FESTIVAL PROGRAMME10:00 - 11:20 11:30 -13:00 14:00 – 15:20 15:30 – 16:30 16:40 – 18:00 19:30-21:00

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Panel DiscussionIn Search of Ourselves:New Nigerian Writing

Basit JamiuUmar TurakiHauwa Nuhu Shafi

Host:TJ Benson

Panel DiscussionWomen and their Placein Politics

Ramatu Tijani-AliyuRabi Adamu MusaBinta Muazu

Host:Timehin Adegbeye

Panel DiscussionWhy African LiteraturesMatter

Mukoma wa NgugiSafiya Ismaila YeroKinna Likimani

Host:Abubakar Ibrahim

Panel DiscussionMental Health as Priority in Northern Nigeria

Aisha ArmayuFemi OyebodeLeyla Hussein

Host:Temie Giwa

Panel DiscussionUncovering thePolitics of Boko Haram

Abdulbasit Kassim Yakubu NkekiBukky Shonibare

Host Abubakar Othman

Panel Discussion &Screening of Swallow

Haruna Hassan TukurFurera Isma JumareRichard YoungManzo Maigari

Host:Wana Udobang

Panel DiscussionObstacles to EconomicOpportunities in Northern Nigeria

Abubakar SuleimanMuhammad Sani Abdullahi

Host:Kadaria Ahmed

Panel DiscussionLive and Let Live: Towards Religious Freedom in Northern Nigeria

Freedom OnuohaMubarak BalaAbubakar Othman

Host:Kola Tubosun

Panel DiscussionMoving Nigeria Forward

Kayode OgundamisiKadaria AhmedJibrin Ibrahim

Host:Kolade Arogundade

Storytelling Performance Mara Menzies

BooklogueEE SuleHabiba Alkali

Host:Toni Kan

BooklogueVamba SherrifSiphiwo Mahala

Host:Sada Malumfashi

BooklogueEC OsonduNuvoyo Rosa Tshuma

Host:Dami Ajayi

Panel DiscussionFeminism for the Future: Perception and Reality

Amina SalihuNana DarkoaFatima Zahra Umar

Host:Wana Udobang

Film ScreeningUprooted

Directed by:Ummi BukarFilm ScreeningAlia’s Story

Directed by:Nuhu Dalyop

Poetry NightEfe Paul AzinoChika JonesDami Ajayi Koleka PutumaWana UdobangFemi Oyebode

BooklogueHadiza Isma El-rufaiAyobami Adebayo

Host:Kinna Likimani

Lunch

LebaneseFoodTasting

Dessertsfrom Northern Nigeria

Dinner

The Kaduna Book and Arts Festival (Kabafest) is a four-day programme of Arts and book-focused events which will include ‘booklogues’, workshops, performances, an art exhibition, a stage play, a film screening and panel discussions with Nigerian and international writers and thinkers

www.kabafest.org

Writing Workshops

Art Fair Opens

Writing WorkshopsMarcelle AkitaZaahida Nabagareka

Validation of Student Grants Opens

Welcome CeremonyMara MenziesOgaba OchaiKoleka PutumaEfe Paul AzinoJeremiah GyangAshiru Nagoma Dan-AutaHadiza El-Rufai