Category: Festival

Hi friends, we're preparing for another incredible Ba re e en re Literature Festival aka "Ba re Litfest" and so make sure our dates are on your radar and on your calendar. This year our 3-day festival will be 9-11 December with the theme "Fumana lentsoe la hao/Find your voice". More details to come soon. … Continue reading 2016 Ba re Litfest dates: 9-11 December

We're still on cloud nine from the incredible vibe experienced at the 3rd Ba re e ne re Literature Festival held at Machabeng College in Maseru from 5-6 December 2015. We had the great privilege of hosting a wonderful crew of guests at this festival and our young audience came out to en masse to … Continue reading Ba re Litfest 2015 was a success!

We are extremely fortunate to be hosting Moses Kilolo as a festival guest this December. Moses is the Managing Editor of Jalada Africa, a pan-African writers' collective based in Nairobi, Kenya. If you haven't read Jalada's publications, do yourself a favour and check them out at jalada.org. Please give Moses a warm welcome when he comes … Continue reading Moses Kilolo announced as festival guest

Our next guest to announce is the talented Napo Masheane! Napo is a renowned poet and playwright and is the director of Village Gossip Productions. She is also a founding member of Feela Sista Spoken Word Collective and has written a book of essays and poetry called Caves Speak in Metaphors. Show a little love … Continue reading Napo Masheane at Ba re litfest

The Ba re e ne re team is excited to announce that this year's literature festival will be held from 5-6 December 2015. We are working hard to put together an incredible programme so please stay tuned for more information. We can't wait to see you at the festival.

The Ba re e ne re Literature Festival was featured in an article on the Mail & Guardian's Voices of Africa blog. Here is the text of the article written by Leila Hall: Ba re e ne re: Reigniting Lesotho’s literary culture Lesotho is an interesting place to be in at the moment. At the … Continue reading Ba re e ne re featured on the Mail & Guardian’s Voices of Africa blog!