• Promoting literacy and making books accessible for all • Projects @bookstormng • Organising Arts & Book Festivals in Nigeria @akefestival @kabafest
Lagos, Nigeria
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Some words deserve more than just a passing listen.
This is "I am She", a powerful poem by @blac_marie_ 🎙️✨
Watch the complete session on our YouTube channel, @officialbookbuzz
#abujafestivalofliteratureandideas #afli2026 #AFLI #poetryoftheday #poetrycorner
"I want us to be the S.I unit of love"
Salim Yunusa shared this beautiful poem at AFLI revealing that the first part was how he wooed his wife.
Well, don't we all love a love story that begins with poetry?
Full poem available on our YouTube channel @officialbookbuzz
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Spot some of the beautiful faces at AFLI 2026 😊❤️
Couldn’t join us in person? You can still catch up on every session via the livestream on our YouTube channel, @officialbookbuzz
#AFLI2026 #BookBuzzFoundation #abujafestivalofliteratureandideas
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We played a "fill in the gap game" with some of the Authors and Illustrators at the 20 Nigerian Stories Book Launch in Abuja!
These 20 books are just a first drop and they are available to shop @OuidaBooks 🥳
#NPBPBookLaunch #NigerianChildrenBooks #MadeInNigeria – at Abuja, Nigeria
Actual tears! This is so heartwarming ❤️❤️
Got the cutest note and feedback on Adeji and the Garden Eggs.
@bookbuzzNG see... she really liked our book!
Day 2 was very emotional, honest and sentimental in so many ways. Thank you all for being to a part of #AFLI ❤️
We appreciate you and we’re definitely looking forward to the next #AbujaFestivalofLiteratureandIdeas🎉
#BookBuzzFoundation #AbujaEvents #LiteraryFestivalsinNigeria – at Abuja, Nigeria
From book chats and poetry to big ideas and audience interactions, here are moments from Day 2 of #AFLI2026
#AFLI #AbujaFestivalofLiteratureandIdeas
“One could say that the stars have already given us knowledge. What is missing is our ability to use it for the benefit of everybody.”
Book Chat with Roberto Trotta
Watch the full session here: tinyurl.com/Starborn-Trotta
#AFLI2026
#AFLI was full of laughter and the joy of attendees and guests was palpable. Tag your friends and faves when you see them 🥰
More photos from day 1 of #AbujaFestivalofLiteratureandIdeas🎉
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@KhaleephaHayat @akazahrab – at Abuja, Nigeria
More smiles and joy from the #AbujaFestivalofLiteratureandIdeas🎉 – at Abuja, Nigeria
PANEL DISCUSSION
This session Featuring @izesule, @hadizel, @akazahrab and @edify_yakusak was both thrilling and eye opening. 😎
Host: @KareemReal
Watch the full session here: tinyurl.com/The-Right-to-Wri…
#AFLI #NorthernWriters #AbujaEvents
MUSINGS ON THE INTERNET
Carl Heath and @josephoike
“The modern battle is a battle of the mind. If I can get you to think that I will win, then you will give up, and I don't even need to use a gun
That's why countries like China and Russia use propaganda to win battles.”
“When you have a conversation in the physical world, it's also a kind of algorithm. When I post on a social platform, they are in command of the reach through the algorithm design. So it's not me choosing who can see what I write, but the company's design.”
Carl Heath #AFLI2026
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What a day! What a crowd! What a festival 💛
If you missed, enjoy this recap from day 1 of #AFLI 🎉
Cc @richardalijos @SimuChigudu @khadijayusra_ @raymondyusuff_ @nansbello @MimieLaushi @KhaleephaHayat @lolashoneyin🙂↔️
#AbujaFestivalofliteratureandideas #BookBuzzFoundation – at Abuja, Nigeria
“Because I was beaten so much and abused by my father, I ended up marrying a man that did same to me. And because I was so used to it, I would always make comparisons, like "at least, my husband is not as wicked as my father. I can manage this."
@andronika_1 at #AFLI2026
BOOK CHAT: ON CLOSE EXAMINATION
Author: @andronika_1
Host: @nkereuwxm
It’s day 2 of AFLI 🔥🔥
Here are some snippets from the first session.
#AFLI #AbujaEvents
“The resilience I have now didn’t just start today. I realized that I've lived through a lot difficulties... So, it's important that I talk about that past where some of those things started from.”
@Andronika_1 at AFLI 2026
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YOUTH SPEAK 🗣️
"There's this lax attitude our government has to insecurity. We've been advocating for the release of the children from Borno. Where are they?"
@khadijayusra_ @MimieLaushi @raymondyusuff_ @KhaleephaHayat and @nansbello
Host: @lolashoneyin
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MORE QUOTES FROM THE SESSION
"The amalagiri system also contributes to the substance abuse in Northern Nigeria."
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Quotes from the conversation with Stefane Grueso
“Children are using AI for everything, and that's dangerous… Before AI, there was the internet…The problem is a problem of the industrial culture. They work with rules and practices from the 19th century.”
Host: Sanusi Ismaila
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“We need women, we need young people, we need Nigeria and we need books. These are the people who are going to save us”
Stefane Grueso @ AFLI 2026
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“I don't see anybody protesting saying we're erasing history. We're constantly changing who we choose to honour in public spaces.
The argument there is not about Rhodes and erasing history. That's the presentation...”
Simukai Chigudu @SimuChigudu at AFLI 2026
“…But substantively, the claim is saying you kids from Africa can't come to this university and tell us how to do things. They're saying you can come to the UK to study, but as a guest, and not as somebody who shapes the identity of the institution.”
@SimuChigudu at AFLI 2026
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Join the book chat here - youtube.com/live/fB3l2XY20HQ…
Host: Fatima Zahra Umar with Simukai Chigudu @SimuChigudu
#AFLI #AbujaFestivalofLiteratureandIdeas #AFLI2026 – at Abuja, Nigeria
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Did you know that @SimuChigudu is a hip-hop fan? He loves DMX, Kendrick Lamar in his mixtape era and Kanye (of 2009, yes it matters) 😂
Find out more about him, his beliefs, his childhood and his views in his memoir “Chasing Freedom”.
#AFLI #AbujaFestivalofLiteratureandIdeas – at Abuja, Nigeria