FESTIVAL EVENTS

This unique dialogue between poet Wana Udobang and scientist Dr. Ify Aniebo brings together two influential voices from different disciplines to explore the profound connections between poetry and science through the lens of their respective careers. Though their mediums differ, both are united by a relentless curiosity about the world and a shared commitment to questioning the status quo.

Against the backdrop of LIPFest 2024’s theme, The Science of Things, this conversation will explore how poetry and science serve as complementary lenses for understanding the complexities of the human experience. Udobang’s emotive storytelling and Aniebo’s scientific rigor will highlight the power of inquiry, imagination, and experimentation in pushing boundaries and creating sustainable futures.

 October 26th, 2024
2:45 m
 The Alliance Française | Mike Adenuga Center, 9 Osborne Road, Ikoyi
 Free admission. Seats available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Renowned journalist, writer, and cultural innovator, Fu’ad Lawal, guides this craft conversation on how beauty and precision elevate product outcomes in literature and tech. Joined by award-winning poet Tade Ipadeola and renowned product designer Ted Oladele, this multidisciplinary dialogue will uncover shared creative principles and explore where art and functionality intersect to make elegance a universal language. A panel for true craftsmen looking to create lasting work.

Tade Ipadeola is the winner of the 2013 NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature, for his collection The Sahara Testaments, a sequence of one-thousand quatrains on the nuances of the Sahara.

Ted Oladele is the CEO of Mira and Archiving’s product/design lead, he was Flutterwave’s Founding Designer and VP of Design, managing product development.

 October 26th, 2024
1:30 pm
 The Alliance Française | Mike Adenuga Center, 9 Osborne Road, Ikoyi
 Free admission. Seats available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Elizabeth Johnson joins poet and essayist Umar Sidi to discuss his foray into fiction and to unravel his new and mysterious novel, The Incredible Dreams of Garba Dakascus.

Umar Abubakar Sidi is a poet, soldier, aviator, and author of Masobe’s first poetry collection “Like Butterflies Scattered about by Art Rascals.” A helicopter pilot with the Nigerian Navy, he attended the prestigious Nigerian Military School, Zaria and the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna. He is also the author of the poetry collection, “The Poet of Dust.”

Sidi uses Sufi and Surrealist perspectives to interrogate our relationship with the natural and metaphysical. His works have appeared in Brittle Paper, Transition Magazine, Jalada, Saraba Magazine and elsewhere.

The Incredible Dreams of Garba Dakaskus is his first novel, described in the Daily Review as “refreshing in its complex deployment of discursive narrative and intertextual techniques not common to modern African fiction.

 October 26th, 2024
12:15 pm
 The Alliance Française | Mike Adenuga Center, 9 Osborne Road, Ikoyi
 Free admission. Seats available on a first-come, first-served basis.