Front Row - Aké Festival special: Tayari Jones, Derek Owusu, Victor Ehikhamenor, Sara-Jayne Makwala King
A collaboration with the Aké Festival: leading black writers and artists discuss Black Lives Matter and related issues of this year in connection to their work. With Tayari Jones, Derek Owusu, Victor Ehikhamenor and Sara-Jayne Makwala King.
The Aké Festival is the world's largest literary festival of black voices on black issues. Usually held in Lagos, Nigeria, this year it's online and free, from 22 to 25 October. See below for details.
Tayari Jones' novels include Silver Sparrow and An American Marriage, which won the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction.
Derek Owusu's novel That Reminds Me won this year's Desmond Elliot Prize. He has also published Safe: 20 Ways to be a Black Man in Britain Today.
Victor Ehikhamenor is a writer and artist who has represented Nigeria at the Venice Biennale.
Sara-Jayne Makwala King is a South African radio host and author of the autobiographical novel Killing Karoline.
Presenter: Elle Osili-Wood Producer: Timothy Prosser
Main Image: Tayari Jones Credit: Tyson Alan Horne
Published on Tuesday, 20th October 2020.
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