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The Black Panther Phenomenon by Tireni Odubiyi

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  • 2018
  • Nov 13, 2018
“Black Panther was with all due respect is a Western movie. A Western movie with African influences,” states panelist Kolawole Olanrewaju. The

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Understanding Afro-futurism by TJ Benson

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  • 2018
  • Nov 13, 2018
The panel is a fiery one. The notion of identity and evolution on the African continent is explored by Wole Talabi who was recently shortlisted

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Film Discussion – Chat with Film Directors by TJ Benson

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  • 2018
  • Nov 7, 2018
The film discussion held in the film room with Sade Adeniran, Bolaji Kekere-Ekun and Gordon Napier on panel. It was anchored by TJ Benson. TJ

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Dust to Dew by Betty Irabor and Lives of Great Men by Chike Edozien. Moderator – Olaokun Soyinka by Tireni Odubiyi

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  • 2018
  • Nov 7, 2018
“It is very important who you have in a corner,” says Betty Irabor, author of Dust to Dew, a memoir that tells her story battling with

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Paul Beatty’s The Sellout and Nicole Dennis-Benn’s Here Comes the Sun. Moderator-Tolu Daniel by Tireni Odubiyi

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  • 2018
  • Nov 7, 2018
I feel that both books were identical in that idea of lacking an ending,” says Tolu Daniel, host of this book chat with Paul Beatty author of The

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What do Women Want by TJ Benson

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  • 2018
  • Nov 7, 2018
The panel is moderated by Wana Udobang, who introduces the activist Mona Eltahawy, Elizabeth Uviebinene and Yomi Adegoke, the duo who wrote the

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Divinity and Spirituality in Igbo Tradition

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  • 2018
  • Nov 7, 2018
Moderator Yvonne Mbanefo begins the panel discussion by explaining the term ‘Odinani’. She says that the term simply means traditional religious

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Entertainment, Education and Technology in the Mother Tongue

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  • 2018
  • Nov 7, 2018
This panel session was moderated by Kola Tubosun. It featured Tunde Adegbola, Kunle Afolayan and Dayo Olagunju as guest speakers.  Starting the

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Book Chat: Wake Me When I’m Gone by Odafe Otagun and The Ones with Purpose by Cynthia Jele by Lade Tawak

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  • 2018
  • Nov 7, 2018
Cynthia Jele’s first book, Happiness is a Four-Letter Word was published over 8 years ago to considerable success including winning the

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Book Chat: Of Women and Frogs by Bisi Adjapon by Tireni Odubiyi

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  • 2018
  • Nov 7, 2018
“For an African woman, this story is steeped in sex and sexuality,” Toni Kan says hosting the book chat on Bisi Adjapon’s Of Women and Frogs

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