Ak茅 Festival special: Tayari Jones, Derek Owusu, Victor Ehikhamenor, Sara-Jayne Makwala King
A collaboration with the Ak茅 Festival: leading black writers and artists discuss Black Lives Matter and related issues of this year in connection to their work.
A collaboration with the Ak茅 Festival: leading black writers and artists discuss Black Lives Matter and related issues of this year in connection to their work. With Tayari Jones, Derek Owusu, Victor Ehikhamenor and Sara-Jayne Makwala King.
The Ak茅 Festival is the world's largest literary festival of black voices on black issues. Usually held in Lagos, Nigeria, this year it's online and free, from 22 to 25 October. See below for details.
Tayari Jones' novels include Silver Sparrow and An American Marriage, which won the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction.
Derek Owusu's novel That Reminds Me won this year's Desmond Elliot Prize. He has also published Safe: 20 Ways to be a Black Man in Britain Today.
Victor Ehikhamenor is a writer and artist who has represented Nigeria at the Venice Biennale.
Sara-Jayne Makwala King is a South African radio host and author of the autobiographical novel Killing Karoline.
Presenter: Elle Osili-Wood
Producer: Timothy Prosser
Main Image: Tayari Jones Credit: Tyson Alan Horne
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Victor Ehikhamenor
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Image Copyright:聽 Ayobami Ogungbe
Sara-Jayne Makwala King
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Derek Owusu
Image:聽 Derek Owusu.聽 Credit:聽 Josima Senior
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