Meet the Inaugural Cohort of the LIPFest Craft and Development Lab
When we announced the LIPFest Craft and Development Lab earlier this year, our hope was to create a space where writers could develop their work…
Author: Lake Adedamola
LIPFest Craft & Development Lab – Faculty Announcement
Meet the Faculty The LIPFest Craft & Development Lab brings together three of the most accomplished poets working in and from Africa today, each leading…
Applications Are Open for the LIPFest Craft and Development Lab
For ten years, one of the clearest things we have seen at the Lagos International Poetry Festival is the enormous pool of talented poets producing…
Abu Bakr Sadiq
Abu Bakr Sadiq is a Nigerian poet. He is the author of LEAKED FOOTAGES (University of Nebraska Press, 2024), winner of the 2023 Sillerman First…
Abubakar Mustapha
Abubakar Sadiq Mustapha is a multimedia storyteller whose works focus on climate change, displacement, identity, and culture. He believes in the power of photography and…
Aisha Salaudeen
Aisha Salaudeen is an award-winning storyteller based in Nigeria. She has spent the past seven years creating content and telling stories across multiple formats, including…
Ameerah Shabazz-Bilal
Ameerah Shabazz-Bilal is an award-winning poet from Newark, NJ, USA. Ameerah is the recipient of EvoluCulture’s 2024 Women in Poetry Award for Service to the…
Àrẹ̀mọ Gemini
Yusuf Àlàbí Balógun (Àrẹ̀mọ Gemini) is an experimental performance poet, TEDx speaker and art specialist, with a core focus in Yorùbá arts and culture. He…
Chuma Nwokolo
Chuma Nwokolo (1963- ), a member of Nigeria’s Kwashiorkor Generation, is an author and attorney. His first Pacesetter novel was published in 1983. He was…
Dagogo Hart
Dagogo Hart is a poet, playwright, and spoken word artist whose words have wowed audiences from bar basements to electric picnic stages. He started performing…