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| VP Osinbajo and other guests at Ake Book and Arts festival 2018 |
The United States Mission in Nigeria used the opportunity
to renew its support for Nigeria’s creative and arts community like it has always done in the past.
With the support of the Mission, thirteen leading American
writers and creative heads participated in the Festival.
Ake Arts and Book Festival, is an annual event which
showcases the best of contemporary African literature, poetry, music, art,
film, and theatre.
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| Russel Brooks, POA of US Consulate General Lagos |
.The 2018 edition is the festival's sixth year and themed“Fantastical
Futures” started October 25 ending on the 28th.
The American authors included Elizabeth Bird, Professor of
Anthropology at the University of South Florida; Mona Eltahawy, New York-based
columnist and international public speaker; Nnedi Okorafor, award-winning
novelist and professor at the University of Buffalo; and Tochi Onyebuchi,
author of the widely-acclaimed fantasy “Beasts Made of Night.”
In addition to the participation of the American writers,
visiting U.S. Arts Envoy Wanjiru Kamuyu performed a dance, “Portrait in Red,”.
In
his remarks at the opening ceremony of the Festival, the Public Affairs Officer
of the U.S. Consulate General in Lagos, Mr. Russell Brooks, expressed
admiration for the creative abilities of Nigerians across various forms of
human endeavor.
According
to him, “Nigerians definitely make things happen and they do so with ingenuity
and resourcefulness. That creative quality is sure to generate a
fantastic future! ”
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| Prof Wanjru in performance |
By Fred Iwenjora
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