The Doek Literary Festival 2024

21 – 24 August 2024

Doek, in partnership with Bank Windhoek, is proud to announce the second edition of the Doek Literary Festival, which will be hosted at the Goethe-Institut in Windhoek, Namibia.

The Doek Literary Festival is hosted every two years in Namibia. It celebrates the works of writers, poets, and visual artists who have contributed to Doek! Literary Magazine, and seeks to showcase the best of Namibian literature alongside works from the rest of Africa and the African diaspora. The festival is an integral part of Doek’s mission to nurture and grow the country’s reading and writing culture while providing a creative and immersive space for the works of Namibian and African writers, poets, and visual artists.

With Bank Windhoek as the the festival’s official sponsor, the 2024 Doek Literary Festival is a coming-of-age gathering which boasts an exciting roster of award-winning authors, poets, photographers, and musicians — festival attendants can look forward to panel discussions, creative writing workshops, and musical performances focusing on this year’s theme: “IndePENdence—freedom through reading and writing.”

The eclectic collection of writers, poets, and visual artists — from Namibia, Angola, Ethiopia, Jamaica, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zimbabwe — in the lineup will explore the delights, dangers, past dreams, present conditions, and future challenges of storytelling in the country, Africa, and the world with their published works as the backdrops for exciting enquiry.

A complete program of the festival’s events will be available on the event website on Friday, 31 May, 2024, as well as ticketing information.