Ake Arts & Book Festival

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Love, Sex and Relationships (Intergenerational Discussion)

We all desire to love and be loved. For romantic relationships, sex forms a core part of expressing this emotion. While love is spoken about openly and with cheerful longing, a culture of shame, misplaced ideals of purity and religious adherence have clouded the conversation around healthy sexual desires and interactions. The result? Abuse, bodily 

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Formation: The Making of Nigeria from Jihad to Amalgamation By Folahanmi Fagbule & Feyi Fawehinmi (Book Chat)

Tobi Lawson chats to Feyi Fawehinmi and Fola Fagbule about the making of Nigeria. From the events of 1804 when the jihadists attacked countries along the Niger river to the characters that cobbled disparate nations into a British colony in 1914. What followed? Slavery, betrayals, riots, all of which are central to understanding modern Black 

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Documentary – I am Ọṣun

Yorùbá culture has spread into many creative fields and attracts artists, scholars and spiritual practitioners. This documentary portrays artists and their ways of working with the Ã’rìṣà: Filmmaker Uyiekpen Nosakhare Igbinedion, visual artist Mukhtara Yussuf, illustrator Abdulkareem Baba Aminu from Nigeria and the Brazilian artist D’Andrade talk about their relationship to the Ã’rìṣà and how 

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