ANA set to hold Writers' Day & Authors’ Groove on May 8 at NIBF 2019.

ANA SET TO HOLD WRITERS ' DAY & AUTHORS’ GROOVE ON MAY 8 AT NIBF 2019.

The Association of Nigerian Authors, will be hosting a special Panel Discussion, Focused Presentations & Performances, featuring 11 Guest Writers at the 2019 edition of the Authors’ Groove, during the Nigerian International Book Fair holding on 8th of May, 2019 at the University of Lagos, Book Fair Ground (Jelili Omotola Auditorium).

The theme for this year Authors’ Groove is: “Pushing the Writer's Craft & Business in the Age of ICT."

The 10 selected guest writers expected at the Panel Discussions and a medley of presentations are Akeem Lasisi,Folu Agoi, Henry Akubuiro, Eriata Orhibabor, Taofeek Olatunbosun, Lola Akande,Dagga Tolar, Tolani Salawu, Abigail Ohiero and DICKSON EKHAGUERE . The event will take place between 2-5pm.

The book fair, organized by the Nigeria Book Fair Trust, of which ANA is a Council member and one of the constituent bodies, will also have ANA maintaining an exhibition stand throughout the duration of the fair from 6th to 11th May, 2019 where it will hold a daily literary clinic for the benefit of aspiring authors and showcase notable books by its members and invited guest authors.

The event, according to a statement by the organisers, promises to be an avenue for book exhibition, signing, presentation of awards, cultural activities, reading and networking.

ANA members in and around Lagos are enjoined by the statement to attend the Authors’ Groove and be at the fair ground.

ANA Osun Set to Host Prof. Razaki Ojo-Bakare on Sunday

ANA Osun Set to Host Prof. Razaki Ojo-Bakare on Sunday

 The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Osun State chapter has set aside April 28, 2019 to host Prof. Razaki Ojo-Bakare, a Director, Playwright, Choreographer, author of once upon a tower and the current Dean of Post Graduate School, Federal university, Oye, Ekiti. 

A statement by ANA Osun State Chairman and General Secretary, Muriola Awosemo and Bada Yusuf, the event will take place at the HB 2, Faculty of Arts Board room, O.A.U, Ile-Ife, Osun State by 2 pm.

The literary event according to the organizers will be an avenue of poetry reading, networking with fellow writers across the nooks and crannies of the state.

ANA mourns Stella Oyedepo

ANA MOURNS STELLA OYEDEPO

 The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) mourn with the family of Stella Oyedepo who until her untimely death in a motor accident along Lagos -Sagamu expressway last Monday served as General Manager and the Chief executive Officer of the National Theatre.
Mallam Denja Abdulahi, ANA National President in a statement made available to newsmen said that Dr. Mrs. Stella Oyedepo was a thorough bred prolific playwright with serious passion for drama and a committed member of ANA .

It would be recalled that her death was announced on Monday while returning to Lagos from an official trip. Her car was said to have rammed into an articulated vehicle in Sagamu along the Benin- Ijebu-Ode Expressway.

While noting that death is an inevitable end to every mortal existence, ANA President said members of the Association were, however, consoled that late Chief Stella Oyedepo, distinguished herself as an astute and exemplary playwright while serving her country as GM and the Chief executive Officer of the National Theatre.

Mallam Denja Abdulahi prayed Almighty God to grant her eternal rest and the family, the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss.

Stella Moroundia Oyedepo (sometimes Stella Dia Oyedepo) (born c. 1954) is a Nigerian playwright. She died on Monday, 22nd April, 2019 in an autocrash along Shagamu-Benin Express way in Nigeria.

Oyedepo wrote over 300 plays over the course of her career; of these, only around 30 have been published. She takes as her subject daily life and problems, and her work often addresses such themes as marriage, corruption, politics, and family life. A typical example is her 1988 play The Greatest Gift, which contrasts the life of a family destroyed by the father's drunkenness with the life of a successful family. Her 2001 play Brain Has No Gender was written for the Kwara State Ministry of Education for Women-in-Science Programme. Her first play, Our Wife is Not a Woman, was written in 1979. Oyedepo's origins are from Ondo State. She trained as a linguist, and for some time in the 1980s she served as Senior Principal Leturer at the Kwara State College for Education in Ilorin. She has also served as director of the Kwara State Council for Arts and Culture. Many of her plays were commissioned for specific occasions.ANA members who attended the 1999 Convention in Ilesa and the 2000 Convention in Jos would recall the spice she added to those conventions with the performances of the Kwara State Council for Arts and Culture Troupe which she led at those periods.

ANA Felicitates with Christians at Easter

ANA FELICITATES WITH CHRISTIANS AT EASTER

The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) has felicitated with the entire Christian community in Nigeria on the occasion of the Easter Celebration which marks the earthly works, suffering, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ.

In a goodwill message signed by the National President of ANA, Mallam Denja Abdulahi, he called on the Christians to forge greater unity irrespective of religious or ethnic differences and emulate Jesus by demonstrating love to one another and to their neighbours, just as Jesus admonished his disciples to love their neighbours as themselves..

According to the message: “As Nigerians we must eschew acts that will divide us further. We must embrace the Christ attitude of living in love and harmony with ourselves and our neighbours.

ANA stressed that the Easter celebration is an opportunity for Christians to reflect on the ultimate sacrifice done for the sake of salvation of mankind, as well as human love and peace by Jesus Christ.

Mallam Denja Abdulahi finally called on Christians to use this year celebration as a period of sober reflection to reflect on the teachings of Jesus Christ.

ANA Bayelsa: Call for contributions- Invocations for Gabriel Okara

THE ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN AUTHORS

BAYELSA STATE CHAPTER

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

FOR THE ANTHOLOGY

“INVOCATIONS FOR GABRIEL OKARA”

ANA Bayelsa is calling on the community of creative writers all over the world, to avail themselves of the opportunity to honour her GRAND PATRON, Dr. Gabriel Okara on his demise at 98 and the internment.

CONDITIONS

1.      Poems should be of excellent quality.

2.      Not exceeding one page

3.      Should be of 10 font size

4.      Font theme should be Times New Roman

5.      Send work as an MS Word attachment, or as body of mail, not PDF;

6.      No more than two pieces of writings should be submitted by a contributor.

NOTE: Violation of any of the criteria would face disqualification.

·         All contributions should be sent to the email: mariner.anabayelsa@yahoo.com

·         Send contributions not later than Tuesday, 30^th April, 2019

·         State your Name/City/State/Country/E-mail Address at the top of your submissions, over the title of your work.

·         Subject of mail should be the name of the anthology.

·         All contributions should be sent to the email: mariner.anabayelsa@yahoo.com

Mrs. Bina Nengi-Ilagha

Chairman

ANA Bayelsa

For:

Mallam Denja Abdulahi

National President, ANA