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Abuja, Nigeria – August 2020

Abuja Literary + Arts Festival 2020

BOOKS &
ARTPIECES

AUTHORS &
SPEAKERS

TOPICS &
DISCUSSIONS

ALITFEST20 Theme

The Art of Empathy

#ALitFest20 which is themed The Art of Empathy will mark the 3rd edition of the festival. For this edition, the Festival welcomes a wider participation to the growing literary community in Africa by going virtual. With this, we aim to breach geographical barriers through inclusion and Pan-Africanism. The Festival appoints this theme in hopes of highlighting the importance, beauty and need for diversity and difference as well as the role of the creative in building bridges within and across societies.

THEME & PURPOSE
“Our theme, for this edition, is THE ART OF EMPATHY and we will be curating all our events to reflect this.”

Teniola, Tayo

Festival Director/Curator

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Stacey Rickson

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ABOUT Abuja Literary + Arts Festival

What is ALitFest?

For the past twenty years, the Abuja Literary Society has developed events which are held every almost Friday night and ranges from Open Mic Nights where writers, aspiring or established, present their pieces to members of the audience and receive constructive feedback; the ALS Book Club where the book for the month is discussed with in-depth analysis; and Book Jams where diverse authors are invited to speak ok their books and share their literary experiences. Other than the regular weekly events that are held, ALS also hosts a Poetry Slam quarterly where cash prizes and other additional benefits are awarded to the top three winners of the spoken word contest as well as the monthly Teen Talk which engages young adults on modern contemporary issues whilst encouraging their creative development.

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What to expect at ALitFest20

Author discussions & panels

Slam poetry & readings

Virtual yoga

Topics, tracks & times

Festival schedule

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07:00am – 08:00am
(1-hour)

Poetry Workshop

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Abuja Literary + Arts Festival 2020

BOOKS & ARTPIECES

AUTHORS & SPEAKERS

TOPICS & DISCUSSIONS

The Art of Empathy

THEME & PURPOSE

Teniola, Tayo

Code Quality

Stacey Rickson

Design Quality

Laura Morton

What is ALitFest?

What to expect at ALitFest20

Author discussions & panels

Slam poetry & readings

Virtual yoga

Festival schedule

Poetry Workshop

Publishing Workshop

TRACK #1

TRACK #1

(1) Creative Workshop

TRACK #2

(2) Filmmaking Workshop

The Creative & The Law

OPENING CEREMONY

Break

Creating in the pandemic

Break

BOOKLOGUE: "Female Monarchs & Merchant Queens in Africa"

Break

Black Africans & black Americans, the role of empathy

Break

Can we write prejudice out of society?

FILM SCREENING

Break

POETRY READING CIRCLE

MUSIC SESSION

Writing faction, preserving African history through prose

Self-publishing lessons & politics

Break

Booklogue: Vagabond - Walking through Africa on faith

TRACK #1

Creating sustainable & successful African-owned creative spaces

TRACK #2

Creative tech, lucrative livelihoods through digitization

Break

The changing roles of black hair in history

Break

To be or to be, pride in African societies

Break

In her shoes, understanding sexual abuse

Break

The evolution of Afro-lit festivals

Break

GRAND POETRY SLAM

e-Yoga with Bukunmi Olukitibi

TRACK #1

Art in e-spaces

TRACK #2

Little lit children

Break

The art of the short story

Break

BOOKLOGUE Sacrament of Bodies

Break

Writing the new normal

Break

Mental health: Can art help?

Break

Writing in African languages, overcoming the barriers of diversity

Break

Writing political non-fiction,learning from Nigeria and Zimbabwe

Break

KEYNOTE PANEL: Does the artist always have to unite

CLOSING CEREMONY & AWARD GIVING CEREMONY

MUSICSESSION

Speakers.

Abubakar Adam Ibrahim

BOOKS &
ARTPIECES

AUTHORS &
SPEAKERS

TOPICS &
DISCUSSIONS

MUSIC
SESSION

e-Yoga with
Bukunmi Olukitibi

Art in
e-spaces

Little lit
children

The art of
the short story

BOOKLOGUE
Sacrament of Bodies

Writing the
new normal

Mental health:
Can art help?

Writing in African languages,
overcoming the
barriers of diversity

Writing political non-fiction,
learning from Nigeria
and Zimbabwe

KEYNOTE PANEL:
Does the artist
always have to unite

CLOSING CEREMONY
& AWARD GIVING CEREMONY

MUSIC
SESSION