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A biennial literary festival in Namibia.
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The Doek Literary Festival is a biennial celebration of Namibian and African literature that connects Namibian readers and literary artists with their counterparts in Africa and the African diaspora. The inaugural edition of the festival was made possible with a partnership with the University of East Anglia’s International Chair of Creative Writing.

In 2022, the Doek Literary Festival’s focus was fiction in the novel and short form.

FESTIVAL WRITERS

The 2022 Doek Literary Festival brought together writers from Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Nigeria, and the United Kingdom in Windhoek for three days of sharing knowledge about storytelling and literary production.

RÉMY NGAMIJE
RÉMY NGAMIJE
Rémy Ngamije is a Rwandan-born Namibian writer and photographer. He is the founder, chairperson, and artministrator of Doek, an independent arts organisation in Namibia supporting the literary arts. He is also the editor-in-chief of Doek! Literary Magazine, Namibia’s first and only literary magazine.

His debut novel The Eternal Audience Of One was first published in South Africa by Blackbird Books and is available worldwide from Scout Press (S&S); it was honoured with a Special Mention at the inaugural Grand Prix Panafricain De Litterature in 2022.

He won the Africa Regional Prize of the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize and was shortlisted for the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing in 2021 and 2020. He was longlisted and shortlisted for the 2020 and 2021 Afritondo Short Story Prizes respectively. In 2019 he was shortlisted for Best Original Fiction by Stack Magazines. His work has appeared in Granta, One Story, Lolwe, LitHub, The Johannesburg Review of Books, American Chordata, Columbia Journal, New Contrast, Necessary Fiction, Hypertext Magazine and many other places.
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FESTIVAL PROGRAM

Curated to provide the attending public with stimulating panel discussions and engaging creative writing workshops, the program for the 2022 Doek Literary Festival was filled with events that engaged readers, writers, and lovers of literature. All of the festival’s events were free to attend.

IMAGE GALLERY

21 APRIL 2022

Rémy Ngamije, Doek's founder and chairperson.

Doek Literary Festival: Day 1. © Doek. © Namafu Amutse.
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22 APRIL 2022

Doek Collective's Creative Writing Workshop with Tsits Dangarembga. © Doek. © Namafu Amutse.
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Rémy Ngamije, Doek's founder and chairperson.

Doek Literary Festival: Day 2. © Doek. © Namafu Amutse.
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Querida.

Musical Performance By Querida. Doek Literary Festival: Day 2. © Doek. © Namafu Amutse.
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23 APRIL 2022

Zukiswa Wanner (left) & Dalene Kooper, a member of the Doek Collective.

Creative Writing Workshop With Zukiswa Wanner. Doek Literary Festival: Day 3. © Doek. © Namafu Amutse.
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Femi Kayode (left).

Creative Writing Workshop With Femi Kayode. Doek Literary Festival: Day 3. © Doek. © Namafu Amutse.
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Rémy Ngamije.

Creative Writing Workshop With Rémy Ngamije. Doek Literary Festival: Day 3. © Doek. © Namafu Amutse.
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Dr. Coletta Kandemiri (far left), Prof. Jean McNeil (middle left), Femi Kayode (middle right), and Denver Kisting (far left).

Doek Literary Festival: Day 3. © Doek. © Namafu Amutse.
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