SABLE /HBF Literary Festival and International Book Fair
will be at Mboka Festival of Arts, Culture and Sport
12th January – 19th January 2018)
(Mboka Festival 6-20 January 2018)
SABLE Poet-in-Residence, Patricia Foster with members of
The Clouds Poetry Collective in The Gambia
Friday 12th January
18.00
Work in progress performance with Spora Stories for the play, ‘Phillis in London’ based on Phillis Wheatley
Participants will be asked to be involved post performance with comments and discussion
Location: Ebunjan Theatre or Senegambia Hotel (tbc)
Evening: 20.00 – 22.00
Opening ceremony of the Book Fair and literary festival with performances by Gambian and International artists
Location: Senegambia Hotel (tbc)
Saturday 13th January
All day
Oware (Wuri) workshops & Tournament
Location: Mymoonia’s Restaurant (tbc)
READINGS AT THE BOOKFAIR
Evening
Linton Kwesi Johnson reading and performance
Venue: tbc
Support artists incl: Royal Messenjah (reggae artist)
Sunday 14th January
READINGS AT THE BOOKFAIR or PANEL DISCUSSION
All day
Oware (Wuri) game workshop & Tournament & prize presentation
Location: Mymoonia’s Restaurant (tbc)
Afternoon
Honouring our literary ancestors : Buchi Emecheta/Dr. Raphina Philott Almeida/ Mr Musa Jallow
(for Buchi Emecheta: readings, songs and performances from visiting women writers and Gambia based women writers and activists. Special guest, Sylvester Onwordi
for Dr. Raphina Philott Almeida and Mr Musa Jallow readings of their work from GamWriters, tributes from family and friends
Venue (Ebunjan Theatre)
with kora player/praise singers/ refreshments
Monday 15th January
READINGS AT THE BOOKFAIR
Afternoon
Poetry workshops @ The African Poetry Library, Mango Tree
EVENING
African Poetry Library anniversary event (launch of the Yulisa Amadu Maddy Award competition, and performances from local and international writers (poetry and fiction))
Tuesday 16th January
READINGS AT THE BOOKFAIR
PANEL DISCUSSION WITH PUBLISHERS
Workshop Programme
YMCA – Youth – tbc
ADULTS – TBC
EVENING
Readings in mother tongue
A selection of 10 LKJ poems translated into Gambian languages
Readings in African languages/dialects by authors (incl. Gambian, Sierra Leonean, South African, Jamaican)
LKJ – Reggae Lecture
LOCATION: tbc
Wednesday 17th January
READINGS AT THE BOOKFAIR
Workshop Programme – TBC
Evening
African Voices
The Poetic Redemption – an evening showcasing the literary talent from the African continent and diaspora. (Performance event from Gambian stars ‘The Cloud’, African home comers and international artists).
18.00 – 00.00 Midnight / or Midnight – 6am
Poetry Run with Inua Ellams – A walk experiencing art and performance on the streets of The Gambia (tbc)
Thursday 18th January
READINGS AT THE BOOKFAIR
Workshop Programme – TBC
Afternoon/ evening
Numbi Arts presentation
Kemetic Yoga – workshop and practice
Evening
Numbi arts performances
Presentation – Zine workshop
Friday 19th January
2 departures
Departure for London
READINGS AT THE BOOKFAIR
(For those not departing, visit to Sandele Eco Lodge or Makusutu Forest)
Saturday 20th January
Last day of bookfair and art exhibition
READINGS AT THE BOOKFAIR
Mon/Tue 22/23 Jan
Departures home
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Recordings Taking Place during SABLE Litfest
Indie Book Review
Nadia Maddy will be recording indie Book Reviews – Poetry at the Poetry Library; Fiction & non-fiction at Timbooktoo bookshop throughout the week.
Africa TV
JJ Adamson Will be recording the festival
ADDITIONAL ITEMS
YP workshops
2 workshops /2 tutors @ YMCA
Creative zine production with Koye Oyedeji
Workshop on improvisation, visual poetry, sound poetry and performance with Simon Pommery
Schools workshops @ Abraxus (tbc)
School workshops in the rural areas( tbc)
Advanced writing workshops
Jeff Allen – Fiction Masterclass – Gam Writers
READINGS to be scheduled in during the bookfair
SLWF – writers from Sierra Leone
Amalion press writers from Senegal
Jacaranda Books writers from UK and Kenya
Workshops to be factored in
Location: University
Drama workshop with Anni Domingo. Shakespeare’s universal stories: through African eyes with music movement and words.
Creative writing “where to find the language of poetry” with Natalia Molebatsi
Poetry workshop with Dorothea Smartt
Well being
Hatha Yoga & Meditation
with Sylvester Onwordi
Location: Beach outside Djeliba Hotel (main hotel where people will stay)
6.45am from Saturday 13 Jan to Friday 19 Jan
Kemetic Yoga
Location: Sandele Eco-Lodge (this is about 60-90 mins from the main festival base)
One session at the main festival base,(date tbc )
Music
Yaram Arts will be working with Global Hands to factor more music elements into the programme
MBOKA TAKES PLACE FROM 6-21 JAN
THESR ARE SOME OF THE OTHER MAIN HAPPENINGS DURING THE FESTIVAL
6 Jan – All day Festival opening at Manduar Creative hub – cultural troupes of dance music and song and food from the different ethnic groupings within The Gambia – a typical Gambian festival i.e. by the time it gets going it will be wonderful – 100s of people of all ages
8/9 Jan – Travel symposium – linked to the UN Tourism in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Gambia has signed up to this)
Between 10-/12 jan There will be one day tours that will incorporate the ecotourism factors – if people are there early and you let me know your interests, Mr bah will incorporate this into the tours
Saturday 13th January
All day
Kai Youth Conference (sat or sun – tbc)
Location: tbc
12 – 13 Jan Academic conference at Manduar Creative Hub (Global Hands)
Contact: Dr Momodou Sallah msallah@dmu.ac.uk at De Montfort U
The theme is Questioning the Logic of the System: sub theme – not sure!
This was last years http://jcss.our.dmu.ac.uk/events/
16 Jan – Kankurang Masquerade Festival JanJang Bureh (Georgetown) This is at the other end of the country and is an overnight trip
18 Jan – Event at the stadium – a cultural event . There may be opportunities for some of international performers. I’ll know by the time of the meeting
19 Jan –Presidential fun run. A relay race of 10 people running between Banjul and Dakar – then the same back ! They aim to get into the Guiness book of Records. President Barrow will hand over a letter of mutual co-operation from The Gambia that will be handed to by one of the runners to be handed to The president in Dakar on the 21st (or something like that –) it’s a great way to raise money for a charity and accommodation in between is being organised the two capitals is
A 5km run, organised by Manduar Creative Hub (date – tbc)