Ake Arts & Book Festival

Latest Past Events

Far From Being a Country Femi Elufowoju jr (Interview)

Strong Tower Events Centre 40 Alfred Rewane Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria, Ikoyi

xxx years ago, the award winning Nigerian performer and Theatre Director, Femi Elufowoju Jr, made a life-changing decision: to visit each of the 54 countries on the African continent. He 

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Chess in Nigerian Slums with Tunde Onakoya (Interview)

Strong Tower Events Centre 40 Alfred Rewane Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria, Ikoyi

A slum may sound like an unlikely place for chess to thrive, but some chess enthusiasts knew better. Taking the game to deprived areas, teaching the locals and running competitions 

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Interview

In partnership with Cheltenham Literature Festival, we present a frank and riveting conversation between Africa’s first Nobel Laureate in Literature, Wole Soyinka and culture journalist, Molara Wood. They discuss poetry, 

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