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A solo rendition by (Blackman) Akeeb Kareem for #akefest2020 of his song Kekere Jojolo, from the album AMEBOISM released in 1982.
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“Nigerian children love to read, they just need better access to good quality, age-appropriate, culturally-intelligent books.” ~ Olubunmi Talabi
Folktales Sans Moonlight: Writing for Today’s African Children
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“We need to do more things to encourage writers- local indigenous writers to write and not just rely on stories that come from around the world”~Olubunmi Talabi
Folktales Sans Moonlight: Writing for Today’s African Children
https://t.co/TeZhSoBSgw
#AkeFest2020 #AkeFestOnline
“I feel like our need for books is truly numbed by the massive inflow of books that we get from around the world.” ~ Deborah Ahenkorah
Folktales Sans Moonlight: Writing for Today’s African Children
https://t.co/TeZhSoBSgw
#AkeFest2020 #AkeFestOnline
“I think the fantastic imaginative power of writers is a really strong point. The talent is there and the talent is very keen to be heard.”~ Sarah Odedina
Folktales Sans Moonlight: Writing for Today's African Children
https://t.co/TeZhSoBSgw
#AkeFest2020 #AkeFestOnline
“I think that because adults look after publishing they tend to forget that children’s publishing is such an important thing.” ~ Sarah Odedina
Folktales Sans Moonlight: Writing for Today’s African Children
https://t.co/TeZhSoBSgw
#AkeFest2020 #AkeFestOnline
Congratulations to our #AkeFest2020 guest @RavenLeilani 🥳🥳🥳
Get copies of this fabulous debut at @OuidaBooks.
🏆 Our 2021 @swanseauni @dylanthomprize winner is Raven Leilani (@RavenLeilani) for her 'fearless' debut novel, 'Luster.' Congratulations to Raven and all at @picadorbooks @fsgbooks 🎊 #SUDTP21
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“This is the culture we have, some of our grandmothers had tattoos, now they say tattoos are of the devil; but it’s not quite true, this is the culture we’ve lost.” ~ Toni Kan @tonikan11
“Esu is not Satan” and Other Entanglements https://t.co/tLiMnHbmcV #AkeFest2020
“Something I noticed and I’m sure everyone else has noticed, is the number of female deities, the goddesses; really important deities. There’s always been a balance”~ Abdulkareem Baba Aminu @KareemReal
Esu is not Satan and Other Entanglements https://t.co/tLiMnGTLln #AkeFest2020
“Growing up in South Africa in the 80s and 90s, white assimilation was who we were as black people ... People wanted to be included in white culture.” ~ Thabiso Mahlape @mahlapethabiso
Publishing while African https://t.co/3Hg1IruK7x #AkeFest2020
“I began to read and to consume and to try to understand what this feminism thing was; and then I realized it's everything my mum has been doing!” ~ Dr Stella Nyanzi @drstellnyanzi
Why Africa Needs Feminist Giants https://t.co/NLfVqdMP29 #AkeFest2020
“When I wanted to have access to stories about this country, I remember always struggling quite a lot to find anything that was written by Rwandans. And it's not just Rwanda.” ~ Louise Umutoni-Bower @louiseumutoni
"Publishing while African"
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“In ritual, we can bring together the body as a sanctuary and the body as a political weapon” ~ Minna Salami @msafropolitan
"Why Africa Needs Feminist Giants" https://t.co/NLfVqdMP29 #AkeFest2020
“What really shocks me till now; a virus has made the world stop; but when women are being violated, there's no outrage, it doesn't make the world stop.” ~ Dr Leyla Hussein OBE @LeylaHussein
Dealing with a Post~COVID~19 Mental Health Crisis https://t.co/MM0yUdRlNa #AkeFest2020
“The period of the pandemic gave us the opportunity to pause, to look back, to reflect on where we’re coming from and how we got to where we are”~ Abdulbasit Kassim @scholarakassi1
The Place of Faith in a Health Crisis https://t.co/rUdMhlTC4k #AkeFest2020
“Africa’s spiritual thoughts, African philosophical thoughts definitely does believe in gender as fluid” ~ Nana Akosua Hanson @AkosuaHanson
Decolonising Africa on Feminist Time https://t.co/PBe9qEPMMH #AkeFest2020
"It is mandatory for Africans to start to tell our own stories because for too long, the western world made the rules in that sense and we were kind of cut off from the narrative" ~ Omar Degan @omar_degan
Preserving Our Land for Our Children https://t.co/DCLn10ditR #AkeFest2020
“The misinformation that continues about Ethiopia and about Africa, in general, was something that I couldn't just sit down and watch and the reason I started publishing is just to be able to fill that gap” ~ Elias Wondimu @ewondimu
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“When you’re illegally downloading anything, it is theft; and you're taking away from that creative because they're investing a lot of time and a lot of money into those works” ~ Yejide Kilanko @YejideKilanko
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"If you can talk about sex in a relationship; openly with your partner you can talk about anything." ~Pamela Udoka @talkwithpamela
The Revolutionary Power of Sexual Pleasure https://t.co/Uuu6FxVkWQ #AkeFest2020
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