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2022 THE NIGERIAN YEAR OF POETRY KSR’s Su’eddie Vershima Agema wins the Association of Nigerian Authors Poetry Prize 2022 November 9, 2022 November 9, 2022 KSR Webmaster Association of Nigerian Authors Poetry Prizes Su'eddie Vershima Agema

Professor Yakubu Ochefu on Progressives and the National Question in Nigeria

Nigerian Progressives and The National Question — The Difference News Weep Not Nigerian Progressives. Let Us Explore Transformative Politics as We Attempt to Answer the National Question   Yakubu A. Ochefu, PhD, FHSN, MNAL Eddie@75 Anniversary Lecture, May 15, 2021   When I was invited to deliver this important lecture, a sense of trepidation swarmed over me. The to...

Presentation of the e-version of the Nigerian Booksellers Directory holds, Wednesday, March 24, 2021 @ 3.00pm, via Zoom.
Book Reviewer: Olayinka Oyegbile, Ph.D.
Journalist and Writer
Chairman: Mr. John Asein, DG, Nigerian Copyright Commission
Host: Dare Oluwatuyi, President, BAN

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February 18
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Network of Book Clubs to organise reading promotion events in Nigeria The Network of Book Clubs and Reading Promoters in Nigeria says it is organising a reading promotions event scheduled for February 18 to mark its first anniversary. The group which made the announcement in a statement by its Secretary, Mr. Emmanuel Okoro, said the event which is to be hosted...

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Landmark text on African Oral Literature makes debut — The Difference News   Landmark text on African Oral Literature makes debut   By Ada Anioji   A landmark text on African Oral Literature, Oral Literary Performance in Africa edited by Nduka Otiono and Chiji Akọma, both professors in the North American academy, is set to make its debut later in the year.   Already ...

Two perspectives that are looking quite evident at the moment concerning 2021 are that people will need to be very calm and most reflective in much of what they do and that the year would also not be exempt from troubles. In the midst of it though, it is advisable that we maintain and keep a positive view of things. It will be well.
And when we come to the subject of trends that are likely to stand out, one of the first is that there would be a strong bent towards more and more use and adapting of technology, particularly technologies related to e-commerce and tele- and online correspondence. For example, there will be lots of training to immerse working people and students alike in the use of more and more e-learning technologies.

Talking about books, the first book that we will be talking about here is Chido Onumah's Remaking Nigeria: Sixty Years, Sixty Voices. It is a most engaging collection of essays contributed by a diverse range of thinkers, activists and essayists that was put together to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Nigeria's flag independence. We highly recommend it for those who want to interrogate the limits of the Nigerian story this far as well as explore possible paths for lifting what is perhaps Africa's systemically most important country up.

For whatever it is worth - and indeed it is worth a whole lot - the African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA is about one of the most notable developments in the pan-African socio-economic sphere in recent years. We welcome it but we also welcome your ideas on how to make it work because the first thing that strikes us now about is: we will be shooting ourselves in the foot to leave it to the exclusive whims and dictates of the Assembly of Heads of States of the African Union. For AfCFTA to thrive, the African people must own it. And this, in our view also includes Africans in the Diaspora.

Books are at the heart of the learning experience. In this year, we will discuss some great reads. Please give feedback when you want to. Thanks

Happy new Year!

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3 Questions: Calestous Juma on African development How can Africa find new ways to spark economic growth? That is the focus of a wide-ranging public symposium hosted by the Center for International Studies as part of its Starr Forum event series. The event will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 24, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. in the Whitehead Institute’s McG...