{"id":184,"date":"2019-03-01T11:28:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T11:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookcraftafrica.com\/blog\/?p=184"},"modified":"2019-03-01T11:28:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T11:28:18","slug":"bookcraft-marks-30th-anniversary-celebration-at-labaf-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bookcraftafrica.com\/blog\/bookcraft-marks-30th-anniversary-celebration-at-labaf-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Bookcraft Marks 30th Anniversary Celebration at LABAF 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scenes from the\u00a030th anniversary celebration of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bookcraftafrica.com\/books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bookcraft<\/a> Limited <\/strong>at\u00a0the last\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lagosbookartfestival.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lagos Book and Art Festival<\/a>\u00a0(LABAF) 2018 <\/strong>held at Freedom Park, Broad Street, Victoria Island Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>The festivities to mark the anniversary kicked off at about 5 pm on November 11th, 2018 with\u00a0notable authors and literary enthusiasts in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Among our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bookcraftafrica.com\/authors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">authors<\/a>\u00a0present were, Titus Okereke, Wiebe Boer, Kingsley Moghalu,\u00a0Kunle Ajibade, Aduke Gomez, Chioma Okereke, Jonathan Haynes and\u00a0 Duro Oni. Also present were friends of Bookcraft like Odia Ofeimun, Supo Sashore, Chuma Okolo, Tade Ipadeola, Toyin Akinosho and a host of others.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-139 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bookcraftafrica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/4.jpg?resize=300%2C199\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bookcraftafrica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/4.jpg?resize=300%2C199 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bookcraftafrica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/4.jpg?resize=768%2C509 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bookcraftafrica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/4.jpg?resize=1024%2C678 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bookcraftafrica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/4.jpg?w=1390 1390w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bookcraftafrica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/4.jpg?w=1280 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bookcraftafrica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14.jpg?resize=768%2C509 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bookcraftafrica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14.jpg?resize=1024%2C678 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bookcraftafrica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14.jpg?w=1785 1785w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bookcraftafrica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14.jpg?w=1280 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-149 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bookcraftafrica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/7.jpg?resize=300%2C199\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bookcraftafrica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/7.jpg?resize=300%2C199 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bookcraftafrica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/7.jpg?resize=768%2C508 768w, 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