ZABAFEST 2.0
Reclaiming the Future
An expanded second edition bringing literature, arts, media, technology, and civic life into one shared public conversation.
Founded by Bookish Alchemy, ZABAFEST is a yearly gathering where writers, artists, journalists, technologists, students, policymakers, and cultural workers meet in one public space to debate ideas, share stories, and imagine fairer futures.
Reclaiming the Future
Founded by Bookish Alchemy, ZABAFEST is a yearly gathering where writers, artists, journalists, technologists, students, policymakers, and cultural workers meet in one public space to debate ideas, share stories, and imagine fairer futures.
Reclaiming the Future
The archive preserves each edition as part of a larger cultural project, not as a disposable campaign page.
Past editions, visual records, published highlights, and the bridge to whatever comes next.
Visual records of the audiences, performances, installations, and encounters that give each edition its texture.
A curated record of standout ideas, memorable sessions, and conversations worth returning to after the festival ends.
Coverage that shows how the festival travels beyond the venue into wider cultural and civic conversation.
Reclaiming the Future
An expanded second edition bringing literature, arts, media, technology, and civic life into one shared public conversation.
Legacy, Reimagining
The maiden edition that established ZABAFEST as a gathering for stories, memory, and cultural imagination in Zaria.
The archive keeps the recent edition visible while the next edition gathers momentum through announcements and future signups.