Terra Kulture

Terra Kulture is an arts and culture center in Lagos with an attached restaurant.[1][2]

Terra Kulture
Formation2003 (2003)
TypeCultural Institution
HeadquartersTiamiyu Savage Street, Lagos
Region served
Nigeria
Key people
Bolanle Austen-Peters
Websitewww.terrakulture.com

Establishment

Nigerian lawyer Bolanle Austen-Peters founded Terra Kulture in 2003.[3]

The center is a restaurant, serving Nigerian cuisine, bookstore and cultural venue,[4] hosting exhibitions of Nigerian art,[5] theater,[6] and book readings as well as language classes in the three main Nigerian languages, Hausa, Ibo and Yoruba.[1]

Annual events at Terra Kulture includes an art auction[7] and the Taruwa festival of Performing arts.[8][9]

gollark: Instead of having humans teach lessons, just have a melon sit there in the class silently judging you.
gollark: I say we replace teachers with melons.
gollark: What would you suggest doing, then? Just leaving it?
gollark: It's *probably* fixable.
gollark: No, they're going to award GCSEs and stuff based on... guesswork, and also previous results in stuff.

References
  1. Oresanya, Demilade (6 November 2014). "Terra Kulture @10: Making Nigerian Art, Culture and Lifestyle a Priority". CPAfrica. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  2. Akeem Lasisi (31 October 2014). "Terra Kulture has organised over 200 exhibitions – Austen-Peters". The Punch. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  3. Rita Ohai (2 November 2014). "Austen-Peters: Living for the love of art". BusinessDay. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  4. "TERRA KULTURE celebrating a decade of Greatness at the 10th Anniversary of Terra Kulture". Television Africa. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  5. Japheth Alakam (10 December 2014). "The masters showcase class at Distinction 2". The Vanguard. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  6. Onnaedo Okafor (12 November 2014). "Terra Kulture: The One-Stop Nigerian Cultural Shop". The Pulse. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  7. "Art auction market looks up, makes N286.6m in 2013". Businessday. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  8. "Drama combines with dance, music at second edition of Taruwa Festival". Daily Independent. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  9. Tolu Ogunlesi (17 October 2014). "The Africa report". Retrieved 2 January 2015.


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