In 2021, I made a tweet asking for someone to put together funding for a festival in Kano and promised that I would happily support the curation of such a dream. Like many diviners and wise people say (and here I paraphrase), the future is for those who dream it. Reader, I dreamt it. It … Continue reading
Category Archives: LITERARY MISSIONARY
The Polymath Kneads Knowledge, Language, Culture, and More: An Evening with Dr Tunde Adegbola at the Ibadan Book and Arts Festival by Su’ur Su’eddie Vershima Agema
On Saturday, 23 August 2025, the Ibadan Book and Arts Festival (IbaFest), in collaboration with NuStreams, held an evening of rare illumination at the NuStreams Conference and Culture Centre, Ibadan. Titled The Polymath’s Journey: A Conversation on Humanity, Technology, and the Yoruba Worldview, the gathering drew together lovers of literature, culture, and knowledge to celebrate … Continue reading
Afrika-Writes Literary Festival 2024 To Hold in Abuja from 16-19 October 2024 with Professor Udenta O. Udenta as Headline Speaker
Afrika-Writes 2024 is excited to return for its annual literary festival, taking place from October 16th to 19th in Abuja, Nigeria in both physical and virtual formats. Themed “The Third Space: Identity & Indigenous Knowledge Production,” this year’s event promises to explore cultural identity, indigenous knowledge, and the ongoing journey towards mental and epistemological freedom … Continue reading
AN EVENING OF READINGS AT THE POETRY ON THE GO [PoGo] SESSION AND FABRICE GAGOS’S PORTRAITS OF THE NOTTINGHAM POETRY FESTIVAL
by Su’ur Su’eddie Vershima Agema The Nottingham Poetry Festival 2024, held from the 7th to the 16th of June across various libraries in the city, featured amazing events. However, attending them all was always going to be daunting with the conflicting events and more importantly, the busyness of one’s schedules. With lots of hopping across … Continue reading