The 2021 Edition Of the Quramo Festival Of Words, QFest, is almost upon us. Organized by Quramo Publishing, this year’s edition of the increasingly popular gathering of book lovers will take place between October 1 – 3 with conversations, interviews, book chats and readings, poetry, film screening, drama and more, at the prestigious Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.
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After last year’s virtual hosting of QFest, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the event has returned to a physical location with the theme Transcendence: Defying Words. According to the organizers,
“Transcendence: Words Defying will unravel how storytellers and creatives around the world have modified words – for enlightenment and restoration, and as an effective tool in the fight for social justice and equality. With the popularity of Podcasts, Zoom, Instagram, ClubHouse, WhatsApp, and many other virtual platforms for expression, words have taken on different forms; from written texts to audio documents and visual texts, as such, this festival will explore the effectiveness of these new forms in the age of clampdowns.”
“From social media bans to worsening inflation, brain drain and numerous killings across Nigeria and Africa, Quramo Festival of Words, QFest will look at a dynamic range of human issues in the throes and aftermath of a pandemic, and how different artists explore these issues and cope with the harsh impacts of the pandemic on the creative industry.”
Some of the high-profile authors and book readers expected at the event are: Jude Idada, Oyinkan Braithwaite, C.M. Okonkwo, Jerry Chiemeke, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Nzube Nlebedim, Innocent Ilo, Niran Adedokun, Nze Sylva Nzedigbo, to mention but a few.
For any enquiries, send the organizers an email at info@quramo.com
Will you be attending the QFest 2021?
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