Tag: African Book Festival
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Participants of Berlin’s African Book Festival 2022 revealed.
The artists taking part in the African Book Festival 2022 at the Nåpoleon Komplex, Berlin, Germany from August 26-28 were revealed on June 5, 2022. The African Book Festival featuring some of the leading writers in Africa and its diaspora has been hosted in Berlin since 2018. It has established itself as a leading meeting…
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Margaret Busby is Berlin’s African Book Festival 2022 headliner.
Margaret Busby has today been revealed to be the headliner for Berlin’s African Book Festival 2022. The festival runs from August 26-28, 2022. The African Book Festival featuring some of the leading writers in Africa and its diaspora has been hosted in Berlin, Germany since 2018. It has established itself as a leading meeting place…
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Lidudumalingani to curate Berlin’s African Book Festival 2022.
Lidudumalingani has today been revealed to be the curator of the African Book Festival 2022 which runs in Berlin, Germany from August 26-28, 2022. The festival theme is “Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow” Since 2018, writers from across Africa and the African diaspora have converged on Germany’s capital for the annual African Book Festival. The festival in…
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Berlin’s African Book Festival 2021 for July 16-17
The African Book Festival 2021 is set to happen in Berlin, Germany on July 16-17, 2021. In the last few years, Berlin has hosted and celebrated African writers and poets in the iKontinental organised African Book Festival. At this event, hundreds of bibliophiles visited the German city’s Babylon Theatre for book presentations, readings, poetry, concerts,…
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African Book Festival’s “Voices from the Beginning” streams January 28-29
The African Book Festival’s “Voices from the Beginning” from Berlin-based InterKontinental, curated by Kalaf Epalanga, will be streaming live from Munich and Leipzig, Germany from January 28-29, 2021. InterKontinental is known by those who follow African and Black literature for the African Book Festival which they hosted in their Berlin, Germany base in 2018 and…
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Coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc on World, African literature.
The Coronavirus pandemic has been wreaking havoc on literary communities around the world in recent weeks. The Coronavirus, according to Wikipedia, is a disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019 and recognised as a pandemic by the World Health Organization on…
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José Eduardo Agualusa is Berlin’s African Book Festival 2020 headliner.
José Eduardo Agualusa was revealed as the headliner of Berlin’s African Book Festival 2020 on Friday, February 14, 2020. In 2018, African writers met for the African Book Festival with Chris Abani as the headliner in Berlin. Hundreds of bibliophiles visited the German city’s Babylon Theatre for book presentations, readings, poetry, concerts, interviews, and panel…
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Kalaf Epalanga is Berlin’s African Book Festival 2020 curator.
Kalaf Epalanga was announced as the curator for Berlin’s African Book Festival 2020 on September 23, 2019. The festival runs from April 17-19, 2020 with the theme “Telling the Origin Stories.” In April 2018, writers from across the African continent converged on Berlin for the African Book Festival with Chris Abani as the headliner. Booklovers…
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A snapshot of the African Book Festival 2019 in Berlin, Germany.
The African Book Festival 2019 was hosted in Berlin, Germany from April 4-7, 2019. Writers from across Africa and its diaspora attended the first edition of the InterKontinental organised African Book Festival in April 2018. The festival curated by Olumide Popoola was attended by some of the biggest names in African writing today with Chris…
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Ben Okri keynote at the African Book Festival 2019 opening ceremony. #ABF2019
The keynote at the opening ceremony at the African Book Festival 2019 was given by festival headliner Ben Okri on April 4, 2019. The African Book Festival 2019, now in its second year, made its official entry at the Babylon Theatre in Berlin Germany on the evening of Thursday, April 4th, 2019. The evening started…
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Dangarembga, Popoola, Wakatama Allfrey at African Book Festival 2019 opening round. #ABF2019
Tsitsi Dangarembga, Olumide Popoola, and Ellah Wakatama Allfrey were the first on stage at the African Book Festival 2019 in Berlin, Germany on April 4, 2019. The three were moderated by Prof Flora Veit-Wild. The opening roundtable of the African Book Festival at the Babylon Theatre in Berlin featured Olumide Popoola, Tsitsi Dangarembga, and Ellah…
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Berlin’s African Book Festival 2019 guest list unveiled.
The guest list for Berlin’s African Book Festival 2019 has been unveiled. The festival curated by writer and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga runs from April 4-7, 2019. In 2018, writers from across Africa and its diaspora converged on Berlin for the African Book Festival with Chris Abani as the headliner. The festival organised by InterKontinental and…
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African Literary Festivals you can attend in 2019
Covering the length and breadth of the continent, here is a list of African literary festivals you can attend in 2019. This list is regularly updated as and when information becomes available. 2018 was a very literary festival-filled year for Africa. East Africa had a variety of festivals including the Hargeysa International Book Fair, the…
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Ben Okri to headline Berlin’s African Book Festival 2019.
Ben Okri will headline Berlin’s African Book Festival 2019. The festival with the theme “Transitioning from Migration“ is in its second year. In April, African writers met in Berlin for the African Book Festival 2018, the first of its kind in the European city. That event organised by the InterKontinental and curated by Olumide Popoola,…
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Tsitsi Dangarembga to curate Berlin’s African Book Festival 2019.
Tsitsi Dangarembga was announced as the curator Berlin’s African Book Festival 2019 at a ceremony in Berlin on September 25, 2018. The festival is set for April 4-7, 2019. On April 26-28, 2018 writers from across the African continent converged on Berlin for the African Book Festival with Chris Abani as the headliner. Organised by…