Only free people can make a free world. Infect the world with your light. Help fulfil the golden prophecies. Press forward the human genius. Our future is greater than our past. The last four lines of Ben Okri’s poem,…
Do you want to feature on the #Africawrites blog? You can if you share your book of inspiration with us! In the lead up to our live African Books to Inspire evening, hosted by journalist Hannah Pool, we want to…
What is your “African book to inspire”? It has to be Things Fall Apart – usual suspect, yes, I know, but I had to choose it. I first read it back in my student day and apart from being ‘the…
Chinua Achebe. Things Fall Apart. Wole Woyinka. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. These are the familiar writers and book titles that feature on African literature lists. It’s hardly surprising since they are among the greats – and we are of course big fans…
I’m not too certain about many things. And I’m not sure who I am. I ain’t got no mother and no father. I’m slow like the trees when they grow. I’m sluggish, like the ocean when it moves. Ben…
Session for 18-24 year olds , Saturday 4 July, 16:00 – 18:00 , FREE
Sunday by Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor Sunday 5 July 16.00 – 17.00, FREE A staged reading of Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor’s bold and haunting inter-generational drama. When Mary comes out to her mother and grandmother, tragic events long buried in the past threaten to…
Saturday 4 July & Sunday 5 July, Drop in sessions for 0-3, 4-7 and 8-12 year olds, FREE
Saturday 4 July & Sunday 5 July, 13.00 – 14:00, FREE, Aimed at 7-12 year olds
When asked to shed light on the opening of Starbook, Ben Okri gives a typically whimsical response, “Artists, composers, when they work magic it’s because they make connections with that mysterious book among the stars. You could call it inspiration…