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Aké Festival, Laos, Nigeria 2023

22 October 2023 - 25 October 2023

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The 2023 Aké Festival will held between 22 and 25 November in Lagos Nigeria.  

The arts and books festival will include book chats, panel discussions, films poetry reading and music. Over 11 years it has brought writers, musicians, poets, actors, filmmakers and artists to the Nigerian capital.

The Aké Arts and Book Festival is claimed to be the largest assembly of African creative voices in Africa.

 Afua HirschAké Festival 2020
British writer and filmmaker Afua Hirsch appeared at the Aké Festival 2020

Aké Festival Programme

A list of the events can be found here.

Vanessa Kisuule
British slam poet Vanessa Kisuule appeared at the Aké Festival 2023

Free tickets can be booked here: https://akefestival.org/


Cover image of Lebogang Mashile.


Details

Start:
22 October 2023
End:
25 October 2023
Website:
https://akefestival.org/

Venue

Lagos
Lagos,Nigeria

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