Opening Ceremony
Opening Ceremony Performing: Wana Udobang, Belinda Zhawi, Rachel Long, Momtaza Mheri, Toby Abiodun, Chika Jones, Lady Donli
Month: October 2019
Soft Magic
Soft Magic: An Evening with Upile Chisala (Malawi), Busisiwe Mahlangu (SA), Tanya Evanson (Canada), and Tolu Agbelusi (UK/Nigeria) Name* First Last Email* Mobile Number* This…
Urban Innovators
Common narrative about urban life in cities like lagos i.e urban migration, scare/limited resources, homelessness, poverty, ordered disorder. iconic representation okada, slums, areas boys etc.…
Mother Tongues
Mother Tongues by Victoria Adukwei Bulley Mother Tongues is an intergenerational poetry, translation and film project celebrating the work of acclaimed poets of colour alongside…
The Hassles of Getting Published
Poets and gatekeepers discuss the ins and outs of raising your voice against the din, and what it takes to succeed in publishing. Feat. Enajite…
In With the New
In With the New: Conversations with Logan February, Ebenezer Agu, JK Anowe, and Otosirieze Obi-Young. Brittle Paper’s Otosirieze guides us through the shifting landscape of…
All the Magic We’ve Made: Looking at a Blazing Generation of Black Creativity
We enter a long history of black creativity that traces a line from Fela Kuti to Burna Boy, Toni Morrison to Chimamanda Adichie, to explore…
A Life In Words
With a highly influential career spanning novels, poetry, short fiction, essays, and literary criticism, Bernadine Evaristo’s contributions in shaping the contemporary literary canonis not in…
Wild Geographies
Two writers, artists and activists whose works, amongst other things, challenge stereotypical ideas of sex and sexuality, discuss writing sex without shame and what it…
Telling Your Truth
Kola Tubosun engages bestselling author Bassey Ikpi on the terror and power of vulnerability in writing and art, her journey as an artist and mental…