Tag: #AkeFest2015

  • Engaging the Fringe at the Ake Festival #AkeFest2015

    Engaging the Fringe at the Ake Festival #AkeFest2015

    The theme at the Ake Festival 2015 this year was Engaging The Fringe. This meant that there were events that focused on genres and creative endeavor that are not regarded as ‘mainstream’ in spite of their growing popularity and availability. There were panels all through the festival but Friday had some of the most poignant…

  • Book bloggers strut their stuff at Ake Festival 2015

    Book bloggers strut their stuff at Ake Festival 2015

    Book bloggers are a very important lot in the African literary ecosystem and on Thursday afternoon some of the most well-known ones strutted their stuff in a panel at the Ake Festival 2015. Moderated by Kate Haines were bloggers Kinna Likimani of Kinnareads.com and Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed of bookshybooks.blogspot.com with Emmanuel Iduma of online journal Saraba…

  • Writing our way out of social inequality in Africa #AkeFest2015

    Writing our way out of social inequality in Africa #AkeFest2015

    Ayodele Morocco-Clarke moderated “Writing our way out of social inequality in Africa”, one of the first panels at the Ake Festival with writers Siphiwo Mahala, Dilman Dila, and Mona Eltahawy. As she moderated, it became evident that Ayodele had either not prepared enough for the panel or she had been given this assignment to fill…

  • Nigerian writers get paid as Ake Festival begins #AkeFest2015

    Nigerian writers get paid as Ake Festival begins #AkeFest2015

    It’s finally here. After months of preparation and all the hype with the tweets and the Facebook posts and the Instagramming and all the rest, the Ake Festival kicked off on Wednesday at the Cultural Centre in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. For the first time in its three-year history, there was an actual opening ceremony…