Tag: Adebola Rayo

  • The Ake Arts & Book Festival 2017 opening ceremony

    The Ake Arts & Book Festival 2017 opening ceremony

    The Ake Festival 2017 kicked off with an opening ceremony to remember. Thursday November 16, 2017 was a special day as it started with the ultimate nod from Western civilisation as ‘father of modern African literature” Chinua Achebe was featured as a Google dongle. The google dongle for those who don’t use the ubiquitous US…

  • Ama Ata Aidoo for Ake Arts and Book Festival 2017

    Ama Ata Aidoo for Ake Arts and Book Festival 2017

    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 is “This F-Word” and conversations will focus largely on creative women doing amazing things both on the African continent and beyond. Time really flies when you are having fun. It…

  • The Authors Talk rocks Lagos

    The Authors Talk rocks Lagos

    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 on the 18th of April it happened in a big way with Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Adebola Rayo, Celina Kile, Dami Ajayi, Kingsley Iweka, Joe Dudun, Kate Ekanem, Miracle Adebayo, Sophia…

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

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

    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 called The Kate Tales Foundation. It advocates for girl child education, curates art exhibitions, and supports emerging writer’s development and women’s empowerment. Malala who? The Foundation will be hosting the…