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LABAF 2017, PANORAMA OF LITERARY FUN  The 19 th edition of the Lagos Book and Art Festival 2017, was an altogether thrilling experience, which kicked off with book readings from Authors published in 2017, reading excerpts from their books at the British Council, on Monday 6 th of November, 2017. Authors, who read from their books include Ololade Ajayi, “We The People”, Aduke Gomez “Now That I’m Here, Let Me Quickly Tell You About”, Bayo Olupohunda “Are You Not A Nigerian”, Chuma Nwokolo “The Extinction of Menai” amongst several others. Ololade Ajayi reads from "We The People" at Freedom Park, LABAF 2017. The festive mood lasted for a whole week with notable literary giants in attendance at the event including Odia Ofeimun, Poet and Political Activist, Professor Niyi Osundare (Festival Guest of Honor), Senior Advocate of Nigeria and activist, Femi Falana, , veteran actor Olu Jacobs, seasoned actresses Joke Silva and Taiwo Ajayi Lycett, Former 1 st lady of ...

Book announcement: “WE THE PEOPLE”! Newly Released collection of Poems. WE THE PEOPLE In a period of grim political transactions, eroding morality and less value for culture, satire is the most appropriate method of re-presenting national discourse on salient issues in an unconventional manner. The collection of poems in the book “ We the People” perfectly reflects these. The Author of the Poetry Collection, Ololade Ajayi, describes “ We the People” as a form of protest writing in order to address the ills in her country: Nigeria and the world at large. The book has been released on Saturday 4 th November 2017, in Lagos state Nigeria. We the people consist of five parts namely: ·         Infamous laments: Satiric Poems for country ·         Lagos, the Rumi ·         Orisun, the source : poems in Ekiti dialect ·         ...