4TH MBOKA FESTIVAL OF ARTS, CULTURE AND SPORT
25 MAY – 3 JUNE, 2020
MBOKA online programme 2018 -FINAL
MBOKA at a glance programme 2018 – final
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SABLE LITFEST RE-LAUNCHES IN THE MBOKA FESTIVAL
IN THE GAMBIA WITH HBF AS BOOKFAIR PARTNER
After 10, years the SABLE Literary Festival that was launched in The Gambia in 2007 is relaunching, as part of a fantastic new collaboration, the Mboka Festival of Arts, Culture and Sport. The Mboka Festival takes place between 7-17 January 2017 with partners Global Hands and Camp Africa.
Mboka means ‘One Family’ in Wolof and Sable LitFest is proud to be a partner of this remarkable new festival. Mboka has brought together like-minded people to join hands to produce a 10 day festival of distinction and diversity that celebrates Gambian cultural heritage alongside African diasporic cultural heritage. Each partner will introduce a selected charitable cause that will be supported from funds raised within the festival.
Sable LitMag first international literary festival in The Gambia, featured award winning writers such as Jack Mapanje (Malawi) Binyavanga Wainana (Kenya) and Doreen Baigana (Uganda). The 2017 festival will feature no less esteemed African literary personas from the continent and the diaspora with a special highly acclaimed writer, soon to be named.
The international literary Festival will be programmed by SABLE LITMAG, incorporating local and international authors published by Global Hands and the vibrant performance poetry scene of young poets in The Gambia. The programme will incorporate workshops, panel discussions, readings and launches of new books.
The international bookfair will be co-ordinated by the experienced team of the Harlem Book Fair based in New York. The SABLE/Harlem Book Fair has already attracted African publishers based in the US and UK and will be the first international bookfair on the Harlem Book Fair circuit with others planned to follow.
email: info@kadijasesay.sablelitmag.org for more information.
SABLE LITMAG Literary Festival & HBF BOOKFAIR – 2017 (Draft)
The Literary Festival will include a workshop/reading/panel discussion/book launch each day
Friday 6 January – Arrivals
Saturday 7 January
Bookstalls set up
Bookfair opening
PM Workshop for writers
Panel discussion
EVE: Special guest African writer – Keynote – & Reception (tbc)
Poetry Performance
Sunday 8 January
AM Workshop
PM Panel discussion publishers panel
Workshop for writers
Storytelling in English and local Languages
Eve: Book launch and performance
Monday 9 January
AM Workshop – (School)
PM Panel discussion
Workshop for writers
Eve: Book launch
Poetry event – Announcement of second poetry competition
Tuesday 10 January
ACADEMIC CONFERENCE at Banduar – no panel at the literary festival
AM workshops (in school – poetry, for competition)
PM Reading
EVE book launch
Wednesday 11 January
ACADEMIC CONFERENCE at Banduar – no panel at the literary festival
AM workshops (in school)
PM Reading
EVE – book launch
10/11 Jan
Bookstands for Academic Conference
Some bookstands from the bookfair/or 1 bookstand with selected books from the bookfair
Thursday 12 January
Last full day of Bookfair
AM Workshop – (School)
PM Panel discussion
Workshop for writers
Eve: Book launch and reading
Poetry event – Showcase with young people at the African Poetry Library
Friday 13 January
Eve: Book launch and readings
Storytelling in English and local Languages
Venues for workshops and readings and book launches
African Poetry Library
Bijilo Beach Hotel
Workshops and panels for the week to be programmed in
Workshops
Editing your work
Performance
Writing poetry
Writing Fiction
Writing Non-Fiction
Professional preparation
Panels
African publishers – what does the future hold?
How to get your book published – local /national/international
Self-Publishing and publishing online
Linking with African diaspora writers
Entering Competitions and submitting your work to journals and anthologies
In Translation – African languages – East to West to South to North and beyond.
If writers would like to participate in a reading, please let me know ASAP. Please also let us know if you have a new book that you would like to launch at the festival. We already have a number of books launches to programme in, but would still like to hear from you.
Readings will include local, continental and international writers of all genres
Confirmed books to be launched
African Publishers
Before the New Earth by Tijan Sallah (Global Hands)
Gambian Short Stories by Amie Cherrie and Ibrahim Jallow (Global Hands)
A short story in Gambian languages by Ngugi wa Thiongo (SABLE Publications)
SABLE LitMag South African issue (SABLE Publications)