An illustrative Art, Video Installation and installation project on Professor Wole Soyinka at 85 will take place during this year’s edition of the Lagos Book and Art Festival (LABAF). The celebration project is based on the life of Wole Soyinka,…
Niran Adedokun reads from new book, ‘The danfo driver in all of us’ @ #LABAF2019
Niran Adedokun, the author of Ladies calling the shots, a book profiling leading female filmmakers in Nigeria, will on Monday join about 20 other authors at Book Trek, the opening event of the Lagos Book and Arts Festival (LABAF). The…
#LABAF2019 opens today @Freedom Park
The opening day features several events, including 2pm: SEMINAR @Kongi’s Gallery Event: PRAXIS HANGOUT Theme: Literature in Indigenous Languages and Translation 5pm: BOOK TREK @Amphitheatre featuring. Readings and conversations around the Newest Books on the Nigerian Shelf. The CORA BookTrek…
6 reasons you shouldn’t miss #LABAF2019
They say time flies when you are having fun. Get ready for some massive fun at Nigeria’s biggest book and arts fiesta, Lagos Book and Art Festival (LABAF), which will hold from November 4 – 10 at Freedom Park, Lagos.…
#LABAF2019 – CLOSING GLEE@ Food Court
The sage says that all good things eventually come to an end. So will the 2019 edition of the Lagos Book and Art Festival (LABAF2019), which begins on Monday, November 4. In the case of the highly revered gathering, it…
#LABAF2019 – 1000 POETS FOR CHANGE @Food Court
The poets are coming. Many of them and their destination is the Lagos Book and Art Festival (LABAF). Don’t say you were not told. Don’t be left out of the awakening that on these poets can inspire. Performing poets across…
#LABAF2019 – ART STAMPEDE @Food Court
Every edition of the Lagos Book and Art Festival (LABAF) is not complete without an ART STAMPEDE where stakeholders dwell on issues or a particular industry policy that affects them. This year is no different and what is on the…
#LABAF2019 – SEMINAR @Kongi’s Harvest
The keys to the knowledge economy are not available to everyone and for a long time, only the discerning have had true access. But that is changing. At LABAF2019 participants can have a glimpse of the keys at a session…
#LABAF2019 – YOUNG READERS PARLIAMENT @Kongi’s Harvest
If young people are regarded as leaders of the future, then it is the ones who read among them that can truly lead since readers are leaders. Meet the future leaders when young authors read and discuss their works with…
#LABAF2019 – FILM SCREENING @Kongi’s Harvest
Not one but three films will be screened at this year’s Lagos Book and Art Festival (LABAF2019). DANCING MASK (54mins), a documentary film about the history and activities of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), is one of them. It…
