PICTURES: CULTURE (ARTS AND CRAFT)

 

PICTURES: THE ONAKANFO

 

DECEMBER 25, 2025: DAY I CHOSE TO TELL THIS STORY AND APPRECIATE PANCHEN GOBUM

 

The Tree through which the path to Christianity in Ngas Land was paved

Considering what Christmas is to most Nigerians of the Christian faith, and indeed what the incident in the story I am about to tell represents for people of the community affected by the incident, something in me keeps telling me and reminding me that my resolve from the point of receiving the story to release it to the public December 25, 2025, is a decision well made. By the time you are done reading the story, who knows, you may end up thinking like me.

REMEMBERING NWANNEUKWU AUGUSTINE OKPU EZE, 30 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH

By Nnabugwu Chizoba

Work of Augustine Okpu Eze (copied)

He is Nwanneukwu and forever he is Nwanneukwu,

His name remains and will always remain,

His name is Augustine Okpu Eze,

He now lives with the dead, and therefore, is Late,

Nwanneukwe is attached to his name, 

He was of the land of the Nwanneukwes,

Nwanneukwu Augustine Okpu Eze was a reputed and very remarkable achiever, an inspiring, active and competent leader, very skillful, vast in knowledge and in-depth in his practice. He was a unique pathfinder and celebrated sculptor and painter, who died in active service, in October 1, 1995, while serving as the President, Society of Nigerian Artists (SNA).

Nwanneukwu, Augustine Okpu Eze, was a man of firsts, and is today, October 1, 2025 remembered and celebrated by our dear Platform SCOREline, for his enviable art works, leadership acumen and massive contributions to the growth and development of the Culture and Creative Industry in Nigeria.

THE IGBOS WERE NEVER KINGDO: Reclaiming a Republican Legacy - EK Gwuru, Ph.D

 COPIED

Among the peoples of Africa, the Igbo of Southeast Nigeria stand apart for their unique political philosophy. For centuries, the Igbo thrived without kings or centralized monarchies. We built a society in which every village was autonomous, every adult man had a voice, and authority flowed upward from the people, not downward from a throne. We gave the world republican democracy long before Athen knew what republic means.

THAT MOVE BY CHINAZAEKPERE PRODUCED A BEAUTY WORTH SHARING, JOIN TO SPREAD IT

When it became very obvious to her that she could not resist the powerful urge to do something else apart from standing where she was to admire the beauty that mother nature decided to position firmly on her way inside the premises of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) that very day, she decided to succumb to the unflinching pressure inside of her, and by so doing, made a quick move, the target of which was to arrest for keeps the object of her fancy.

MUSEUM ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS ACQUISITION IN THE CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY

Civilization through the ages is the hand work of artists. It is a known fact that proper development cannot be on course without first, including civilization.

DESECRATION OF TRADITIONAL SYMBOLISM AND ROYALTY IN NIGERIA: A CULTURAL CRISIS

By: EKE Obinna F. (National Commission for Museums and Monuments) 

Abstract 

This paper explores the growing desecration of traditional symbolism and royalty in Nigeria, identifying it as a critical cultural crisis with deep social, political, and psychological implications. Drawing upon historical contexts, contemporary practices, and sociocultural analysis, the paper examines how political interference, commercialization, modernization, and generational disconnection have eroded the sanctity and authority of Nigeria’s traditional institutions. The essay advocates for policy reform, cultural re-education, and the restoration of indigenous value systems as necessary steps toward reversing this cultural decline.

ART WORKS AND THE MESSAGE THEY BEAR

The Osun Priest

By Nnabugwu Chizoba

Dear reader, it is a fact that you may not know what the object in the picture actually means in terms of what it indeed represents, the message it bears or carries, as well as the source of the message, and as a matter of fact who the real targets of the message are, but one thing is sure, you know what art works are when you see them. 

NCHOROKOTO: MY REFLECTION ON THE BEAUTIFUL GAME WE PLAYED GROWING UP

Nchorokoto

By Nnabugwu Chizoba

Nchorokoto, often called by its short form “Ncho” is a game I grew up to meet, love and played regularly, growing up as a child in my beautiful village of Ndi-Agwala, Echiele Otampa, Isuikwuato Local Government Area, Abia State, South East, Nigeria. 

THE AFIZERE NATION: CREATING WEALTH, HARNESSING THE BEAUTY WITHIN

The Jarawa Dancers

 

By Nnabugwu Chizoba

A common saying of my people of Isuikwuato, in Abia state is here para-phrased: The neglected one does not neglect himself or herself. Translated to my Mother tongue, it reads, "Onye ajuru aju aduwu aju onwoya". 

TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN NIGERIA, THE MOTHER TONGUE IS NOT IMPORTANT - Barr Lemuel Stephen

By Nnabugwu Chizoba 

Continuing with our self-imposed mandate of promoting literacy in mother tongue, Scoreline decided to engage one of the young people in town, a law graduate of the University of Jos, Barr. Lemuel Stephen. His interest in graphics design, a trade he cherishes so much and does very well is top notch, going by the quality of his works, number of patronage and the calibre of clients he services regularly. 

SOME SECRETS OF HAPPY LIFE ARE IN OUR HANDS. OUR DESIRE ALWAYS IS TO SPREAD THEM

By Nnabugwu Chizoba 

Savor the captivating landscape that has always harboured and showcase beautifully the volcanic and inspiring rock formations and Hills in Plateau state... 

IT IS UNFORTUNATE, MOTHER TONGUE IS NOT TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS—PROF. FWATSHAK SATI, REACTS

 

Prof Sati Fwatshak: Former Dean, Faculty of Arts University of Jos

By: Nnabugwu Chizoba

Recently, Scoreline in a bid to deliver on its self-imposed mandate of doing the needful in promoting literacy in mother tongue in Nigeria via a specialized tool: the Culture and Creativity Empowerment Initiative in Schools. Scoreline engaged an erudite scholar, a Lawyer, Historian, former Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Jos, Professor Sati Fwatshak, to provide insight into the subject of promoting literacy in mother tongue.

EMBRACE YOUR CULTURE. WORK WITH OTHER PEOPLE TO IMPROVE WHAT IS NOT REQUIRED

No Society has ever eliminated completely the ills in her culture. Development is a movement, always an on-going thing.

SOME INTERESTING THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT "CULTURE GOES TO SCHOOL"

 

A major objective of the product "Culture Goes to School" is promotion of diversity through public events like the cultural day activities of St Luke's Cathedral Anglican Primary School. Sensitization, awareness creation and orientation events for cultural revival through Cultural exchange programmes are other objectives of the product.

“TOUR PLATEAU 2024”: TOUR PLATEAU CONTINUES HER PACE-SETTING ROLE IN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN PLATEAU STATE

After many years of demonstrating clearly that they cannot find solution to the challenges of tourism development in Plateau state, the tourism organizers in Plateau state have again received greater insight, inspiration and direction from the organisers of the annual “Tour Plateau” led by Mr. Christopher Agwom Azok on how to effectively package tourism products and make the industry in the state count and become distinctive and prominent. This very important direction was openly displayed when the third edition of Tour Plateau, tagged Tour Plateau 2024 took off on a very resounding note in Jos, the Plateau State Capital.

DISRESPECT FOR YOUR CULTURE IS INDISCIPLINE. STOP CELEBRATING IT

Culture is part of the general values of any place. As part of the norms of any society, culture is therefore, an indication one way or the other of what is generally acceptable by a society. 

TRUE CULTURE IS A BINDING FORCE

Dear Parents, Uncles and Aunties, friends, relatives and neighbours, it is essential to know that culture binds, builds and inspires. It is also good to know that understanding of ones culture empowers the knowledge holders with better insight, incressed awareness and deeper understanding of their environment, which gives them the impetus, capacity and confidence to provide a leading role on issues relating to their core area or place of origin. 

CONQUER THAT SLAVERY - BRING THEM UP TO LOVE AND APPRECIATE THEIR CULTURE

 

Little Precious Patrick steps out in a cultural attire different from that of her root

Even if you consider it a struggle, please do it. Severe from that bondage of slavery and low esteem that have over the years made you a hater of your culture.