Category: Festivals
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LitFest Harare 2023 celebrates decade
LitFest Harare 2023 is celebrating a decade of running in Harare, Zimbabwe from November 29 – December 2, 2023. The theme this year is “Words Remember: A Decade of Story.” LitFest Harare is a literature festival founded by poet and curator Chirikure Chirikure and hosted by a dedicated team annually in Harare, Zimbabwe since 2013.…
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Salon Du Livre de Mayotte 2023 starts December 1
The third edition of Salon Du Livre de Mayotte 2023 is set to run in Mamoudzou, Mayotte from December 1 – 2, 2023. Salon Du Livre De Mayotte (Mayotte Book Fair) was first hosted in Mayotte in the northern Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Southeast Africa in 2017. They hosted…
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Femrite’s International Literature Festival celebrates Abdulrazak Gurnah.
The International Literature Festival celebrating Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah will be hosted by Femrite in Kyambogo University, Kampala from November 22 – 24, 2023. Author and academic Abdulrazak Gurnah was declared literature laureate at the Nobel Prize in 2021; he is the first from East Africa to win the coveted award. The Zanzibar-born UK-based writer…
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Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty 2023 kicks off November 22
Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty 2023 runs in Paraty, Brazil from November 22 – 26, 2023. The theme is “landscapes inside and outside.” The Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty (International Literary Festival of Paraty – FLIP) is a literary festival held annually in Paraty, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil since 2003. It…
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Labone Dialogues by NYU Accra in Black and White
The “Labone Dialogues by NYU Accra,” was hosted in Ghana from October 19 – 23, 2023. Here are black and white stills taken by Ondjaki. The Labone Dialogues were hosted at NYU Accra over four days in mid-October with some of the biggest names in African letters working today under the theme “Re-claiming The Narrative.”…
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A snapshot of Labone Dialogues by NYU Accra.
Dozens of writers converged on Accra for “Labone Dialogues by NYU Accra,” one of the biggest literary events in Ghana from October 19 – 23, 2023. Here is a snapshot of the symposium. ‘Labone Dialogues by NYU Accra’ was conceived and curated by New York University Accra Director Prof Chiké Frankie Edozien in Accra, Ghana…
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Ake Festival 2023 program, guests known
The program and guests for the Ake Arts and Book Festival 2023 to be hosted in Lagos, Nigeria from November 22 – 25, 2023 are now known. You can register to attend the Sterling Bank and Luminate-sponsored festival by clicking here. The Ake Arts and Book Festival was founded by Lola Shoneyin in Nigeria in…
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Gauteng International Book Festival 2023 program revealed
The program for the Gauteng International Book Festival to be hosted in Soweto, South Africa on December 9, 2023, has been revealed. In 2022, the Gauteng International Book Festival, founded by a team including literary evangelist Lorraine Sithole, announced itself on the African literary scene. South Africans who made their way to Ubuntu Kraal in…
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A snapshot of the Quramo Festival of Words 2023, QFEST 2023
The Quramo Festival of Words aka QFest 2023 was hosted at the Eko Hotels & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria from October 4 – 8, 2023. The Quramo Festival of Words was first hosted by Quramo Publishing in Lagos, Nigeria in December 2017. Lagosians were treated to masterclasses, book readings, workshop discussions, film, theatre, and…
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Salon du Livre de Douala 2023 starts on November 9
Salon du Livre de Douala 2023 runs for the second time in the Cameroonian town from November 9 – 11, 2023. Salon du Livre de Douala (English: Douala Book Fair), a huge meeting of the stakeholders at the Akwa Festival Hall, first ran in the Cameroonian town in 2021. That event organised by Douala Urban…
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A snapshot of the Nairobi International Book Fair 2023
The Nairobi International Book Fair 2023, was hosted at the Sarit Centre Expo Hall from September 27 – October 1, 2023. The Nairobi International Book Fair organised by the Kenya Publishers Association has brought together publishing professionals, authors, booksellers, print suppliers, media, and readers from Africa and around the world since the first edition in…
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The 254 Kitabu Fest rocks Nairobi in September
The 254 Kitabu Fest was hosted in venues at the Text Book Centre around Nairobi over the month of September. The Text Book Centre was founded as a partnership between businessmen S V Shah and M J Rughani in Nairobi in 1964. It specialised in selling to parents who needed educational materials like school books,…
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British Virgin Islands Literary Festival 2023 starts on November 2
The third British Virgin Islands Literary Festival 2023 runs from November 2 – 5, 2023. The festival theme is “tell your story.” The British Virgin Islands (BVI) Literary Festival was founded as part of the Department of Culture’s Culture and Tourism Month activities and operates in collaboration with the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College. It…
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A snapshot of Pa Gya! A Literary Festival 2023
The Pa Gya! A Literary Festival 2023 was hosted in Accra, Ghana from October 13 – 15, 2023. Here are some of the highlights. The Pa Gya! A Literary Festival features readings, panel discussions, performances, book launches and sales, literary prize awards, and much more. Pa Gya! comes from the Twi word meaning “to lift…
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Lagos Art & Books Festival 2023 starts November 13.
The Lagos Art & Books Festival 2023, popularly known as Labaf, runs in venues in Lagos, Nigeria from November 13 – 19, 2023. The festival theme is “The Reset: History and the Darkling Plan.” The Lagos Book & Art Festival is an annual arts festival founded by the Committee for Relevant Art (CORA), a Nigerian-based…