New Photos of Adichie, Binyavanga, Imasuen and Workshop Participants at the 2013 Farafina Trust Writing Workshop

September 20, 2013

Adichie and Binyavan — Adichie hanging with her homie, Wainaina Binyavanga or “Binny” as she likes to call him.

The 2013 class of Farafina Writing Workshop are done learning the craft of writing from Adichie and her team of writing instructors. I hope they are hunched over their desks penning the next great African novel.

From August 6 – 16, a group of aspiring writers selected from across the country gathered at the Lagos Resource Centre for what looks like a memorable creative experience. Kenyan novelist, Wainaina Binyavanga, participated in the workshop as a co-facilitator along side Eghosa Imasuen, the author of Fine Boys, and Aslak Sira Myhre, the Director of Oslo House of Literature.

The group decided to meet up at the Oriental Hotel in Victoria Island to celebrate the end of the workshop. The event was open to the public and featured a musical performance by the Nigerian pop star Kcee.

I doubt that you’ve seen these set of photos of workshop participants, facilitators, and the closing event.

Enjoy!

Farafina Workshop 2013 13 — Workshop Session

Farafina Workshop 2013 15 — Participant and Okey Adichie

Farafina Workshop 2013 32 — Binyavanga, Adichie, and participants

Farafina Workshop 2013 19 — Group pic—Say cheese!

Farafina Workshop 2013 6 — Lagos Resource Center — Workshop Venue

At The Gala

img_3485-1280x853 — Workshop facilitators—Eghosa Imasuen, Aslak Sira Myhre, Binyavanga

Farafina Workshop 2013 26 — Igoni Barret and Femke van Zeijl

img_3461-1280x853 — Mr. And Mrs. Imasuen (So cute!)

Chimamanda-Ngozi-Adichie-Literary-Evening-2013-August-2013-BellaNaija-026 — Adichie and the guys at Nigerian Breweries

Thanks to Okey Adichie and Eghosa Imasuen for giving me access to the photos. All other photos were taken by Tolu Talabi and pulled from the Farafina Trust website where you can find more photos.