You love meaningful conversations. It has been a long work week and this weekend has been on your mind for a while. Do you want to make the best of it? Drive to the June 12 Cultural Center in Kuto, Abeokuta and experience arts, literature, and camaraderie like you have never seen before.
Alain and Margaret Abouet in conversation with Pierre Cherrau
The 4th edition of the Ake Arts and Book Festival has been action packed even before the festival started officially. There was fun with the screening of Marguerite Abouet’s Aya de Yop City and a musical concert featuring Brymo, Falana, and Adunni & the Nefretiti. The panel discussions have engendered riveting dialogues and stoked the fire for further conversations. Authors have shared themselves and their characters on the stage reading and discussing some of the best written contemporary African novels. A door for meditation and reflection about the victims of dictatorial regimes was opened with the screening of Clement Abaifouta’s documentary, A Chadian Tragedy.
Nmadiuto Uche with Ngugi wa Thiong’o
Friendships, food, and the picturesque hills of Abeokuta have contributed to the creatively charged atmosphere at the ongoing Ake Arts & Book Festival. There is one more day to go and you do not want to miss it. Ngugi wa Thiong’o, the festival’s headliner will be interviewed by Okey Ndibe during a life ad time series. Oris Aigbokhaevbolo will moderate a panel on the media’s approach to reviewing books and the lives lived by their authors. Teju Cole, Sarah Ladipo Mayinka, and Yewande Omotoso are in the country to discuss home and displacement. Do you need more reasons to get on the road right this minute? Let’s make it the Palm wine and poetry evening featuring spoken word artist, Titilope Sonuga.
Rayo Adebola and Lindumalingi discuss mental health
The Ake Festival team and visitors are the perfect getaway specially crafted for you. Get on the road and create memories and connections that will last for many weekends to come.
