AWDT to hold African Writers Conference

African Writers Development Trust (AWDT) is set hold an African Writers Conference themed ‘Re-imagining African Literature: New Voices, New Narratives in the Fight for the Girl-Child’. The literary event is scheduled to take place in Abuja from November 30 to December 2, 2018. It is an opportunity for emerging and established writers to discuss the […]

African Writers Development Trust (AWDT) is set hold an African Writers Conference themed ‘Re-imagining African Literature: New Voices, New Narratives in the Fight for the Girl-Child’.

The literary event is scheduled to take place in Abuja from November 30 to December 2, 2018. It is an opportunity for emerging and established writers to discuss the new narratives that continue to negate the growth of the girl-child, such as sexual discrimination, forced marriages, wife inheritance, domestic violence, predefined career options, amongst many others.  

The discourse would also focus on the need to develop female characters whose roles go beyond cooking, reproducing and care giving.

Bookshelf also gathered that “the conference is not meant to demean or undermine the important role of the man/boy in the African narrative. Rather, it aims to find a point of convergence that will provide greater meaning to the interactions, and the ever-changing complementary roles of both the male and female in the African society.”

Also, the discussions in the conference will go beyond writing about women’s economic independence, their relationship with their husbands and children, their traditional beliefs and their status in the community as a whole.

Part of the programme would include networking opportunities amidst refreshments, stories, games, sharing of personal journeys and more.