So, because you're smart and in the know (or are a regular reader of the London metro) you are probably aware of Asa Baako, the music, culture and dance festiva...
Picture credit: Darren Hercher Fadoa
1. Ama Ata Aidoo is arguably the greatest writer Ghana has ever produced.
2. This is Ama Ata Aidoo’s first appearanc...
1. It bills itself as London’s largest one day African film festival. For the past few years it has been an annual event as part of the Peckham and Nunhead F...
Film Africa 2014: Annual film festival returns with historical vengeance
Film Africa, the UK’s largest celebration of African cinema is in its 4th year, and ta...
Last year, a major festival of Arts and Books launched in Nigeria, and surprisingly it wasn't based in one of the larger cities in the country, Abuja, Calabar, ...
“Journey to Ake”
If you’ve only watched Lagos Airport – the infamous documentary about said airport, your impression of Murtala Muhammed airport will be a bit ...
“The Price of Things”
Last night, after leaving the festival site, called the June 12th Cultural Centre, I took a motorbike taxi home; in the first instance, th...
So…a while back, ahead of Africa Writes, in collaboration with the Bookshy Blogger’s Zahrah Nessbit-Ahmed, we published a list of 25 Books by African Women tha...