Ake Arts &
Book Festival

2026 Theme | NATIVE INTELLIGENCE

Long before the algorithm, there was the elder and the proverb. Native Intelligence sits at the crossroads of what we have long known and what the machine is only now learning to mimic.

Across the continent, artificial intelligence is reshaping how stories are told, how elections are fought, and how truth itself is reported. Yet beneath the noise, other ways of knowing persist, carried in language, in ritual, and in our communities. But whose intelligence are we building the future on? Join us for the 14th edition of Aké Arts and Book Festival 19–21 November 2026.