Ouida: More than just a bookstore
Ouida brings creative minds together, helping them to share their talents with like-minded individuals.
The first time I heard about Ouida (pronounced as Wee-Dah), it was from a friend. She told me about this amazing bookstore in Ikeja where we could hang out to chat. Unfortunately, we visited when the Ake festival was ongoing. Ouida is part of the Ake Festival family, and all the books had been moved to the festival grounds somewhere in Ikoyi.
But Ouida is more than a bookstore. It is a three-floor cultural space in Ikeja GRA. It houses a cafe, a workspace, a publishing house, a walkthrough art exhibition, a recording studio, and a seminar room.
They also organise different creative events like the Open Mic Night, book reading sessions, poetry sessions, and sip and paint activities.
