The first ever Hausa International Book and Arts Festival (HIBAF) is set to take place from October 21 – 23, 2021. The festival is being launched by Open Arts, a literary collective and creative organization based in Northern Nigeria. The festival is one of Open Arts’ pets project. The theme for this year’s festival is “Space.” The aim of the festival, according to its organizers, is to “open up discussions about Hausa as a language through literature, history, music and arts to be displayed to a new and exciting young audience.”
Here is a press statement from the organizers:
“This edition will explore the spaces in between; spaces of origin of people and language; spaces of being and becoming; spaces of our stories; the multiplicity of spaces of our humanity; how we embrace the layers of spaces within our identities in literature and creativity. In the spaces of HIBAF, we will explore the origins of Hausa literary spaces; converse and discuss notions of gender, identity, culture and politics. Spaces are governed by cultural stereotypes, conventions, customs, clothing and literature. The aim of HIBAF is to associate the fictional space with the practical space using language as a code to model space, define it and arrange it, to create safe spaces that allow for creative risk, a space for the delivery, performance and reawakening of identity.”
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Send your inquires to openartsng@gmail.com
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