ANA, ALS, 2MG & Int’l Literary Agencies Mark 10th Anniversary Of Achebe’s Death

Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), Abuja Literary Society (ALS), 2 Masks & a Griot (2MG) in collaboration several international agencies and institutes, are marking the tenth anniversary of the passing of the internationally acclaimed author, Chinua Achebe.

The groups are marking the event with an international hybrid roundtable discussion themed: Revisiting Chinua Achebe’s Position on Colonial Language and Creative Writing in Africa holding today, May 20, at the Mamman Jiya Vatsa (ANA) Writers Village in Mpape, Abuja.

Scheduled to feature in the panel are Terri Ochiagha of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK; Manfred Metzner of Vetlag Das Winderhorn Publishing House; Kenyan writer, Barack Wanderah Oduor, Egyptian writer and Poet, Ashraf Aboul-Yazid and Nigerian author, Romeo Oriogun based in the UK.

Literature enthusiasts’ home and abroad are encouraged to join the event physically at the writers’ village or virtually on zoom at 2pm today.