Nigeria: How Ekwensi's Tales Erase Ethnic Lines - Aliyu, Soyinka

10 January 2013

It wore two caps: politics and literature. As politics,the 2nd annual Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu Colloquium preached unity and peace in a country wrecked by the evils of ethnicity, terrorism and corruption. As literary, it promoted education and used its rich heritage to preach unity by honouring the literary icon, the late author Cyprian Ekwensi by naming its new e- library the Cyprian Ekwensi Library.

It was commissioned by the Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka who was also the keynoter. The theme was Nigerian Literature, Conflict and National Unity. At the occasion,Governor Babanginda of Niger State, also donated N10m to Association of Nigerian Authours for the publication of a literary series.

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