Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, one of the most popular authors among the contemporary Nigerian writers, will begin this year?s Farafina Creative Writing Workshop on Tuesday, August 8, 2012. The ten-days workshop is to hold at Victoria Island, Lagos.
The creative writing workshop, sponsored by Nigerian Breweries, has selected 22 writers from about 900 applicants, who are to be taught creative writing at the workshop. The selected applicants include Richard Ali, Yewande Omotosho, Nnamdi Eme-Awa and Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, a staff of Blueprint.
This year?s workshop, unlike the previous ones, is not going to be anchored by adichie alone. The Caine Prize winning Kenyan author, Biyanvanga Waina, is also billed to be one of the teachers. Jeff Allen is also one f the teachers. The workshop will feature a lot of reading and discussion of fiction, some writing exercises, and discussion of works produced by the participants.
Other students of the workshop are Yemisi Ogbo,??Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, Onomarie Farncesca, Chidinma Nna, and Husnee Hayat.
The workshop is being sponsored by Nigerian Breweries to promote creative writing across Africa. ?I have been writing for four years now. I don?t know some criteria of writing. Learning what I don?t know is the reason why I applied for the workshop.? Husnee Hayat said when she was asked about the essence of the workshop to her literary career. ?Amanda, Wainana and Allen are bigger writers. Their tutelage, I believe, will make me a better writer. Becoming a better writer is the reason why I am attending the workshop.? Hayat added.
Filed Under: Writing
Source: http://blueprintng.com/2012/08/adichie-starts-2012-farafina-workshop-next-week/
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