An Evening of Readings: New African Writing II • Farafina Books

Hello, everyone. We hope you had a lovely weekend.

If you missed the New African Writing reading last Friday at The Life House, then you missed out on a fun evening. Eight out of the selected fifteen writers were available to read their work. Also, we had five distinguished writers – Tolu Ogunlesi, Jude Dibia, Eghosa Imasuen, Toyin Akinosho and Toni Kan – with us to help critique the stories and offer constructive feedback to the writers. The audience also contributed by sharing their comments and impressions on the stories. Please see photos of the event below.

img 4589 An Evening of Readings: New African Writing II — The audience

img 4591 An Evening of Readings: New African Writing II — The audience

img 4590 An Evening of Readings: New African Writing II — The panelists (L-R): Tolu Ogunlesi, Jude Dibia, Eghosa Imasuen, Toyin Akinosho, Toni Kan

img 4592 An Evening of Readings: New African Writing II — Akumbu Uche

img 4601 An Evening of Readings: New African Writing II — Akugo, reading for Ema Iruobe

img 4608 An Evening of Readings: New African Writing II — Egbe Nnamdi Fred

img 4610 An Evening of Readings: New African Writing II — Vivian Atureta, reading for Juliana Aja

img 4612 An Evening of Readings: New African Writing II — Pemi Aguda

img 4621 An Evening of Readings: New African Writing II — Amiola Aguda, reading for Valerie Ekpo

img 4623 An Evening of Readings: New African Writing II — Gboyega Otolorin

We say a big thank you to the judges and attendees for their support, and to everyone who sent in their submissions. We plan on making the New African Writing initiative a continuous one, and our goal is to help bring new African writing to the fore through it.