Babajo, Dabino, Okediran, others for Minna book, arts fiesta
The Minna Book & Arts Festival, an initiative of AMAB Books & Publishing and The Arts-Muse Fair, will be holding from September 18 to 21. The literary and cultural event is designed to create awareness, build capacities and promote all forms of arts. A statement by the organisers said, this debut edition themed ‘Northern Nigeria […]
Works of Prof. Zaynab Alkali will headline the event
The Minna Book & Arts Festival, an initiative of AMAB Books & Publishing and The Arts-Muse Fair, will be holding from September 18 to 21. The literary and cultural event is designed to create awareness, build capacities and promote all forms of arts.
A statement by the organisers said, this debut edition themed ‘Northern Nigeria Creative Development: The Valley and the Boundary’ will accommodate discourses and engaging interactions in all forms of literary, verbal and visual arts mediums.
The statement said, the headline activity of the four-day event is designed around the literary career, personality and writings of Professor Zainab Alkali who has the distinction of being the first woman novelist from Northern Nigeria to be published in English.
Some of the guest writers attending the festival include Prof. Ahmed Babajo, Prof. E.E Sule, Prof. Asabe Kabir, Dr. Ibraheem Dooba, Dr. Wale Okediran, Dr. Razinat Mohammed, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, BM Dzukogi, Denja Abdullahi, TJ Benson, and Ado Ahmad Gidan Dabino.