 Three writing workshops took place simultaneously during the festival, titled "Fiction-Writing", "Storytelling With Film" and "Culture Journalism" with brilliant facilitators like Nicole Dennis-Benn, Jennifer Makumbi and Sulaiman Addonia - for Fiction-Writing, Adepero Oduye, Nadine Ibrahim and Tolu Ajayi - For Storytelling With Film and Gary Younge, Adrian Harewood and Nichelle Smith - For Culture Journalism.In attendance were a wide array of guests including Ayobami Adebayo, Nnedi Okorafor, Mona Eltahawy, Tsitsi Dangarembga (the headliner), Tope Folarin, Zukiswa Wanner, Kola Tubosun, Fred Khumalo, Wayetu Moore, Jibrin Ibrahim, Yolande Mukagasana, Tolu Daniel, Temi Oh, Dakore Egbuson-Akande, Fakhrriyyah Hashim, Arit Okpo, Ayodeji Osowobi, Howard Maximus, Abdourahman Waberi, Molara Wood, Sylvia Ofili, Gavin Evans, Reni Eddo-Lodge, Hakim Adi amongst others.The eighth edition of the festival, themed “Black Magic,” which was earlier announced to be scheduled for Lagos, from 22 to 25 October 2020 was moved online as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.