Lydia Idakula-Sobogun founder of Taruwa speaks with Bella Naija
The organization itself:Why did you start Taruwa?
Image courtesy of Taruwa
I started Taruwa because I felt like there was a need for a stage to express. There were not a lot of stages where upcoming artistes could hone their skills in front of an audience. I also wanted a place for established artistes to have an intimate audience they could get honest feed back from and banter with...[continue reading]
...is a gathering of artistic and intellectual minds, which creates a platform for artistes to express themselves in a comfortable and intellectual setting. On a typical TARUWA evening, we have poets, vocalists, instrumentalists, and spoken word artistes, performing. It is always a rich artistic cocktail.
TARUWA also affords up- coming artistes and members of the public who do not have the opportunity of art expressions at work, an opportunity to express themselves as the program is a forum for expression. It is an event where a banker for example can attend, take off his suit, pick up a guitar and relax.
