FESTIVAL PROGRAMME10:00 - 11:20 11:30 -13:00 14:00 – 15:20 15:30 – 16:30 16:40 – 18:00 19:30-21:00

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Welcome Ceremony

Panel DiscussionHarnessing the Potential of Women in Northern Nigeria

Sanusi Lamido SanusiAisha UmarSaudatu Mahdi

Host:Kadaria Ahmed

BooklogueFinding Your Voice in a Dark Room

Edify YakusakMaryam Bobi

Host:Dami Ajayi

Panel DiscussionThe Challenges of Publishing in Northern Nigeria

Nur’din BusariJamila Umar TankoAbdullah DonaZakari Mohammed

Host:Richard Ali

BooklogueWomen Overcoming Barriers

Samira SanusiMaryam Awaisu

Host:Temie Giwa-Tubosun

BooklogueBig Cities, Endless Possibilities

Toni KanRichard Ali

Host:Wana Udobang

Panel DiscussionMore than a Hijabi: Muslim Women Writing for the World

Leila AboulelaZaynab Alkali

Host:Kinna Likimani

Panel DiscussionReligious Violence: Picking Up the Pieces

Andrew WalkerSegun Adeniyi

Host:Chitra Nagarajan

BooklogueKindness in Uncomfortable Places

Leila Aboulela

Host: Kola Tubosun

Panel DiscussionHer Stories, Our Stories

Balaraba Ramat YakubuFatima A. UmarHadiza El-Rufai

Host:Carmen McCain

Panel DiscussionTowards Religious Tolerance in Northern Nigeria

Matthew KukahIbrahim Bello Kano Usman Bugaje

Host:Kadaria Ahmed

BooklogueSeeing and Believing

Odafe AtogunAbubakar Ibrahim

Host:EE Sule

Panel DiscussionArt, Activism and the Northern Nigerian Narrative

Rahama SadauRahma Abdulmajid

Host:Hafsah Abubakar

Sweet TastingA rare opportunity to sample delicious desserts from Northern Nigeria

Poetry NightMethuselah JeremiahWana UdobangEfe Paul AzinoSadiq DzukogiChika JonesAudee GiwaTitilope SonugaChitra NagarajanDami Ajayi Aminu Alan Waka

Flavours of SyriaSampling of delectable Syrian Cuisine

Panel DiscussionAgainst the Grain: Modern Literature in Hausa

Anwalu AnwarHafsat M A AbdulwahidBalaraba Ramat Yakubu

Host:Carmen McCain

Film Screening Blood and Henna

Director: Kenneth Gyang

Host: Pearl Osibu

Schools Declamation Contest Open Art ExhibitionJerry BuhariKaltume B GanaMariam OyawoyeNura Garba Mohammed

Film Screening Henna

Director: Ishaya BakoFiction Workshop for Women with Leila Aboulela

Lunch Dinner

As part of its centenary celebrations, Kaduna State is introducing a literary event to its cultural calendar.The Kaduna Book & Arts Festival 2017 (KABAFEST) will feature nearly 50 writers, artists, actors, poets and performers who will share their fantastic work with us.

www.kabafest.org

Fiction Workshop for Women with Leila Aboulela