Friday, September 04, 2009 at the Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Centre, Abuja, the Abuja branch of the Association of Nigerian Authors held a reading in honour of Ahmed Maiwada and Diego Okenyodo for their books on The Nigeria Prize for Literature longlist.
Dr Ihechukwu Madubike (co-author of Toward Decolonisation of African Literature), Dr Jerry Agada (former Minister of State for Education), and ANA General Secretary, Denja Abdullahi were some of the dignitaries in attendance.
These photos came from there.
Pictures from Prof. Chinua Achebe's visit to Nigeria
2009 ANA LITERARY PRIZES: CALL FOR ENTRIES
Nigerian writers, at home and abroad, willing to enter their new works for the Annual Literary Prizes of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) may do so now.
Interested creative writers should send six copies (6) of their entries (specifying the category being entered for) alongside a covering letter to the General Secretary, Association of Nigerian Authors, Suite 67, National Theater Complex, Iganmu Lagos. The entries which can be for any of the following categories must not have been entered before and must have been published between 2008 and 2009:
