Tag: Chinelo Okparanta

  • African writers converge on Alain Mabanckou powered Atlantide 2018

    African writers converge on Alain Mabanckou powered Atlantide 2018

    Writers from across the African continent converged on Nantes, France at the Alain Mabanckou-powered Atlantide Literature Festival 2018 on February 15 to 18, 2018. The Atlantide Literature Festival, founded in 2013, has gathered dozens of international and French writers to the French city of Nantes. In 2018, the artistic director of the festival was Alain…

  • Authors and books at the Ake Arts and Book Festival 2016

    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…

  • Donald Molosi for New York, USA

    Donald Molosi for New York, USA

    Donald Molosi and Chinelo Okparanta will be making an appearance at The Mantle and Shakespeare & Co in New York, USA to read from their latest work and discuss the integral role history plays in their work. We all love Donald on this side of the pond. Many of us were introduced to him at…