Qfest (Quramo Festival of Words) 2026: Day 2 Highlights

 

Day 2 Highlights... 

- The unveiling of the 2026 Quramo Writer's Prize winner: Ooreoluwa Agbede for his entry: Four Months

-The festival's first Masterclass, How to Become Festival Ready: Navigating the Literary Festival Ecosystem,  given by Kenyan journalist & blogger James Murua. 

- Panel on  African Reading Culture & Building a Stronger Literary Ecosystem, with James Murua & Liberian-born writer, Vampa Sherif; moderated by writer & media manager, Nimotalai Oki. 

- A book chat on The African Storyteller: Stories, Publishing, Success & the Writing Life, with Quramo Publishing's editor, Elohor Egbordi & Nnamdi Ehirim, author of  Prince of Monkeys & The Brevity of Beautiful Things. 

- Final panel discussion of the day, Storytelling as Cultural Preservation, with  Omofolarin Toheeb Ogbulu, Pelu Awofeso, James Akeem Anago-Osho & Babatunde Afolabi; moderated by Akinlawon Adams, Founder and Director of Loving Lagos Ltd.