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Today, we’ll be joining #LABAF and @QuramoPublishing on the Publishers’ Forum, discussing the business/mechanics of selling books online in Nigeria. We’ll be in good company with @rovingheights and @okadabooks, too! Come, come, interact and join the conversation. Tell us how to serve you better and make African literature more accessible. 2pm, City Hall! 👋🏾
Tomorrow, we'll be at the @upbeatcentre #BookFair, with books for all ages. Come read, jump, and have a great time with us. Date: Saturday, October 27, 2018 Venue: UpBeat, 11 Admiralty Road, off Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase 1. Time: 9am - 9pm
Protect your health: mental and creative.
The weekend is the perfect time to read this stirring essay by @eclectictope. . “When I first arrive Oxford, a crippling fear of being inadequate engulfs me for a long time. A feeling of not being nearly enough, almost there but not quite.” . Enjoy. #LinkInBio
Mood 💃 _ What are you looking forward to this weekend? _ We're happy to cozy up with a book.
Not only are we thrilled that this year’s #AkeFest will be in Lagos, we’re likewise ecstatic to have our founder, @TobiJaiyesimi, as a guest this year, moderating a panel on Travel Writing with @Noo.Saro.Wiwa, Zukiswa Wanner and Funmi of @TVPAdventures! The line up—Jennifer Makumbi, @AyeshaHAttah, Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Panashe Chigumdazi, @Chibundu.Onuzo, Sefi Atta, @MsWanaWana, @OhTimehin, and many more—is exciting, and so are the panels—there will be panels in Yoruba and Igbo! Don’t miss it: bit.ly/Ake18Reg ✨ #AkeFest18
🚩Western Urhobo, Nigeria. _ From music to their stunning and detailed attire and food (Banga, Ukhodo), the Urhobo people are one of the richest (culturally) tribes in Nigeria. Known for their evergreen forests and oil (palm and crude) wealth, the people were initially referred to as “Sobo—being tributary to Benin” by colonial voyager, Dr. William Balfour Baikie, on discovering the (then) ‘untapped’ region. _ Image: Dynamic Africa/NNP.
✨✨ Happy 41st birthday to one of the most revered African authors and a prominent feminist figure: Ms Adichie! On this day, too, #Chimamanda shares an opinion piece on the perpetuity of conflict in Anglophone Cameroon and the historical marginalisation (of identities) of its people via @NYTimes. You can find this article and a good follow up article we published in 2017 on #Bakassi—the disputed territory enforced by colonial borders. _ Image: @Vulture.
One of our favourite poems from Marrow—a collection of poetry + prose by @hernameissutra. This work of art, which is bodied over faith, grief, joy, loss and self, is 151 pages of beautiful and healing. _ Purchase here: bit.ly/TBBNQ-Marrow ✨

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