Bada Murya opens for applications

Award-winning author, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, is among a team of seasoned writers as facilitators for Bada Murya, a fellowship for writers from Northern Nigeria. Ibrahim would be joined by Ayisha Osori, Wana Udobang, Dike Chukwumerije, Titiilope Sonuga, and Efe Paul Azino to coach writers for the six-month digital fellowship. The Creative Director of Creative Africa, […]

Award-winning author, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, is among a team of seasoned writers as facilitators for Bada Murya, a fellowship for writers from Northern Nigeria.

Ibrahim would be joined by Ayisha Osori, Wana Udobang, Dike Chukwumerije, Titiilope Sonuga, and Efe Paul Azino to coach writers for the six-month digital fellowship.

The Creative Director of Creative Africa, organisers of the fellowship, Efe Paul Azino, said the fellowship presented an opportunity for young people in the region to redirect their destinies and write a new history for the region.

He said digital technology, in the last decade, has presented young people across Northern Nigeria and the world with opportunities to access information, connect, collaborate and create in unprecedented ways.

He said, “There is a strong tradition of literary, cultural and artistic production from the North, and we are happy to contribute to it. For a region as beleaguered by stereotypes as it is by poor leadership or extremist ideologies, challenging the prevailing narrative is important.”

According to him, Bada Murya invokes the power of narrative/storytelling to shift perceptions and facilitate accountability and is open to writers of poetry, fiction, non-fiction and playwrights that would be delivered over a period of six months, with three months of intense craft-shaping and insight workshops, and three months of one-on-one mentorship, feedback culminating in a published chapbook and a special showcase at the 2021 edition of the Lagos International Poetry Festival. He said applicants have until April 10 to apply by visiting www.BadaMurya.com