There are three types of people in life - the thinkers, the doers, and those who excel at both. Lola Shoneyin easily falls into the third category. Shoneyin, who describes herself as “passionate, feisty, expressive, loving and honest”, won the Pen Award in America as well as the Ken Saro-Wiwa Award for prose in Nigeria.…

This year's Ake Book and Arts Festival was packed with key players of art and literary society. From Nnedi Okorafor's mentorship and writing session to talks on Afrofuturism and science fiction to celebrating the legendary Ama Ata Aidoo, the panel sessions at this year's festival were lively, engaging and about female power. With panel sessions…