the Ake Festival, has been running in Nigeria since 2012 as lovers of books and the arts attend book readings, panel discussions, poetry recitals, film screenings, theatre and music performances. It has hosted many of the continent’s top writers including eminent personalities like Wole Soyinka, Niyi Osundare, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Ama Ata Aidoo, Nuruddin Farah, Maryse Condé, and Tsitsi Dangarembga as headliners. “Now in its 9th year, Ake Arts & Book Festival has brought over 800 artists, writers, poets, musicians, dancers, filmmakers, actors, filmmakers and thinkers together to dialogue and celebrate creativity on the African continent through panel discussions, art exhibitions, workshops, storytelling, book chats, poetry performances, a concert, stage play and unforgettable films,” the organisers said in a statement.