Kaduna Book and Arts Festival
kaduna book art festival also known kabafest annual literary cultural art event kaduna state nigeria took place first time july organized book buzz foundation also organizes annual aké art book festival collaboration kaduna state government gusau institute also first book festival occurs annually northern nigeria perception northern nigeria place conservative book literature kabafest conceived initiative kaduna state government way address misconception founding lola shoneyin book buzz say festival aim create new exciting opportunity social cultural interaction celebration promotion creatives northern region nigeria foster tolerance understanding dialogue book culture art society first edition kabafest held gusau institute kaduna state five booklogues conversation presence author panel discussion two film screening art exhibition four northern nigerian artist food tasting magical poetry performance featured writer artist actor poet performer around world headlined sudanese author first winner caine prize leila aboulela writer artist present included abdullah musa dona abubakar adam ibrahim aisha umar aminu alan waka andrew walker auwalu anwar audee giwa balaraba ramat yakubu carmen mccain chika jones chitra nagarajan dami ajayi e e sule edify yakusak efe paul azino fatima umar hadiza isma elrufai hafsah matazu sanusi lamido sanusi hafsat ahmad abdulwaheed hauwa evelyn shekarau ibrahim bellokano ishaya bako jamila umar tanko jerry buhari joseph hayab kadaria ahmed kaltume b gana kenneth gyang kinna likimani kola tubosun leila aboulela mariam oyawoye maryam bobi maryam awaisu maryam bukar hassan methuselah jeremiah nurdin busari nura garba odafe atogun pearl osibu rahama sadau rahma abdulmajid sharif richard ali saddiq dzukogi samira haruna sanusi segun adeniyi saudatu mahdi temie giwatubosun titilope sonuga toni kan usman bugaje wana udobang williams chechet zaynab alkali razinat talatu mohammed abubakar othman jeremiah gyang festival also featured screening two film ishaya bakos henna kenneth gyangs blood henna also booklogues panel discussion poetry art exhibition fiction workshop highlight festival unveiling memorandum understanding right write project literacy project european union french cultural organisation africultures aim project propagate massive literary digital project five state north – kaduna katsina borno adamawa bauchi project worth eur million another highlight festival announcement five hundred thousand naira prize hausa literature residency writer writing language festival declared annual event governor kaduna state mallam nasir elrufai kabafest website