The Abantu Book Festival is back for its fourth edition and is celebrating African stories through written and spoken word, visual arts, music and film. The Soweto literary festival explores the ways in which African stories are told, and how these stories inform and are informed by our ways of being with more than 50 writers and musicians from Africa, South Africa and the African diaspora reading and discussing their works.

The festival includes hands-on workshops, film screenings, panel discussions, performances and conversations with writers and performing artists at two venues - Soweto Theatre and Eyethu Lifestyle Centre. The day events at Eyethu Lifestyle Centre are free, while the evening events at Soweto Theatre cost R20 per person.