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#AkeFest25 Dates: 20-22 November 2025. Bringing together writers, artists, performers & thinkers for 3 days of cultural immersion. Organised by @BookBuzzNG.
Mark Your Calendars: The 2025 Festival Dates Are Here! 🎉 Save the dates and get ready for an unforgettable experience. #AkeFestival
Dear illustrators and aspiring illustrators, Registration for LIFI is now open. Click the link to register.
Registration is now open to attend the Lagos International Festival of Illustration ! Click the link below 👇 to secure your spot and ensure you follow all registration guidelines. forms.gle/sJ8NJ9Rrjvtp2W… We’re looking forward to seeing you at the festival..Cheers! 🥂
Welcome to the Green Room with the Lagos nostalgist @JollyPaps1 We had a short interview with Dami Ajayi at #AkeFest24, where he shared what freedom means to him—and how we can all find it. Join us for #AkeFest25, happening 20–22 November 2025, themed #ReclaimingTruth.
Book Buzz Foundation is seeking a dynamic Digital Communications Manager to lead our online storytelling and drive the digital presence of our flagship cultural events, including Aké Arts & Book Festival, Kabafest, and more. This role is ideal for someone who resides in Lagos.
Submissions are now OPEN for AKÉ Review 2025! This year’s theme is “Reclaiming Truth”and we works relating to this theme. Selected works will be featured in the official AKÉ Review at #AkeFest25. Deadline: August 15. Follow the submission guidelines carefully. #ReclaimingTruth
At the 2022 Festival, we asked our guests and attendees why they love books and we got some interesting answers. Now it’s your turn to fill in the gap: “I LOVE BOOKS BECAUSE _________________________” Let us know your WHY in the comments! #AkeFest25 #ReclaimingTruth
Got me some cool @akefestival merch in silver from Kul Tribe.
Meeting Abdulrazak Gurnah, Winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature. First Image: November 2022, Lagos, Nigeria at @akefestival Second Image: June 2025, Aarhus, Denmark at @LitXaarhus
In one of my conversations with @lolashoneyin last year, she spoke about how one of her goals for @akefestival is to make rockstars out of African writers, but that African writers had to move like rockstars as well. That was the first time I had the idea to go on tour.
Over the next month, I’ll be doing a book reading x signing tour, visiting Ibadan, Enugu, Abuja and Kaduna. But first, we begin with Lagos. I commit to discussing every hot take on the story or craft, so see you on the 31st of May 🥂
There’s something uniquely captivating about hearing @UmarSidi11 read from his novel, The Incredible Dreams of Garba Dakaskus. A feast for the mind, it takes listeners on a wildly ambitious ride. Love hearing authors read their work? Join us at #Akefest25, 20–22 Nov 2025.
Anyone who is authentic to the continent of Africa should tell the story ~ Ruona Meyer Aké Festival 2022 guest interview featuring @RGAMeyer. In 2022, she moderated a panel titled ‘Who Gets to Tell the African Story?’ Watch full interview below ⬇️ #AkeFest25 #ReclaimingTruth
We say Ake Festival is up, and the guests hear slay! At AkeFest23, our female guests showed up all three days in unique styles, colors and prints. AkeFest returns from 20-22 November 2025 - a 3-day celebration of culture and literature. #AkeFest25 #ReclaimingTruth
We’re greatly saddened to learn that Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has joined the ancestors. A literary giant, Ngugi was an advocate for African languages and the power of storytelling. We’ll never forget his warmth, brilliance and generosity at @akefestival in 2016. Travel well, sir.
TGIF ✨🎉 What better way to unwind on a Friday than with @falanamusic’s electrifying performance at AkeFest24? This mashup is the one you didn’t know you needed! We’re already counting down to music night at #AkeFest25 — hope to see you there! #ReclaimingTruth
Dear book lovers, drop your pick in this round of ‘Would You Rather’ 🤩 The countdown has begun. #AkeFest25 is happening 20–22 Nov, 2025. We can’t wait to see so many faces, especially yours! #ReclaimingTruth
Me: I hear you’re an avid chess player sir? WS: Yes. But I had to stop myself. There isn’t enough time in the world for chess.
“The box doesn’t exist around me,” said Fatima Bala, author of Broken: Not A Halal Love Story, during a book chat moderated by @khadijayusra_ at #AkeFest24. We also congratulate the author on the release of her new book, Hafsatu Bebi. #AkeFest25 #ReclaimingTruth
#AkeFest25, themed “Reclaiming Truth,” is happening this November 20–22 — don’t miss it! We had so much fun last year, and this year will be even better. If you were at #AkeFest24, tell us in the comments: What did you love most or what moment stuck with you?
Say hello to the Aké Festival team — the perfect blend of work, passion and play! We’re all getting set for 20–22 November, 2025. Started making plans to join us yet? We are looking forward to seeing you at the festival 😊 Let the COUNTDOWN begin!! #AkeFest25 #ReclaimingTruth
In 2013, a guy walked into @akefestival with a huge tray of fila. He was soft-spoken & generous. He gave me 2 fila for free, said he was selling out twice a day. That’s how fila became a thing—everybody was wearing one! Fila guy was a legend for the 5 years Ake was in Abeokuta.
Timendu Aghahowa had the audience screaming with excitement as she read from her book, The Bishop’s Prodigal Daughter, at AKEFEST24. Have you read the book? Tell us what you love about it. Look forward to #Akefest25 book chats 😊 #Akefestival #ReclaimingTruth