Ngugi waThiong’o and Kunle Ajibade recount prison experiences at Ake
To many it was a delightful surprise when it was announced that foremost literary giant, Ngugi wa Thiongo, will headline the 2016 Ake Arts and Book Festival. Books like Weep Not Child, have been a staple of secondary school education that for many attendees at…
Wole Soyinka, Others Hold Readings in Solidarity with Ashraf Fayadh
Palestine poet Ashraf Fayadh has been sentenced to death by the authorities in Saudi Arabia. Ashraf who is 35, has been active in the art scene in Saudi Arabia and has organized and curated exhibitions of Saudi art in Europe and Saudi Arabia Ashraf was…