Why Farafina is targeted at youth creativity — Chimamanda Adichie

Award-winning author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has explained that the need to provide a platform for youthful and emerging writers to discover and explore their potentials formed the basis for the launch of her pet project: Farafina Workshop. Chimamanda who gave the explanation at a briefing with journalists in Lagos also disclosed that the annual ‘Creative […]

Award-winning author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has explained that the need to provide a platform for youthful and emerging writers to discover and explore their potentials formed the basis for the launch of her pet project: Farafina Workshop.

Chimamanda who gave the explanation at a briefing with journalists in Lagos also disclosed that the annual ‘Creative Writing Workshop’ which is now being sponsored by Trace Nigeria will hold between November 20 and 30, 2018.

According to the author, the Farafina workshop which she conceived as an idea 12 years ago but now in its 11th year, has made tremendous impact on the lives of its past cohorts who have since gone on to achieve greater things. She added that the sort of story tellers being churned out of the annual workshop are the type the country needs “because every society needs story tellers”.

“I remember in the past that people used to host receptions in my honour for one thing or the other. While I was not against that, I said to myself at a time that ‘instead of people spending these lots to host receptions for me, why shouldn’t they put the money in a workshop?”

The Managing Director of Venator Partners/Trace Nigeria, Sam Onyemelukwe said, “We are very pleased to partner with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. She is an inspiration to youth in Africa and around the world.”

The workshop, formerly known as the Farafina Trust Creative Writing workshop is now to be called the Purple Hibiscus Trust Writing Workshop.