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Memories from #AkeFest16: Without Education, democracy is meaningless

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|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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Excitement as Ake Festival approaches

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|Date: November 01, 2016
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Excitement as Ake Festival approaches

The Literary season is finally back. Last month we had the Lagos International Poetry Festival, this mont ...

The Literary season is finally back. Last month we had the Lagos International Poetry Festival, this month, it is the turn of the Ake Arts and Book festival! Every year since 2013, the most brilliant ...

November 01, 2016
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Ngugi Wa Thiong’o to headline 2016 Ake Festival!

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|Date: October 01, 2016
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Ngugi Wa Thiong’o to headline 2016 Ake Festival!

Abeokuta, Ogun State will stand still once again as it hosts an outstanding roster of writers, thinkers, ...

Abeokuta, Ogun State will stand still once again as it hosts an outstanding roster of writers, thinkers, artists, filmmakers, musicians, book lovers and art enthusiasts at the fourth edition of the Ak ...

October 01, 2016
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Teju Cole and Helon Habila win $150,000 prize

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|Date: February 25, 2015
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Teju Cole and Helon Habila win $150,000 prize

Ivan Vladislavić, Teju Cole and Helon Habila have been Awarded 2015 Windham Campbell Prizes for Fiction. ...

Ivan Vladislavić, Teju Cole and Helon Habila have been Awarded 2015 Windham Campbell Prizes for Fiction. The prize, in its third year, is awarded to “honour and support writers anywhere in the world w ...

February 25, 2015
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MY AKE BOOK FESTIVAL 2013 DIARY by Toni Kan

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|Date: November 18, 2014
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MY AKE BOOK FESTIVAL 2013 DIARY by Toni Kan

The Arrival: I arrive Abeokuta on a clear Thursday Afternoon. I left Lagos in a bit of a funk. A friend a ...

The Arrival: I arrive Abeokuta on a clear Thursday Afternoon. I left Lagos in a bit of a funk. A friend and poet headed for Abeokuta had asked me to pick her up. Thinking that I was late I had asked m ...

November 18, 2014
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“TEJU COLE’S KEEN EYE SPARES NO ONE”

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|Date: July 11, 2014
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“TEJU COLE’S KEEN EYE SPARES NO ONE”

According to some surveys, Nigeria is the happiest and most optimistic country in the world. But the BBC ...

According to some surveys, Nigeria is the happiest and most optimistic country in the world. But the BBC estimates that 61 percent of the population lives in poverty. Sectarian violence (between Musl ...

July 11, 2014
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THE LRB REVIEWS TEJU COLE’S EVERY DAY IS FOR THE THIEF

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|Date: June 30, 2014
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THE LRB REVIEWS TEJU COLE’S EVERY DAY IS FOR THE THIEF

The London Review of Books has reviewed Teju Cole's novel Every Day is for the Thief for its July edition ...

The London Review of Books has reviewed Teju Cole's novel Every Day is for the Thief for its July edition. The review, written by short story writer and critic Adam Mars-Jones, starts off with ...

June 30, 2014
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