Week 2 (Based at Kokrobitey in the coastal villiage of Kokrobitey) 

Note: This week optional trips will be available for those who to visit Kakum National Park and Lake Bosomtwi, among other places 

Monday, July 14^th: Transport to retreat location outside of Accra

Evening Reading: Shalini Gidoomal, Fran Gordon and Matthew Sharpe

Tuesday, July 15^th: Retreat

Afternoon Workshops:

Music, History and Fiction with Matthew Sharpe

Revising Fiction with Fran Gordon

Wednesday, July 16^th: Retreat

 Afternoon Workshop: The Music of Modern Poetics with Tyehimba Jess

Evening Craft Session: Making the Transition from Writing Journalism to Writing Fiction w/ Shalini Gidoomal

Abena P.A. Busia will join us as her sister Akousa screens her film The Prof: A Man Remembered, a documentary about their father.

Thursday, July 17^th: Retreat

Afternoon--Master’s Workshop (Prose): Jeffery Renard Allen

Evening Lecture: Aldon Nielsen

Friday, July 18^th: Retreat

Afternoon--Master’s Workshop (Poetry): Kofi Anyidoho

Closing Night Reading and Ceremony

Saturday, July 19^th: Departures