Tag: Ake Festival
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Book Buzz Foundation posts up Ake Festival 2017 interviews
The Ake Arts and Book Festival 2017 was hosted in Abeokuta, Nigera from November 14-17, 2017. The Book Buzz Foundation, the festival organisers, have posted videos from festival guests online. The Ake Festival 2017 was the fifth edition of the highly regarded literary event in the West African nation. The festival took the theme of…
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Authors and books at the Ake Arts and Book Festival 2016
It was a special time in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria as the Ake Arts and Book Festival rolled into town from 15-19th November 2016. The festival kicked off official on 16th November with a colourful ceremony at the Hurbert Ogunde Hall at the 12 June Cultural Centre. Festival organisers had gone all the way this…
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Ake Festival/Air France Prize For Prose & Photography
So thus November will be one of those African literary festival-heavy months and the biggest events will be happening in Nigeria. Two of these will be the Lagos Books and Arts Festival (Labaf) and the Ake Arts and Book Festival which will be happening in Abeokuta. The Ake Festival is the younger of the two festivals…
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Namwali Serpell’s African invasion
Namwali Serpell became an instant celebrity in July this year when she was crowned Caine Prize winner. She also opted to shock and awe all involved when she decided that instead of going home with the 10,000-pound prize she shared out the prize money equally with fellow shortlisters. So why would many be willing to…