The Words Across Waters Afro Lit Festival 2025 will be held at the British Library, London, United Kingdom, on Saturday, September 27, 2025.
Words Across Waters Afro Lit Festival 2025 is a new festival that will bring together leading writers, thinkers, and performers for a programme of thought-provoking panel discussions, hands-on workshops, live performances, and screenings. Alongside the talks and performances, there will be a book market for bibliophiles to get their favourite titles. It is brought to you by Natalie Fiawoo and Marcelle Akita in partnership with the British Library.
The new festival will feature leading names in the African literary scene, including Nuruddin Farah, Warsan Shire, Momtaza Mehri, Derron Sandy, Kareem Parkins-Brown, Irenosen Okojie, Bola Mosuro, Billy Kahora, Brian Chikwava, Yomi Sode, Liv Little, Ife Thompson, Olumide Popoola, Sakli Sessou, Adeche Atelier, JJ Bola, Kelechi Okafor, among others.
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