The Erelu Kuti of Lagos, Abiola Dosunmu, is set to unveil the Talala Arts and Culture Afrique Centre in Victoria Island, Lagos.
The Erelu noted that the centre was conceived over 30 years ago out of the need to checkmate the fast-eroding rich African culture and values, caused by the systematic replacement with alien cultures.
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She told Society Plus, “This is a project that has been in the pipeline for about two years and just when we were about to take off, the COVID-19 pandemic happened. At Talala, you can have bean cake (akara) in form of a starfish, laced with different toppings. You can also have pap (ogi), packaged in such a way that if you want to use a straw, you can use it. People will experience our Nigerian foods and drinks in a different form. We also want to empower youths to be knowledgeable about their cultures and traditions. Workshops and seminars will be held to enlighten Nigerians about the rich culture we have.
“It is very important to protect, promote and project our culture in its real fibre and sense. The Talala dreams have evolved over the years in showcasing and supporting our culture and tradition across the globe. My love for our diverse ways of life and arts propelled my interest in the conscious preservation of our heritage over the years.
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Security officials stand guard outside a sealed residential area during smart lockdown, after new cases of COVID-19, were reported in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Oct. 11, 2020.
People wear protective face masks to help prevent the spread of coronavirus in downtown Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 11, 2020.
People gather at the site of a collapsed building under construction, in Lagos, Nigeria, on Oct. 11, 2020.
Lithuania’s Homeland Union leader and prime ministerial candidate, Ingrida Simonyte, and party chairman, Gabrielius Landsbergis, speak to reporters after polls closed on first round of general election, in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Oct. 11, 2020.
Factory workers wearing protective face masks and shields cross a road as they go to work in Hlaing Tharyar Industrial Zone, on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, on Oct. 12, 2020.
A man carries a table away from ruins at a blast site hit by a rocket during the fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in Ganja, Azerbaijan, on Oct. 11, 2020.
Christians attend a Sunday service in one of the Chaldean churches that reopened after months of closure due to the COVID-19 outbreak, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 11, 2020.
Students take part in an ongoing protest demanding justice following the alleged assault and brutal torture of a woman in the southern district of Noakhali, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Oct. 11.
Dr. Govinda KC talks to the media after ending hunger strike on the 28th day in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Oct. 11, 2020.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (R) meets with Yang Jiechi (L), director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, in Algiers, Algeria, on Oct. 11, 2020.
A Russian army vehicle, part of a patrol, drives past an oil field in the countryside of al-Qahtaniyah town in Syria’s northeastern Hasakeh province near the Turkish border, on Oct. 11, 2020.
A woman casts her ballot at a polling station during the election for a new leader in Nicosia, Cyprus, on Oct. 11, 2020.
United Nations peacekeeping force vehicles make a stop across from a pole with signs indicating directions to different cities, while on patrol in the Lebanese southern coastal area of Naqura by the border with Israel, on Oct. 11, 2020.
A Sri Lankan student wearing a protective mask heads towards the exam center as his mother checks his bag after handing over the admission papers and food near an examination center for Grade-5 scholarship exam in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Oct. 11, 2020.
Demonstrators react as a stun grenade explodes during an opposition rally to reject the presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, on Oct. 11, 2020.
A general view of a fire that broke out on Kilimanjaro, Tanzania on Oct. 11, 2020.
Pakistani TikTok star Hareem Shah speaks during a press conference regarding the government banning TikTok, in Karachi, Pakistan, on Oct. 10, 2020.
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani speaks at the national board meeting to combat coronavirus (COVID-19), in Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 10, 2020.
Former Ivory Coast President Henri Konan Bedie, candidate of the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast (PDCI) for the Oct. 31 presidential election, speaks during an opposition coalition parties’ rally to protest against President Alassane Ouattara’s bid for a third term, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Oct. 10, 2020.
Officials and onlookers gather near the wreckage of an overturned bus involved in a deadly collision with a train next to Khlong Kwaeng Klan railway station, east of Bangkok, Thailand, on Oct. 11, 2020.
Search and rescue operations continue among the debris of houses after Armenian army’s alleged attacks with long-range missiles in Ganja city of Azerbaijan on Oct. 11, 2020.
A healthcare worker conducts a COVID-19 test at a drive-in testing station in Prague, Czech Republic, on Oct. 10, 2020.
Reporters attend a press conference of Algeria’s Democratic Alternative Alliance in the capital Algiers on Oct. 10, 2020.
Workers clean the site of a fuel tank explosion that occurred in the Tariq al-Jadida neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, on Oct. 10, 2020.
Several organizations hold a protest against the alleged assault and torture of a woman in the district of Noakhali, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct. 10, 2020.
Firefighters try to put out a fire in Safita, Syria, on Oct. 10, 2020.
A girl wearing a black band around her face, gestures during a flash mob against crimes against women in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Oct. 10, 2020.
Demonstrators hold flares and shout slogans during a protest in Belgrade, Serbia, on Oct. 10, 2020.
People shout slogans during a protest against the use of face masks and the protection measures against the COVID-19 infections in Bucharest, Romania, on Oct. 10, 2020.
A woman walks past an armoured personnel carrier (APC) after Kyrgyzstan’s President Sooronbai Jeenbekov declared a state of emergency in the capital and ordered troops to be deployed there, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 10, 2020.
Relatives and friends carry portraits of Ukrainian prisoners, held in eastern Ukraine regions controlled by pro-Russian separatists, during all-Ukrainian action “Remind about everyone” in support of prisoners and relatives of the missing, in Kiev, Ukraine, on Oct. 10, 2020.
A woman wearing a face mask holds her smartphone near the wire fences decorated with ribbons that contain messages wishing for the reunification of the two Koreas at the Imjingak Pavilion in Paju, South Korea, on Oct. 11, 2020.
Activists of Pakistan Citizen Organization decry recent murder of a minor girl in Charsadda district, outside Peshawar Press Club in Pakistan on Oct. 9, 2020.
Palestinian protesters run amidst tear gas smoke during clashes with Israeli security forces following a demonstration against the expansion of settlements, near the village of Beit Dajan, Nablus, in the north central West Bank, on Oct. 9, 2020.
Malian politician Soumaila Cisse waves as he arrives at his home in Bamako, Mali, on Oct. 9, 2020, a day after his release. Cisse, a three-time presidential candidate and former opposition leader, was released by his captors along with a French and two Italian hostages.
Dancers perform during a gala in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Qamdo, in Qamdo City, Tibet Autonomous Region, on Oct. 9, 2020.
(L-R) Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Belarus’ Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko, Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Askar Mamin, Russia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, and Mikhail Myasnikovich, chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission’s Board, pose before a meeting of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) Intergovernmental Council in Yerevan, Armenia, on Oct. 9, 2020.
Firefighter teams are seen outside of a building after a fuel oil tank exploded in a residential area of Beirut, Lebanon, on Oct. 9, 2020.
Sophie Petronin, an elderly aid worker who was the last French hostage in the world, is greeted by French President Emmanuel Macron and her relatives as she arrives at Villacoublay military airport near Paris, France, on Oct. 9, 2020. She was released on Oct. 8 after being held captive by jihadists in Mali for nearly four years.
Military honor guards take part in the National Day celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, on Oct. 10, 2020.
Supporters of nationalist Sadyr Japarov, who has styled himself as prime minister, throw clumps of earth towards supporters of former Kyrgyzstan’s President Almazbek Atambayev as they attend a rally in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 9, 2020. Two large crowds supporting rival politicians clashed in Bishkek as a power vacuum persisted and President Sooronbay Jeenbekov said he was ready to resign.
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa (R) and Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office Yang Jiechi pose for a picture before a meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Oct. 9, 2020. Sri Lanka’s foreign ministry said the overnight visit was the first by China in the South Asian region since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and was aimed at strengthening the already close ties between the two nations.
A member of the guard regiment adjusts the uniform of his comrade during a ceremony on Romania’s National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust at the monument for its victims in Bucharest, Romania, on Oct. 9, 2020.
People bow before the statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il at Mansu hill as the country marks the 75th founding anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 10, 2020.
A protester shouts as people ride their bikes wearing protective face masks during an anti-government protest in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on Oct. 9, 2020.
Firefighters extinguish a fire at an apartment building in Ulsan, South Korea, on Oct. 9, 2020. At least 88 residents were transported to hospital after the fire occurred around 11:07 p.m. the previous day.
Supporters attend an election rally for Tanzania’s ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Oct. 9, 2020.
Muslims pray during the first Friday Prayer at Abu Hanifa Mosque after seven months of closure due to COVID-19 pandemic in Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 9, 2020.
Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias (L) and Kosovo’s Prime Minister Abdullah Hoti during their meeting in Pristina, Kosovo, on Oct. 9, 2020.
Workers of “Tavria Research Farm” SE and representatives of the National Corps hold hand flares during a protest to demand closure of the case on bankruptcy of the agricultural enterprise, outside the Commercial Court building in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Oct. 9, 2020.
Avenue Habib Bourguiba remains empty after a lockdown imposed as a measure against the spread of coronavirus pandemic in Tunis, Tunisia, on Oct. 9, 2020.
Students and activists take part in an ongoing protest against the alleged assault and brutal torturing of a woman in Noakhali, Bangladesh, on Oct. 9, 2020.
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva (R) welcomes North Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Oct. 9, 2020. Osmani is on an official visit in Sofia.
Sanliurfa Governor Abdullah Erin and accompanying delegation and other local leaders attend the opening ceremony of a local council building, held on the anniversary of Operation Peace Spring, in Tel Abyad, Syria, on Oct. 9, 2020.
Smoke rises from a storehouse after a fire broke out at a forested land in Belen district and spread to two neighborhoods in Iskenderun district of Hatay, Turkey, on Oct. 9, 2020.
People take part in a religious procession to mark the 40th day of mourning after the death anniversary of Imam Hussain, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammad, in Lahore, Pakistan, on Oct. 8, 2020.
A woman lights a candle next to a portrait of the Iranian legendary singer Mohammad-Reza Shajarian outside of the Jam hospital in Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 8, 2020.
People gather at the scene of a gas explosion in Lagos, Nigeria, Oct. 8, 2020.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić (R) and European Commissioner in charge of Neighborhood and Enlargement Policy Oliver Varhelyi (L) hold a joint press conference in Belgrade, Serbia, on Oct. 8, 2020.
A man walks past a house damaged by recent shelling during the military conflict over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in Stepanakert, Azerbaijan, on Oct. 8, 2020.
A woman brings a board inside a bar during a protest to draw attention to the bars and restaurants’ difficult economic situation due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Zagreb, Croatia, on Oct. 8, 2020.
Deputy chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (2nd R) is welcomed by Sudanese officials at Khartoum International Airport in Sudan on Oct. 8, 2020.
Students in a candlelight vigil show respect to all victims around the country and ask for justice against gangrape and torture of women in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct. 8, 2020.
A woman wears a mask for protection against COVID-19 while going into a subway station in Bucharest, Romania, on Oct. 8, 2020.
Health workers in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suits collect swab samples from people to test for coronavirus at the Department of Medical Research (DMR) in Yangon, Myanmar, on Oct. 8, 2020.
Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovič welcomes Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya with an elbow bump at the government headquarters in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Oct. 8, 2020.
People walk past billboards during rain in Tokyo, Japan, on Oct. 8, 2020.
Women, wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus, shop at the Kalvarijos market in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Oct. 8, 2020.
People take part in a mourning ritual, marking Arbaeen, the end of the 40-day mourning period for the seventh-century killing of Imam Hussein, Prophet Mohammad’s grandson, in Karbala, Iraq, on Oct. 8, 2020.
People walk along the beach by a military guard-post after police opened the beachfront of Varosha, an abandoned quarter of the Cypriot city of Famagusta, on Oct. 8, 2020.
Devotees perform at the Data Darbar Shrine on the second day of a three-day annual Sufi religious festival called ‘Urs’ in Lahore, Pakistan, on Oct. 7, 2020.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani makes a speech on the conflicts in Nagorno-Karabakh during the Council of Ministers meeting in Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 7, 2020.
Smoke rises as Azerbaijan’s forces shell targets during the fighting over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh near the city of Terter, Azerbaijan, on Oct. 7, 2020.
Three suspects charged with helping al-Qaida-linked militants to launch an attack on the Westgate mall stand in the dock at the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi, Kenya, on Oct. 7, 2020.
A medical staff member wearing a protective suit takes a swab as people are tested for COVID-19 at a newly opened drive-in sampling station in Prague, Czech Republic, on Oct. 7, 2020.
Students march on the street during a demonstration against gangrape and brutal torturing of a woman in the southern district of Noakhali, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct. 7, 2020.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (L) places wreath on the monument at Turkish Cemetery and Memorial built in honor of Turkish citizens who lost their lives in Bratislava in World War I, during its opening ceremony in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Oct. 7, 2020.
Hospitality workers hold banners that read “We want to work” as they protest against the government’s decision for the closure of restaurants, cinemas, theaters and hospitality venues in the capital, for a second time, in Bucharest, Romania, on Oct. 7, 2020.
Birds rest on a board displaying an election campaign poster of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party in Yangon, Myanmar, on Oct. 7, 2020.
A man sprinkles disinfectant over pilgrims as they gather ahead of the holy ritual of Arbaeen in Karbala, Iraq, on Oct. 7, 2020.
A voter casts his ballot from a car during an early vote at a drive-in polling station in Vilnius, Lithuania on Oct. 7, 2020.
Ivica Todorić (C), one of the richest men in the Balkans, stands before the county court in Zagreb, Croatia, on Oct. 7, 2020. A Croatian court has acquitted the tycoon in a case related to the collapse of a retail company that has shaken the Balkan region.
Pedestrians cross a street during a rainy evening in Tokyo, Japan, on Oct. 7, 2020.
More than 400 cars block a central part of Sofia, Bulgaria, on Oct. 7, 2020, as driving instructors protested against new regulations they say will aggravate corruption and do nothing to promote safe driving.
Members of Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) chant while marching to the National Treasury during their national strike against corruption and unemployment in Pretoria, South Africa, on Oct. 7, 2020.
Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (R) walks next to Christian Democratic Union party member Norbert Röttgen (L) at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, on Oct. 7, 2020.
Thousands of government employees stage a sit-in protest in front of the parliament building demanding job regularization, increase in their salaries and other benefits, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Oct. 6, 2020.
Representatives of Libya’s rival administration exchange documents after a meeting in Temara, Morocco, on Oct. 6, 2020.
Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo waves at supporters from a car at the entrance of the Electoral Commission Head Office in Accra, Ghana, on Oct. 6, 2020.
In this handout photo provided by the German Government Press Office (BPA), Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya meets with Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on Oct. 6, 2020.
Sudan’s ousted president Omar al-Bashir (C) gestures as he arrives for his trial in the capital Khartoum, Sudan, on Oct. 6, 2020, in connection with the 1989 military coup that brought him to power.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and European Council President Charles Michel pose at the end of a press conference after an EU-Ukraine Summit at the European Council in Brussels, Belgium, on Oct. 6, 2020.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (top right) and President of self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh Arayik Harutyunyan (C) attend a meeting with army commanders in Nagorno-Karabakh on Oct. 6, 2020. Heavy fighting between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces in the region since Sept. 27 has since killed scores of troops and civilians.
Shia Muslim pilgrims walk to the holy city of Karbala, ahead of the holy ritual of Arbaeen, in Iraq on Oct. 6, 2020.
James Zhao, grandson-in-law of late former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui, carries Lee’s portrait during the state funeral ceremony held at the Wuzhi Mountain Military Cemetery in New Taipei City, Taiwan, on Oct. 7, 2020. Lee, remembered for leading the island’s transition to democracy, died at age 97 in July.
Iranian government spokesperson Ali Rabiei answers questions during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 6, 2020.
Search and rescue team member inspects the area after a bomb blast in Al-Bab district of Aleppo, Syria, on Oct. 6, 2020.
(L-R) Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan pose as they visit the Holocaust memorial prior to their historic meeting in Berlin, Germany, on Oct. 6, 2020.
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper (R) and Bulgarian Defense Minister Krasimir Karakachanov hold up signed copies of a 10-year “Roadmap for Defense Cooperation,” during their meeting at the Pentagon in Washington, U.S., on Oct. 6, 2020.
Travel agency owners display empty suitcases after a press conference demanding government’s financial support for the tourism agencies as the spread of the COVID-19 continues, in Istanbul, Turkey, on Oct. 6, 2020. Placards read “Travel agencies expect support – our pockets and suitcases are empty- If there is no agencies, there is no Tourism.”
An aerial view shows the damage in Saint-Martin-Vesubie as clean-up operations continue after storm Alex hit the Alpes-Maritimes department, bringing record rainfall in places and causing heavy flooding that swept away roads and damaged homes, in France, on Oct. 6, 2020.
A security guard gives hand sanitizer to students as they arrive at the Prabhat secondary school in Chandragiri municipality on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, on Oct. 6, 2020.
Workers reinforce the gates outside the Government House in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 7, 2020. Mass protests against the results of the 2020 Kyrgyz parliamentary election have been held in Kyrgyzstan since Oct. 5. Protesters have seized the parliament building, known as White House, with the Central Election Commission canceling the results of the election.
A student holds a black flag to protest against an alleged gangrape and torturing of a woman in the southern district of Noakhali during a demonstration in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct. 6, 2020.
Hussein Hassan and Mohamed Ahmed, suspects charged with helping al Qaeda-linked militants to launch an attack on the Westgate mall, are seen at the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi, Kenya, on Oct. 6, 2020.
Laborers are seen demonstrating on the street against the labor law in Tangerang, Indonesia, on Oct. 6, 2020.
A health worker sprays disinfectant as people wait to give swab samples for COVID-19 test near a mobile testing vehicle outside a hospital in Minuwangoda, Sri Lanka, on Oct. 6, 2020.
A man removes signs as Hurricane Delta approaches Puerto Juarez in Mexico on Oct. 6, 2020.
Supporters of the United Democratic Party (UDP) wave party flags and cheer from their motorbikes during an election campaign for next month’s general election, in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, on Oct. 7, 2020.
Students from different institutions perform as a tribute to their teachers at Alhamra Arts Council on the occasion of World Teachers’ Day, in Lahore, Pakistan, on Oct. 5, 2020.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (L) and Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speak to the media after their talks in Ankara, Turkey, on Oct. 5, 2020. Stoltenberg said the 30-country military alliance is “deeply concerned by the escalation of hostilities ” between Azerbaijan and Armenia and he urged Turkey to help end the fighting.
Wearing protective masks, pilgrims from the Mouride Brotherhood pray in the Grand Mosque of Touba as they take part in the celebrations of the Grand Magal of Touba in Senegal on Oct. 5, 2020.
People take part in a weekly rally to call for the release of jailed journalist Khaled Drareni in Algiers, Algeria, on Oct. 5, 2020.
A woman lays flowers for the victims of the 1976 Thammasat University massacre during the annual commemoration ceremony held at the university in Bangkok, Thailand, on Oct. 6, 2020.
An aerial view shows flooded homes in a village after the River Nile broke the dykes in Jonglei, South Sudan, on Oct. 5, 2020.
Lee Rae-jin, the older brother of a South Korean fisheries official shot dead by the North Korean military, and lawmakers get into the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, with a document to appeal for U.N. investigation on his brother’s death, in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 6, 2020.
A classroom is disinfected as a precaution against the COVID-19 pandemic in Soussa, Tunisia, on Oct. 5, 2020. As the number of coronavirus cases increased, new measures were taken in the city, such as suspending education and imposing curfew.
Families from the city of Stepanakert, fleeing the ongoing war in Nagorno-Karabakh, wait aboard a bus traveling to Yerevan, Armenia, on Oct. 5, 2020. Armenia and Azerbaijan continued trading attacks in and around the contested territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya arrives to speak to supporters at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, on Oct. 5, 2020. Tikhanovskaya arrived in Berlin for the first day of a three-day visit, during which she is scheduled to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other German leaders.
Suspects charged with helping al Qaeda-linked militants launch an attack on the Westgate mall sit in the dock during their appearance for their case at the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi, Kenya, on Oct. 5, 2020.
A traffic policeman asks an angry anti-government protester to reopen the main highway that links Beirut with north Lebanon during a protest against rising prices and worsening economic and financial conditions, in Zalka, north of Beirut, Lebanon, on Oct. 5, 2020.
Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (R) and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo greet each other prior to their meeting at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo, Japan, on Oct. 6, 2020.
Activists of Left Democratic Alliance try to break through the police barricades during a protest in demand of the reopening of all jute mills and payment of arrears to the workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct. 5, 2020.
People walk past a poster thanking doctors amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Kiev, Ukraine, on Oct. 5, 2020.
U.S. soldiers stand next to an armored vehicle near the Rumaylan oil fields in Kurdish-controlled northeastern Hasakeh province, Syria, on Oct. 5, 2020.
Iraqi Shiite Muslim pilgrims are sprayed with water to cool them as they make their way to the holy city of Karbala, ahead of the holy ritual of Arbaeen, amid the COVID-19 outbreak, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 5, 2020.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh speaks about the conflicts between Azerbaijan and Armenia during a press conference held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 5, 2020.
People protesting against the results of a parliamentary election stand in front of the government headquarters which has been taken over, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 6, 2020.
A general view of tents set up by members of the National Front Anti-AMLO (Frena) to protest against Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, also known as AMLO, at the Zocalo Square, in Mexico City, Mexico, on Oct. 5, 2020.
A worker holds a sign as he takes part in a rally with others against a government omnibus bill on job creation, which they believe will deprive workers of their rights, in Tangerang, Indonesia, on Oct. 5, 2020.
The teacher wears a face mask at Mansour Eddahbi College in the Derb El Kabir district in Casablanca, Morocco, on Oct. 5, 2020, as the school year starts after a delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Israeli police try to control a crowd of mourners during the funeral of Rabbi Mordechai Leifer, the latest in a string of clashes between security forces and ultra-Orthodox Jews violating a national coronavirus lockdown order, in the port city of Ashdod, Israel, on Oct. 5, 2020. The late rabbi, who had been the spiritual leader of a small ultra-Orthodox community founded a century ago in the U.S. city of Pittsburgh, died Sunday after a long bout with COVID-19.
A trishaw driver wearing a protective face mask waits for customers while he campaigns for the National League for Democracy (NLD) party amid the COVID-19 outbreak, in Yangon, Myanmar, on Oct. 5, 2020.
People protesting government’s restrictions on restaurants and bars walk across the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic, on Oct. 5, 2020. After relaxing almost all restrictive measures in the summer, the Czech government has responded to one of the worst spikes in European countries by declaring a state of emergency.
Sri Lankan commuters wearing face masks wait to get in to the train at the Fort Railway Station, Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Oct. 5, 2020.
Sri Lankan authorities closed schools countrywide and imposed a curfew in three suburbs in Western Province, after a person tested positive for the coronavirus.
Students read a notice hanging on a school gate sealed by authorities as some teachers and students tested positive for COVID-19, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Oct. 5, 2020.
A health worker distributes face masks to security forces as a precaution against the coronavirus while Shiite pilgrims march to Karbala for the Arbaeen ritual in Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 4, 2020. The holiday marks the end of the forty day mourning period after the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, in the 7th century.
Ivorian presidential candidate Kouadio Konan Bertin speaks to supporters in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Oct. 4, 2020, during the official nomination of his candidacy for the Oct. 31 presidential election.
People attend an opposition rally to reject the presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, on Oct. 4, 2020.
A mask-clad customer speaks with a fruit seller at his stall at the central market in Tunis, Tunisia, on Oct. 4, 2020. Tunisia’s Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi announced late on Oct. 3 a set of new measures aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 in the North African country, including a ban on all gatherings and stressing the importance of wearing face masks to limit the spike in new cases.
A man inspects a crater which locals said was caused by an Armenian rocket strike in the town of Beylagan, Azerbaijan, on Oct. 4, 2020, during the ongoing fighting between the two countries over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Oromo youths chant anti-government slogans as Oromia Special Forces patrol, during Irreecha celebrations, the thanksgiving festival of the Oromo people, in Bishoftu, Oromia region, Ethiopia, on Oct. 4, 2020.
Worshippers, keeping a safe social distance, perform Umrah at the Grand Mosque after Saudi authorities eased COVID-19 restrictions, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 4, 2020.
Students and teachers gather inside Ministry of Education to read statement and claims and light candles as a mark of protest against violence, threat and obstruction of expressions in Bangkok, Thailand, on Oct. 4, 2020.
Christoph Graf, commander of the Swiss Guard, reviews newly recruited Pontifical guards during a swearing-in ceremony at San Damaso Court in Vatican City, Vatican, on Oct. 4, 2020.
Security personnel stop motorists at a checkpoint in Divulapitiya on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Oct. 4, 2020, as police imposed a curfew on the towns of Minuwangoda and Divulapitiya following the discovery of a coronavirus patient, the first case reported from the community after several weeks.
Residents clear a street following a mudslide in Garessio, Piedmont, Italy, on Oct. 4, 2020, after storms lashed the region.
Iranian people wearing protective face masks cross an avenue in northern Tehran while COVID-19 disease rapidly rises in Iran, on Oct. 4, 2020. Tehran governor’s office announced that schools, libraries, mosques and some other public places such as coffee shops, holy shrines, and tea houses in Tehran would be closed for a week to control the COVID-19 outbreak.
Students, wearing protective masks, maintain social distance as they attend class, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Oct. 4, 2020.
Former U.S. professional cyclist Lance Armstrong participates in “Bike for Beirut” charity tour at the site of the Aug. 4 port explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, on Oct. 4, 2020. “Bike for Beirut” aims to raise awareness and funds to support Lebanese NGOs that are currently undertaking the vital tasks of reconstruction and rehabilitation ranging from home repairs to food security to medical aid.
Demonstrators take part in a protest rally in Paris, France, on Oct. 4, 2020, as they commemorate the Oct. 5, 1988 riots in Algeria. The 1988 October Riots were a series of demonstrations by Algerian youth, which took place on Oct. 5-11, 1988, starting in Algiers and spreading to other cities.
Maria Baya of the Nationalist Democratic Action (ADN) party gets her temperature checked upon arriving for the 2020 Bolivian presidential campaign debate in La Paz, Bolivia, on Oct. 4, 2020.
A couple takes a selfie as they sit among thousands of Spanish flags, representing the Spanish victims of COVID-19, on Patacona beach in Valencia, Spain, on Oct. 4, 2020.
Stranded Bangladeshi migrant workers who work in Saudi Arabia block the Karwan Bazar intersection during a protest demanding air tickets to return back to their work places, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct. 5, 2020.
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“It is an appreciation of our culture and heritage; repositioning them back into the fibre of our society and making them exportable. The centre provides a suitable environment that cuts across all age brackets for the education, enjoyment and appreciation of who we are as Africans. The TACA Centre is a functional and exquisite architectural structure situated in the centre of Victoria Island, thereby making it easily accessible while also shielded from the hustle and bustle of the metropolis.”
Erelu added that the centre would provide eight major services including, a fashion house, dance, music and art academy; art gallery, culture table; tea house, events hall, muscle and champagne lounge, and a floral stall.”
