在尼日利亚阿克艺术与图书节，感受非洲文学的蓬勃脉动
Once a year, the quiet city of Abeokuta in southwestern Nigeria transforms into a buzzing hub of words and ideas. The Aké Arts and Book Festival, named after the historic quarter that produced Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, draws writers, artists, and thinkers from across Africa and the world. Beneath canopies spread across the June 12 Cultural Centre, the air hums with passionate debates, poetry slams, and the rustle of newly printed pages.
Step into the main hall, and you might find a young spoken-word artist from Nairobi commanding the mic while a veteran Kenyan novelist nods thoughtfully from the front row. In another corner, a Ghanaian philosopher discusses the power of indigenous languages with a publisher from Paris, their conversation spilling out into the courtyard where book lovers queue for signed copies. The festival has a way of mixing the formal with the spontaneous, so you could attend a masterclass in memoir writing and moments later be invited to a pop-up storytelling session under a mango tree.
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