Lagos International Poetry Festival 26-30 October 2016 Freedom Park and the Muson Center, Lagos The city of Lagos will play host to 35 poets from across the world at the sophomore edition of the Lagos Poetry Festival, scheduled to hold… Read More ›
Titilope Sonuga
Borderless Words: The Lagos International Poetry Festival 2015
AiW Guest: Iquo DianaAbasi The Lagos International Poetry Festival 2015 was themed ‘Borderless Words’, aptly so in this period of migrations within Africa and across Europe. The organizers say that in the light of border restrictions, they choose to see… Read More ›
Event: Lagos International Poetry Festival, 28 October – 1 November 2015
In the last two decades poetry, particularly of the performance variant, has been experiencing a resurgence across the African continent. Urban city centres from Lagos to Nairobi to Joburg are dotted with bars converted to open mic venues, where enthusiasts… Read More ›