter begins in a locked down and afflicted new world, I think that it is fitting for me to share this moment - for my own catharsis and to lift you up. As I said in my address on that night which was Valentine’s Day, “love is to be celebrated everyday”. Today is April 1st, 2020 - I am humbly reflecting on that lovely evening in February and anticipating what the world might become post COVID 19. Today (and everyday) I celebrate the shared love of art and culture which led to a great evening for Nigerian-French relations and harmonies; I celebrate the love of humanity which a true love of art inspires, and I celebrate the love (and power) that community and camaraderie wield. I know (oh I know) that the combined manifestation of this LOVE, will be the leading force for redemption, rehabilitation, recovery and redirection in our world during and after Corona ... and I pray that we never ever ever again forget what really has always mattered and will always matter most - LOVE. Happy belated Valentine’s Day World. Sending BIG love to people in every corner of the earth. I love you #loveislongest
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The world has changed in ways that none of us could have ever conceived. Less than two months ago (14 February 2020 to be precise) I was the special guest of honour at a cocktail reception in Abuja hosted by the Ambassador of France to Nigeria, Monsieur Jérôme PASQUIER, to recognize and celebrate me for my work in culture and the arts in Nigeria. A beautiful new embassy residence; champagne flowing; delicious French delicacies; progressive guests from government, business, civil society and the cultural world; my two besties and a special ambience filled with that signature French joie de vivre, which somehow culminated in me performing “Sweet Thing” by Chaka Khan at the request of my host and ably accompanied by guests with improvised musical instruments - spoons, flutes, feet, snapping fingers and even one taut stomach which provided percussive sound. It was a perfect evening and one of the greatest moments of my life - to be celebrated and recognized in such a way. Thank you, my French friends. Bisous! I didn’t plan to share this day publicly, but as the new quarter begins in a locked down and afflicted new world, I think that it is fitting for me to share this moment - for my own catharsis and to lift you up. As I said in my address on that night which was Valentine’s Day, “love is to be celebrated everyday”. Today is April 1st, 2020 - I am humbly reflecting on that lovely evening in February and anticipating what the world might become post COVID 19. Today (and everyday) I celebrate the shared love of art and culture which led to a great evening for Nigerian-French relations and harmonies; I celebrate the love of humanity which a true love of art inspires, and I celebrate the love (and power) that community and camaraderie wield. I know (oh I know) that the combined manifestation of this LOVE, will be the leading force for redemption, rehabilitation, recovery and redirection in our world during and after Corona ... and I pray that we never ever ever again forget what really has always mattered and will always matter most - LOVE. Happy belated Valentine’s Day World. Sending BIG love to people in every corner of the earth. I love you #loveislongest
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✅TIPS TO FIGHT CORONA FROM THE CONFORT OF HOME #1:READ A eBOOK!📚 . 👉🏾Now that you are working from home, you’ll get plenty time to explore the wonders of francophone literature: novels, comics, essays… a whole new word is opening to you thanks to @ifnigeria! In #French only!! Check out the Culturethèque platform (cf link in bio!)👌🏾🇫🇷
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