Hamburg-based moderator and InterKontinental literary ambassador Alexandra Antwi-Boasiako talks with Lidudumalingani about this year’s African Book Festival, his selection of authors and the compilation of events.

Poetry is the first cousin of oral storytelling. Oral storytelling is the beginning of time, the beginning of story, the beginning of self. Tonight, we return to the beginning of storytelling, the beginning of human formation.

African literature penetrating the world markets. Or: What the hell do African authors have to do to break into the European book market? An interactive live talk.

Furo Wariboko – born and bred in Lagos – wakes up on the morning of his job interview to discover he has turned into a white man. As he hits the city streets running, still reeling from his new-found condition, Furo finds the dead ends of his life open out before him.

The African Book Festival 2022 „Yesterday.Today.Tomorrow“ will be opened with welcome addresses and Keynotes by curator Lidudumalingani and headliner Margaret Busby. Disnay López will accompany the evening with a few songs.

»Tell Me Nothing from the Horse« – A Musical Comedy Performance
Actress and comedian Thelma Buabeng and singer/songwriter Celina Bostic skillfully combine improv comedy and music.