Tag: Efe Paul Azino

  • Benue Book and Arts festival 2019 for Makurdi, Nigeria in June.

    Benue Book and Arts festival 2019 for Makurdi, Nigeria in June.

    The Benue Book and Arts festival 2019 is scheduled to take place in Makurdi, the capital city of Benue State in Nigeria from June 20-22, 2019. The theme of the festival will be “Changing Narratives.” The Benue Book and Arts festival, directed by Su’eddie Vershima Agema, is an initiative of the Sevhage Literary & Development…

  • Residencies: Efe Paul Azino, Heran Abate, and Joseph Kaifala.

    Residencies: Efe Paul Azino, Heran Abate, and Joseph Kaifala.

    Efe Paul Azino, Heran Abate, and Joseph Kaifala are off to residencies in different parts of the world. Residencies are an important part of the writer or poet experience as they get to stay in one place and work on their craft without the usual worries. This is because at many of the better residencies,…

  • Lagos International Poetry Festival 2018 at end of October.

    Lagos International Poetry Festival 2018 at end of October.

    The Lagos International Poetry Festival 2018 kicks off on October 31 and ends on November 4, 2018 at Freedom Park, Lagos Island. Founded in 2015, the Lagos International Poetry Festival has brought poets, writers, artists, and thinkers from across the world to Lagos for a week of conversations, readings, performances, workshops and adventure, establishing itself…

  • Koleka Putuma, Efe Paul Azino, Titilope Sonuga bank on their poetry.

    Koleka Putuma, Efe Paul Azino, Titilope Sonuga bank on their poetry.

    Poets Koleka Putuma, Efe Paul Azino, and Titilope Sonuga have cashed in on their poetry talents with bank communication appearances. We are always happen when we hear that artists are banking on their talents especially poets who are vital in the literary scene. So it’s always nice to see poets making a splash where the…

  • Lagos International Poetry Festival 2017 for November #lipfest2017

    Lagos International Poetry Festival 2017 for November #lipfest2017

    The Lagos International Poetry Festival 2017 is set to happen from November 1-5, 2017. The festival theme is “Bridges from Walls.” In 2015, a team of Lagosians led by founder Efe Paul Azino hosted the Lagos International Poetry Festival at Freedom Park the home of the arts in commercial hub of the West African country.…

  • Leila Aboulela to headline Nigeria’s Kaduna Book & Arts Festival 2017

    Leila Aboulela to headline Nigeria’s Kaduna Book & Arts Festival 2017

    Leila Aboulela will be the headline guest at the inaugural Kaduna Book & Arts Festival to be held from July 5-8, 2017. The festival is run in collaboration with the Book Buzz foundation. As part of its centenary celebrations, Nigerian state of Kaduna is introducing a literary event to its cultural calendar. The Kaduna Book…

  • Nigerians in solidarity with Binyavanga Wainaina #Naija4Binyavanga

    Nigerians in solidarity with Binyavanga Wainaina #Naija4Binyavanga

      #naija4binyavanga thanks @lolashoneyin thanks @tonikan11 #getwellsoon #binyavangawainana A photo posted by Victor Ehikhamenor (@victorsozaboy) on Nov 28, 2015 at 9:33am PST The Freedom Park in Lagos, Nigeria was the venue that Nigerian writers celebrated Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina on Saturday afternoon. Binyavanga “Binj” Wainaina the Kenyan writer loved by many is very unwell and…

  • 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…

  • The Lagos Book & Art Festival 2015 is coming!

    The Lagos Book & Art Festival 2015 is coming!

    The Lagos Book & Art Festival is set to happen at the Freedom Park in Lagos from November 13 – 15. This year’s festival which is the 17th edition will be dedicated to the memory of Ken Saro-Wiwa who fought for the rights of the Ogoni people and was executed by a very bad man…