Aké Arts and Book Festival is a yearly event that brings like-minded people from all over Nigeria, africa and beyond, together in an atmosphere charged with thrilling creativity.

The 6th edition has been announced again, bigger and better this year, 2018.

Aké Arts & Book Festival is five days of cultural immersion. As is always the case, Aké Arts and Book Festival aims to showcase the very best of contemporary African literature, poetry, music, art, film and theatre. It’s interesting to note that this year’s festival ( sixth edition) will take place for the very first time in Lagos!
Date: October 25th-28th
Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos
Theme for this year: ‘Fantastical Futures’
Conversations will center on a “re-imagined African future.” Aké Arts and Book Festival preserves, promotes, develops, and celebrates diverse forms of creativity in Africa.
Features you don’t want to miss: book chats, art exhibition, a stage play, school visits, panel discussions, film & documentary screenings, a musical concert, a night of poetry performance, and others. Book lovers are not left out, as they’ll get to purchase books at affordable prices at the Aké Festival Bookstore.

https://bookclubs.com.ng/ake-arts-book-festival-2018/

Who's attending?

Ftc..dedicated to all my igbo brothers,lovers friends wifeys and the afonjas as for d buharist..soon u all will belong to only daura..kick apc out..kick out p0verty

Threads like this require no comment box at all.. pls, wetin u expect me to talk i should say mak dem no do am??

Iya Segi. I was surprised when she employed the word "feck" in an african novel and settings. It was so so out of place

I'm in! Gate fee?

Awon eniyan ti ALADE

Will be there live with my book right on my siggy

Suetsi:
Aké Arts and Book Festival is a yearly event that brings like-minded people from all over Nigeria, africa and beyond, together in an atmosphere charged with thrilling creativity.

The 6th edition has been announced again, bigger and better this year, 2018.



https://bookclubs.com.ng/ake-arts-book-festival-2018/

Who's attending?

I sure will attend with my story in my siggy

FILEBE:
Iya Segi. I was surprised when she employed the word "feck" in an african novel and settings. It was so so out of place

But in the setting it was written, we have been using "fuc.k". Well, it would have been out of place if it was set in early or mid twenties.

Ok

If you want to keep a secret from a Nigerian, write it in a book. See how dry this thread is

Sleekjunior:
Ftc..dedicated to all my igbo brothers,lovers friends wifeys and the afonjas as for d buharist..soon u all will belong to only daura..kick apc out..kick out p0verty

And put PDP in ba? Una poverty just start. Nigerians can never be free. Vote, sowore, Donald duke, fela durotoye and anyone else apart from does old insatiable gloats.

FILEBE:
Iya Segi. I was surprised when she employed the word "feck" in an african novel and settings. It was so so out of place

Na Wetin come my mind first be that oh.
Wow human brain Is amazing.

My Lola Shoneyin, the author of fantastic book 'The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's wives'

Saved the dates already, so excited and can't wait.

I hope to be at the event.

AryaSand:
My Lola Shoneyin, the author of fantastic book 'The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's wives'

Saved the dates already, so excited and can't wait.

See you there then.

Is there gate fee?

OkaNaUbe:
If you want to keep a secret from a Nigerian, write it in a book. See how dry this thread is

You ain't wrong o.
I witnessed something yesterday and I'm yet to get over it.

I decided to tell my story in the form of a book as a sensitization tool on the menace called Irregular Migration which is in my siggy.

I'd gone to an office to drop a copy of this book to find a way to create awareness to this menace.

While on my way out of the first office I stepped into, I noticed a sign that read " Department of youths development and empowerment". I was like "bingo", this office would make a good place to get my book and story going.

When I stepped into the office, I met three women looking like traders with their heads resting on their desks in an apparent siesta mode in a government office.

So, I proceeded to ask if they indeed worked there to which they answered in the affirmative. I introduced myself and told them what I was on about, they were looking at me clueless.

I got frustrated and was about exiting the office when an elderly man walked in and they pointed him to me as an assistant director. So I went up to him introduced myself and handed him my book.

Oga looked at the book and was like " what is it about?" I explained to him and his response was:

Abeg go look for Benin people to give your book because na dem dey send their children go abroad.

Whether na cry I go cry o Abi na laugh oo, I no even understand.

I just tire waka comot.

Wow! I will have love to attend but my problem will be accommodation since I've never been to Lagos

Registration for this event seems to be N10,000. Google: Ake Arts & Books Festival.

There's a certain lack of je ne sais quoi about the change of location, I'm sure it'll be a great experience nonetheless.

Wow! Wish I could attend