Main STage - Sunday, 10th May
Writing to reposess, rename, reown
Kenyan essayist and political analyst, Nanjala Nyabola; British-Nigerian poet and playwright, Inua Ellams;
Documentary as Memory
A discussion on creative documentary storytelling with celebrated Senegalese filmmaker, Moussa Sene Absa and Kenya-based…
In praise of the third space
Celebrating the necessity and philosophies underpinning the curatorial strategies behind Ake, a globally-acclaimed festival with…
Mateya ya Mabanckou: Scenes from a life
Alain Mabanckou grew up in Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo, and studied law in Brazzaville and…
Experiments in form
Exploring new paths to storytelling across literature, poetry, film and visual art with Nigerian writer,…
Mothers loom large
A frank conversation about how maternal figures materialize in fiction and life and the gray…
