(Dedicated to TUNDE KELANI, KOLADE OSHINOWO @ 70)
Theme: RENEWAL: A World That Works For All
November 5 – 11, 2018
Venue: Freedom Park, Broad Street, Lagos.
DAY 1
MONDAY 5TH NOVEMBER
9am: CYCC@LABAF@ FP Lawn
Opening of CORA YOUNG CREATIVE CLUB workshop and performances
10am: YOUNG THEATRE FEAST@ Kongi’s Harvest
Opening of KINNISO INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL, KITF, an annual theatre festival for children and adult audiences, hosting performances from Zimbabwe and Nigeria, Germany and Sweden.
(organised by Kininso Koncepts Productions)
5pm: BOOK TREK @The Garden of British Council
featuring. Readings and conversations around the Newest Books on the Nigerian Shelf.
Attendance Open. Prior registration required.
Special feature: LABAF20:20:20 – 20 Poets Oin 20 Locations For Labaf@20
(Curated By Dagga Tolar for the AJ Houe of Poetry)
DAY 2
TUESDAY 6TH NOVEMBER
9am: CYCC@LABAF @ FP Lawn
Creative workshops and expressions continue
10am: YOUNG THEATRE FEAST @Kongi’s Harvest
KINNISO INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL, KITF continues
1pm: SEMINAR@ Kongi’s Harvest
Event: Screening & discussions around the film: LABAF@20, a Documentary
by IREP and CORA
2pm: CONVERSATIONS @ Kongi’s Harvest
Author’s Parliament: New ideas in Nigerian Literature
4pm: ART SEMINAR@ Esther’s Revenge
WRITING THE ARTS: On Art Criticisms in the Media and Journals
Moderator: Kunle Filani, art historian, critic
6PM: The Poetry of Renewal (Coordinated by POETS IN NIGERIA).
(Produced in conjunction with Femi Morgan)
DAY 3
WEDNESDAY 7TH NOVEMBER
9am: CYCC@LABAF @ FP Lawn
Creative workshops and expressions continue
10am: YOUNG THEATRE FEAST @Kongi’s Harvest
KINNISO INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL, KITF continues
3pm: #TheConversation at LABAF
Venue: (Esther’s Revenge; Upstairs Lounge, Freedom Park)
Theme: Gender Equality and the Funk of Feminism
Powered by Joy Isi Bewaji
5pm-7pm: 1st READERS’ FORUM@ Kongi Gallery, Freedom Park
Theme: LEADERS ARE READERS: WHY I READ WHAT I READ,
A notable Business Leader in Nigeria’s economic space, discussing
Why I Read What I Read.
Guest of Honour: Austin Avuru, Chief Executive, Seplat Petroleum
In conversation with Frank Aigbogun, Publisher, BusinessDay
(In association with Quramo Publishing Limited).
7pm: THE FELA@80 TRIBUTES @ FoodCourt
On occasion of his 80th posthumous birthday anniversary, select young Musician-disciples of Fela Anikulapo’s Afrobeat reflect on the influence of Fela on their musical career in a night of tribute and performances tagged: THE FELA IN ME. The idea is to trace the pervasive influence of Fela in the afro-pop music of today.
Special Guest of Honour: Seun Anikulapo-Kuti. Chair: Benson Idonije, Fela’s First Manager
DAY 4
THURSDAY 8TH NOVEMBER
9am: CYCC@LABAF @ FP Lawn
Creative workshops and expressions continue
10am: YOUNG THEATRE FEAST @Kongi’s Harvest
KINNISO INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL, KITF continues
10am: PUBLISHERS’ FORUM @ Goethe Institut
8th Publishers’ Forum, In Association With Quramo Publishing Limited
Theme: The Logistics of the Book Trade
Where do you print, do you need to print? How far does your digital copy go; who are your likely readers?
Narrative Press, Quramo and Okada discuss emerging opportunities and stubborn challenges
1pm: ARTHOUSE FORUM @ Kongi’s Harvest
The Gatekeepers
Discussions around the impact of emerging Gallerists on the Visual Art ecosystem
Focus: SMO, BloomArt, and Rele, with CAC Lagos as consciousness raiser and Mydrim as pathfinder
5pm: AUTHORS/READERS CONVENTION @Kongi’s Harvest
Bring Back Buchi: Omenala Press/Agwufor Books launch a reprinted series of books by Buchi Emecheta
7pm: ICEBREAKER COCKTAILS @.Westwood Hotel Awolowo Road, Ikoyi. Poetry. Music. Drama. Wine
8pm: The poetry of Stomach-Infrastructure*Foodcourt
Talking about change in food culture in Lagos: discussion plus exhibitions
DAY 5
FRIDAY 9TH NOVEMBER
9am: Opening of GREEN FESTIVAL @ Food court
Creative workshops and expressions by the children/students segment of LABAF
10am: YOUNG THEATRE FEAST @Kongi’s Harvest
KINNISO INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL, KITF continues
11am: The BOOK IN MY LIFE @ Foodcourt
Matriarchal actress, Taiwo Ajai-Lycett mentors students on importance of reading and education
1pm: COLLOQUIUM @ Kongi Harvest’s Art Gallery
Theme: IMAGINING THE NEW COUNTRY
Keynote: Odia Ofeimun, Poet, Politics and Culture activist
3pm: SYMPOSIUM @Kongi’s Harvest
Theme: LEAPFROG INTO MODERNITY
(Building the Capable State)-1
Readings and conversation around:
- Singapore: From Third World To First by Lee Kuan Yew
- ii. Dubai: The Making of a Megapolis – Pranay Gupte
Dramatised Reading: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
6pm: READERS’ ASSEMBLY @Food Court
Performed readings : To St Patrick, by Eghosa Imasuen
7.30pm: KEN SARO WIWA PRIZE FOR REVIEW….
Best review of any three movies of Tunde Kelani
Best critical overview of Kolade Osinowo’s ouvre
Guest of Honour: The 2018 winner of the Nigeria Literature Prize
8pm: SPECIAL ARTHOUSE FORUM @ Amphitheatre
Theme: Uplifting Narratives
Performed Readings of The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
DAY 6
SATURDAY 10TH NOVEMBER
9am: GREEN FESTIVAL @ Food court
Creative workshops and expressions by the children/students segment of LABAF continue
11am: MENTORSHIP @ Food Court
Actress Kate Henshaw mentors children and students on importance of education (TbC)
1.30pm: COLLOQUIUM @ Kongi’s Harvest Gallery
Theme: POLITICS OF RENEWAL
Reading and conversations around
- The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society By Julian Zelizer
- Like a Mule Bringing Ice-Cream to the Sun by Sarah Manyika
3.30pm: COLLOQUIUM @ Kongi’s Harvest (Esther’s Revenge, Parallel Session)
Theme: PROCESSES OF NATIONBUILDING-2
Reading and Discussions around:
- Without A Fight by Helen Zille
II Path To Nigerian Freedom, by Obafemi Awolowo
5pm: SYMPOSIUM @ Kongi’s Harvest Art Gallery
Theme: INTERGENERATIONAL DIALOGUE
Subject 1What was the Plan?
Featuring Prof. Akin Mabogunje, 85, author of A Measure of Grace, Titus Okereke, 76, author of Our Father’s Land and an elderly Northern writer (he must have written a book)
NB: Interface with those born 30 to 10 years before Independence
Subject 2 What We Plan
Featuring Chude Jideonwo, author of Are We The Turning Point Generation?, Eghosa Imasuen, author of To St Patrick and Abubakar Adam, author of Seasons of Crimsons Blossoms
Interface: Those born 15 to 20 Years After Independence
7pm THE FESTIVAL PARTY @ Main stage
An arthouse party celebrating landmark birthdays of distinguished contributors to the Nigerian cultural Life: T-MAC ISELI @70; KOLADE OSHINOWO@70; TUNDE KELANI@70;; KUNLE AJIBADE@60
9PM: DEPARK THEATRE Presents Drama
DAY 7
SUNDAY 11TH NOVEMBER
9am: GREEN FESTIVAL @ Food court
Creative workshops and expressions by the children/students segment of LABAF continue
11am: FILM SCREENING @ Kongi’s Harvest
Theme: The Captured State
Selected Film: SaworoIde by Tunde Kelani
2pm @ Esther’s Revenge
EJ ALAGOA FOUNDATION presentation
4pm SEMINAR @ Kongi’s Harvest
Theme: Keys To The Knowledge Economy
Building the Capable State-3
Readings and discussions around:
- Build, Innovate and Grow (BIG): My Vision For (Nigeria), by Kingsley Moghalu
- Emerging Africa, How the Global Economy’s ‘Last Frontier’ Can Prosper and Matter”, By Kingsley Moghalu
4:30pm: ART STAMPEDE @ Food Court
Reading Culture: The Endangered Necessity
(with collaboration of iRead
8pm: GRAND POETRY SLAM @ Food Court
The Festival closes with a smashing poetry jam session.
Featuring poets across age treating themes of peace, equality, justice and pursuit of the overall happiness of humanity irrespective of race or color whatsoever is of primacy. The medium is the artistry of the poet or musician/artist as the case may be which is seen as a viable weapon for effecting change in a world almost gone chaotic.
Produced by Efe Paul Azino & Samuel Osaze.
9pm: OPENING OF THE LAGOS FRINGE THEATRE, partnership with Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF), Women In the Arts Festival, Access Africa Festival and Freedom Park.