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Three outstanding capacity building events facilitated by some of the best poets and writers in the business

Poetry After Dark: LIPFest 2024 Closing Party

Close out the Lagos International Poetry Festival with “Poetry After Dark,” an intimate silent disco experience where sensual verse meets rhythm. Don your headphones and lose yourself in a unique blend of erotic poetry and curated music, creating a personal soundscape under the Lagos night sky.

This adults-only event transforms the amphitheater into an immersive space where poetry whispers directly into your ears while your body moves to the beat. Dance, listen, or simply soak in the atmosphere as we celebrate the festival’s end with this innovative fusion of poetry and party.

Age restriction: 18+ Limited capacity. Arrive early to secure your headphones.

Free drinks at the Open Bar.

Note: This is a silent disco event. Headphones will be provided at the venue.

October 27th, 2024
9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
The Alliance Française | Mike Adenuga Center, 9 Osborne Road, Ikoyi
₦5,000

Folklores and Gyrations of the Oppressed

For Folklores and Gyrations of the Oppressed, we revisit pre-colonial traditions, advance into Afrofuturistic imaginations and bring the village square to life.

Bring a folktale, bring a song, and join us for a communal revival. We’ll have a story jar where the audience can participate by selecting a story or poem to share.

Hosted by Oloyede Tom.

📅 October 27th
🕒 7:45 pm
📍 Alliance Française| Mike Adenuga Center, 9 Osborne Road Ikoyi
🎟️ Free admission. Seats available on a first-come, first-served basis.

LIPFest 2024 Poetry Slam

Get ready for an electrifying evening as poets go head-to-head in the LIPFest 2024 Poetry Slam! Under the dynamic leadership of Slam Master Bash Amuneni, this competitive showcase brings together powerful voices in a high-energy celebration of performance poetry.

Watch as poets battle it out with original works, competing for two million naira in prizes and a chance to represent Nigeria at the 2025 World Slam Championship. Experience the raw energy, creative wordplay, and compelling stories that make poetry slams an unforgettable spectacle.

Free admission. Seats available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Doors open at 5:45 PM. Come early to secure your spot for this crowd-favorite event!

Slam Master: Bash Amuneni

October 27th, 2024
6:00 pm
Alliance Française | Mike Adenuga Center, 9 Osborne Road, Ikoyi
Free admission. Seats available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Film Screening and Conversation: Ebrohimie Road: A Museum of Memory & Benin Did Not Die

This special double screening features two compelling documentaries with poets behind the lens. See David Odiase’s Benin Did Not Die for its very first screening and catch Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún’s well received Ebrohimie Road, a documentary on the place and events that characterized the moral courage of Africa’s most celebrated writer. They both join us for an engaging post-screening conversation on what their unique ways of seeing tell us about history, storytelling, and cultural memory.

Film presentations will start promptly at 4:00 PM. Join us after for an illuminating discussion with the directors.

October 27th, 2024
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
The Alliance Française | Mike Adenuga Center, 9 Osborne Road, Ikoyi
Free admission. Seats available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Refractions of Light: A Special Reading and Performance Event

Seven remarkable poets come together in a celebration of light, resilience, and collective healing. Refractions of Light features acclaimed voices Wana Udobang, Mahogany L. Browne, Obii Ifejika, Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi, Ameerah Shabazz-Bilal, Kamnelechukwu Susan, and Dr. Helena D. Lewis in a specially curated performance that insists on solidarity, transformation, and renewal.

October 27th, 2024
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm
The Alliance Française | Mike Adenuga Center, 9 Osborne Road, Ikoyi
Free admission. Seats available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Random Experiments in Bioluminescence

This intimate conversation dives into Amy Shimson-Santo’s innovative work, a rare craft accomplishment that bridges science and poetry, and examines how natural phenomena inspire artistic expression. Elizabeth Johnson joins Amy to discuss her latest book, Random Experiments in Bioluminescence, a remarkable collection of luminous poems for cherishing cultures, languages, and the earth.

Book signing to follow the session.

October 27th, 2024
12:30 pm
Alliance Française | Mike Adenuga Center, 9 Osborne Road, Ikoyi
Free admission. Seats available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Quantum Poetics (Festival Command Performance and Concert)

Step into the world of Quantum Poetics, where words, rhythm, and performance collide to show the infinite dimensions of poetry. Hosted by Wana Udobang, this event brings together an eclectic lineup of acclaimed poets and performers, including Ameerah Shabazz-Bilal, Onias Landveld, Kweku Abimbola, Chuma Nwokolo, Mahogany L. Browne, Dr. Helena D. Lewis, Kween Moore, Bash Amuneni, Dagogo Hart, and Jeffrey Jaiyeola (Plumbline), Tobi Abiodun.

October 26th, 2024
8:00 pm
Alliance Française | Mike Adenuga Center, 9 Osborne Road, Ikoyi
₦5,000

Light and Sound: A Generative Writing Workshop with Mahogany L. Browne

Drawing from an archive of Black poetry, poetics and traditions, Mahogany Browne will guide participants through innovative exercises that challenge perception and form and generate writing that illuminates and delights – poetry as a portal of discovery.

October 25th, 2024
12:30 pm
📍 American Corner, 5 Jeremiah Ugwu Str., Lekki Phase I, Lekki
🎫 ₦5,000

Comfort Food with Wana Udobang

Wana Udobang’s acclaimed Comfort Food workshop makes its Lagos debut at LIPFest 2024, following successful runs in Edinburgh, Chicago, Berlin, and Accra. Using food as a motif, Wana will work with participants to develop poems that explore memory, history, joy and healing, transposing the succor and sustenance we derive from food into words that become toolkits for survival.

“What I am discovering is that Comfort food isn’t just about poetry or for people who write. It is for any and everybody who is looking to connect with themselves through storytelling. I am looking forward to sharing space and learning new recipes of joy, love, growth and beauty from people and communities from across the world.” – Wana Udobang

October 24th, 2024
1:00 pm
📍 Alliance Française | Mike Adenuga Center, 9 Osborne Road, Ikoyi

🎫 ₦5,000 naira

The Science of Things – A Speculative Writing Workshop

Everything around us that is concrete was and continues to be imagined. This class will use storytelling to understand our place in the built world around us. We will explore the challenges of writing speculative fiction and learn how to weave in our lived realities to produce more grounded writing.

October 24th, 2024
3:30 pm
Virtual/In-person (Alliance Française | Mike Adenuga Center, 9 Osborne Road, Ikoyi)
₦5,000