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Lola Shoneyin: ‘I once sold pants in Ibadan’

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|Date: July 12, 2020
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Lola Shoneyin: ‘I once sold pants in Ibadan’

Popular Nigerian poet and author, Lola Shoneyin has revealed that she sold pants for a couple of years in ...

Popular Nigerian poet and author, Lola Shoneyin has revealed that she sold pants for a couple of years in Ibadan, Oyo State. The founder of Aké Arts and Book Festival revealed the “fun fact” in ...

July 12, 2020
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Nigerian writers mourn Prof. Pius Adesanmi

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|Date: March 11, 2019
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Nigerian writers mourn Prof. Pius Adesanmi

The community of Nigerian writers, scholars and journalists announces with great shock and sadness ...

The community of Nigerian writers, scholars and journalists announces with great shock and sadness the sudden and painful passing of our friend, colleague and brother, Professor Pius Adesanmi w ...

March 11, 2019
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Events This Weekend

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|Date: October 26, 2018
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Events This Weekend

Happy Friday and welcome to the weekend! It's been a crazy week with the weather and it's nice to arrive ...

Happy Friday and welcome to the weekend! It's been a crazy week with the weather and it's nice to arrive at the weekend. Here are events you could attend this weekend. AKE Arts and Book Festival The t ...

October 26, 2018
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The controversial Movie Rafiki gets rave reviews from the Kenyan public

Posted by Daniel Oduma-Jato
|Date: September 30, 2018
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The controversial Movie Rafiki gets rave reviews from the Kenyan public

Kenyans boldly jumped at the opportunity to see the movie, ‘Rafiki’, about love between two women. The mo ...

Kenyans boldly jumped at the opportunity to see the movie, ‘Rafiki’, about love between two women. The movie which was previously banned in the country by Kenya's Film and Classification Board (KFCB) ...

September 30, 2018
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Lola Shoneyin in 1st #AkeInLagos event

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|Date: January 17, 2018
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Lola Shoneyin in 1st #AkeInLagos event

Book and art lovers will get a feel of the Ake Arts and Book Festival (AABF) atmosphere in Lagos on the e ...

Book and art lovers will get a feel of the Ake Arts and Book Festival (AABF) atmosphere in Lagos on the evening of Thursday, January 18 at Radisson BLU (formerly Renaissance Hotel) on Isaac John Stree ...

January 17, 2018
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Caine Prize 2018 announces judging panel

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|Date: December 15, 2017
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Caine Prize 2018 announces judging panel

The Caine Prize for African Writing has announced the five judges for the 2018 edition. While making the ...

The Caine Prize for African Writing has announced the five judges for the 2018 edition. While making the announcement on December 14 in a statement, the prize encouraged publishers to submit qualifyin ...

December 15, 2017
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Lola Shoneyin; Talking and living Books -Toni Kan

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|Date: July 05, 2017
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Lola Shoneyin; Talking and living Books -Toni Kan

Lola Shoneyin is true multi-hyphenate – mother, wife, CEO, writer, publisher and Director of one of the b ...

Lola Shoneyin is true multi-hyphenate – mother, wife, CEO, writer, publisher and Director of one of the biggest book festivals in Africa, the Ake Book and Arts festival. Starting today, her company, B ...

July 05, 2017
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Leila Aboulela to headline inaugural KABAFEST

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|Date: June 13, 2017
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Leila Aboulela to headline inaugural KABAFEST

World-famous Sudanese writer, Leila Aboulela will be joined by established and rising cultural stars such ...

World-famous Sudanese writer, Leila Aboulela will be joined by established and rising cultural stars such as Zainab Alkali, Jerry Buhari, Kaltume B Gana, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Aisha Umar, Toni Kan, T ...

June 13, 2017
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The Book Club Lagos Presents ‘Living Through The Leaves’

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|Date: June 13, 2017
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The Book Club Lagos Presents ‘Living Through The Leaves’

A literary appreciation event featuring excerpts from selected Nigerian literature The evidence that ther ...

A literary appreciation event featuring excerpts from selected Nigerian literature The evidence that there is a decline in reading culture is substantial and spellbinding. Even with the growing amount ...

June 13, 2017
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Memories from #AkeFest16: Without Education, democracy is meaningless

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|Date: December 05, 2016
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Memories from #AkeFest16: Without Education, democracy is meaningless

Last month, some of the best minds in Africa and outside the continent gathered in Abeokuta for the 2016 ...

Last month, some of the best minds in Africa and outside the continent gathered in Abeokuta for the 2016 Ake Arts and Books Festival, tagged "Beneath the Skin." The one-week long festival had panel di ...

December 05, 2016
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