Tag: Dami Ajayi
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Dami Ajayi launches sophomore poetry collection in Lagos
Dami Ajayi launched his sophomore poetry collection A Woman’s body is a Country in Lagos on March 10, 2018. Here is a report from the commercial capital of the West African country. It was a time of pomp and pageantry at Subterranea, the concept boutique and bar at Ilupeju where Nigerian poet Dami Ajayi launched…
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Kaba Festival 2017 videos now available online on YouTube
The inaugural Kaduna Book & Arts Festival also known as the Kaba Festival was hosted from July 5-8, 2017 in Kaduna State, Nigeria in collaboration with the Book Buzz foundation. Video interviews from festival guests are now available online. As part of its centenary celebrations, the Nigerian state of Kaduna is introduced a literary event…
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Meet the Mentors of Writivism 2017
Writivism has unveiled its mentors for 2017. Those mentoring in English will be, Chuma Nwokolo, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Dami Ajayi, Yewande Omotoso, Tiah Beautement, Tendai Rinos Mwanaka, Emmanuel Iduma, Karen Jennings, and Lidudumalingani. In French mentoring will be done by Richard Ali, Marcus Boni TEIGA, and Pierre Cherruau. Writivism, the project of writing as activism,…
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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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Saraba’s latest issue comes with poetry chapbook (yes it’s all free)
Saraba one of the pioneer magazines where the literary game online is concerned founded by Dami Ajayi and Emmanuel Iduma is celebrating its seventh year. To celebrate this, our friends from Saraba have just unleashed their latest issue, the eighteenth one, and this one is called The Crime Issue. There’s a wonderful addition to this…
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The Storymoja Festival 2015 is here!
The Storymoja Festival 2015 is here ladies and gentlemen! The hype and the tweets and the Facebook statuses and Instagram posts and the planning has culminated to one of the biggest cultural event in the region is upon us. The festival promises some of the best discussions with the book being at the centre of…
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Writivism Festival 2015 Day 4: Politics, selling books and breaking down language barriers
Saturday in Kampala, Uganda saw the African writing community in the form of Writivism Festival 2015 converging at the city’s National Theatre for a series of activities. The keynote address in the evening was given by Ugandan poet, fiction writer, scholar and columnist John Nagenda. Nagenda is also a senior media advisor to President Yoweri…