The Ake Arts and Book Festival is four days of cultural, artistic, literary and musical indulgence. The Ake Arts and Book Festival commences with a formal welcome ceremony with exciting announcements, artistic performances, presentation of awards and the launch of the yearly Ake Review. The Theme for the 2019 Ake Arts and Book Festival was "BLACK BODIES. GREY MATTER". "Ochai Ogaba performing a dance act at the Welcome Ceremony of Ake Arts & Book Festival 2019 "