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Lagos International Poetry Festival 2017 for November #lipfest2017

The Lagos International Poetry Festival 2017 is set to happen from November 1-5, 2017. The festival theme is “Bridges from Walls.” In 2015, a team…

African Literary Festivals

Ama Ata Aidoo for Ake Arts and Book Festival 2017

James Murua September 14, 2017 2 Comments Adebola Rayo Ake Arts and Book Festival Ake Arts and Book Festival 2017 Ake Festival 2017 Ama Ata Aidoo Amara Nicole Okolo Arit Okpo Ayisha Osori Ayobami Adebayo Brymo Dami Ajayi Diekara Oloruntoba Diran Olojo Emmanuel Iduma Esther Armah Femi Oyebode Giles Foden Haneefah Adam Ifeoma Chukwuogo Isabella Akinseye Ishmael Beah Jekein Lato-Unah Joy Bewaji Kadaria Ahmed Kinna Likimani Kobina Graham Kola Tubosun Koleka Putuma Maimouna Jallow Marta Calestino Marvellous Micheal Maryam Awaisu Mazi Nwonwu Modé Aderinokun Molara Wood Nnedi Okorafor Odafe Atogun OluTimehin Adegbeye Poetra Asantewa Samira Sanusi Sara Blecher Toni Kan Tope Oshin Wana Udobang Yolanda Mercy Yvonne Owuor Zinzi Clemmons Zukiswa Wanner

The Ake Arts and Book Festival 2017 will take place at the Arts and Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta on November 14-18, 2017. This year’s theme…

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Ngugi Wa Thiong’o to headline action packed Ake Festival 2016

James Murua September 30, 2016 1 Comment Ake Festival Ake Festival 2016 Alain Mabanckou Chinelo Okparanta Helon Habila Jowhor Ile Laila Lalami Laolu Senbanjo Ngugi Wa Thiongo Noviolet Bulawayo Odafe Atogun Okey Ndibe Panashe Chigumadzi Petina Gappah Sarah Ladipo Manyika Tade Thompson Teju Cole Tendai Huchu Toni Kan

Ngugi Wa Thiong’o will be the headline guest at this year’s edition of Ake Festival 2016. Ngugi, who will sit in conversation with Okey Ndibe…

Book Events Nigeria

The Authors Talk rocks Lagos

James Murua April 27, 2015 No Comments Abubakar Adam Ibrahim Adebola Rayo Celina Kile Dami Ajayi Goethe Institut Joe Dudun Kate Ekanem Kingsley Iweka Miracle Adebayo Omoya Yinka Simult Sophia Jerome Toni Kan

I mentioned a few weeks ago that there was going to be a big gig at the Goethe Institut featuring authors alongside other activities. Well…

Book Events Nigeria

Nigeria’s Kate Ekanem to unleash debut novel at Authors Talk Lagos

James Murua March 2, 2015 No Comments Abubakar Ibrahim Adebola Rayo Clinical Blues Dami Ajayi Eyes of the Goddess Joe Dudun Kate Ekanem Nights of the creaking bed Nseabasi Akpan The Whispering Trees Toni Kan Ukamaka Olisakwe Waiting for Sanity

Kate Ekanem is a writer who started writing at the age of five and by age eighteen, the girl child activist, had started an initiative…

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No Valentines Day plans? Ankara got you sorted

James Murua February 9, 2015 1 Comment Binyavanga Wainaina Chikodili Emelumadu Chuma Nwokolo Abubakar Adam Ibrahim Edwige-Renée Dro Elieshi Lema Elnathan John Hawa Jande Kolakai Helene Cooper Kola Tubosun Mukoma Wa Ngugi Sa’adatu Baba Ahmad Sarah Ladipo Manyika Toni Kan Yemisi Aribisala

Its Valentines Day on Saturday and Ankara Press have your back for the big day. They have commissioned Toni Kan, Sarah Ladipo Manyika, Binyavanga Wainaina,…