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Ten Years After, Anambra State Govt Immortalizes Achebe, Renames Airport After Him

  By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Government has immortalized the late Nigerian literary icon, late Prof. Chinua Achebe by renaming the State’s International Cargo and Passenger Airport, Umueri, after him. The State, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, announced this during the Independence Day celebration, which at the Dr Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka, the...

Publication of “Arrows of Words”, an Anthology in Honor of the late Prof. Chinua Achebe.

It was a moment of jubilation as writers and literary enthusiasts from different parts of the country converged in Akwa, the Anambra State Capital, to hail, herald and welcome the arrival of Chinua Achebe Poetry/Essay Anthology —”Arrows of Words” Edited by Izunna Okafor, the new vivacious anthology, which is a publication of the Society of...

Chinua Achebe Literary Festival To Hold In Awka This Saturday —Attend

Literary enthusiasts, writers of all class and intellectuals alike, will come together this Saturday, 16th November converge again at the Prof. Kenneth Dike Central E-Library, Awka, the Capital City of Anambra State, Nigeria, for the 2019 edition of the Chinua Achebe Literary Festival.   The literary festival is an annual literary event organized by the...

Chinua Achebe Literary Festival: Young Writers Visit National Light Newspaper

In preparation for the 2019 edition of the Chinua Achebe Literary Festival, the members of the Society of Young Nigerian Writers (Anambra State Chapter) today, visited the Anambra Newspapers And Printing Corporation (ANPC), publishers of National Light Newspaper, Ka O Di Taa Igbo Newspaper and the Sportslight Xtra. This is the sole print medium of...

Anambra Young Writers Visit National Light Newspaper, Seek Partnership —

By Izunna Okafor It was indeed a moment of ratiocination yesterday as a team the young writers in Anambra state, under the umbrella of Society of Young Nigerian Writers (Anambra State Chapter) visited the longest-thriving state-owned Newspaper in Nigeria — the Anambra Newspaper and Printing Corporation, the publishers of the National Light Newspaper (wwwinationallightngr.com), Ka...