 The poetry evening session featured seasoned African poets like Logan February, D'bi Young Anitafrika, Wana Udobang, Tanya Evanson, TJ Dema and Onias Landveld.A solo performance by Tope Tedela was also featured at the festival.The 2019 Festival films featured a film by Nadine Ibrahim titled Marked; a documentary about tribal marks in Nigeria, Malaika; an animated film by Roye Okupe and Toni Morrison's "The Pieces I Am."