Ake Arts &
Book Festival
20-22 November 2025
Now in its thirteenth year, Ake Arts & Book Festival has brought over 1000 writers, poets, musicians, actors, filmmakers, artists and thinkers together to celebrate creativity. This year, the festival is back in Lagos with a fantastic programme of events that includes panel discussions, book chats, poetry and music. Join us for four days of cultural immersion!
Festival Books 2024
She Who Knows by Nnedi Okorafor
The Incredible Dreams of Garba Dakaskus by Abubakar Umar Sidi
And Then He Sang A Lullaby by Ani Kayode Somotochukwu
The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan
For Such A Time As This by Shani Akilah
The Maid And The Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko
And So Roar by Abi Dare
The Parlour Wife by Foluso Agbaje
Broken by Fatima Bala
These Letters End in Tears by Musih Tedji Xaviere
We Were Girls Once by Aiwanose Odafen
The Bishop's Prodical Daughter by Timendu Aghahowa
Watch on-demand
Panel Discussion | The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Africa
From the 2023 Festival
Book Chat | Authors Wole Talabi and Ayanna Llyod Banwo , moderated by Abdulkareem Baba-Aminu
From the 2023 Festival
Panel Discussion | Towards a Sustainable Publishing Industry in Africa
From the 2023 Festival
Book Chat | Authors Abubakar Adam Ibrahim and Kelechi Okafor, moderated by Zukiswa Wanner
From the 2023 Festival
From last year
