WRR Literary Festival is coming to Ibadan again

For the second year running, Ibadan will host writers, performers, thinkers, artists, book lovers and lovers of literature for the one-day festival at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan (UI), Ibadan, Oyo State.

Themed ‘Words in a Season Change’, the festival will feature stimulating discussions, awards, book unveiling, readings musical performances, a play by the University of Ibadan Theatre Arts Students, and an African Night of words, music, and palm wine.

Poet, linguist, lecturer, Emmanuel Inedu, author of Cockcrow At Noon will present a paper exploring the place of writers in the prevailing political atmosphere.

He will be joined in discussion by Sickle Cell awareness campaigner, Awodiya Funke, who will also be reading from her book The Farmers Daughter, and Goodness Olanrewaju Ayoola, teacher and author of the acclaimed collection of poems, Meditations.

The Feast of Words is one of the most anticipated literary festivals among young Nigerian writers. It is organized by Words Rhymes & Rhythm (WRR Ltd), a foremost Nigerian publishing and educational institution which actively promotes Nigerian writing and supports the development of young Nigerian writers through several interventionist programmes.

The 2015 edition had in attendance major stakeholders from all over the country.

For more information of the event, please visit WRR website

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