Sola Osofisan
07-03-2009, 12:14 AM
Lagos Writers Celebrate Soyinka the Lion of Nigerian Letters @ 75
A great pride of Nigerian letter, Prof. Wole Soyinka will be 75 this July 13, the Centre of Excellence chapter of the Association of Nigerian Authors, Lagos will be rolling out the drums for this most lettered one whose longevity of life remains puzzling considering his fights and dare-devilry against the system and share adventure from his youth till date.
For us as writers, Wole Soyinka remains another living proof that those who save their lives would always lose it, but those who lose their lives for a cause would always gain it, a growing characteristic of the longevity of fighters who escape falling on the battlefield.
ANA Lagos has chosen to roll out the drums for this lion of Nigerian letter as we commence the gathering of the tribe of writers and readers to do A CRITIQUE OF THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF WOLE SOYINKA AT 75 through the lenses of the post 1960 born generation of Ngerian writers.
Happily,says the chairman and author of The WEIGHT OF WAITING, 2009 some Nigerian letters abroad are home to help us divine the life and letters of a man with a most unusual head for apprehending and comprehending elusive and profound matters with his deep mind.
First Segment; [2pm- 2.40pm]
- Readings and recollections from Wole Soyinka books, poems, theatre , essays and newspaper interviews
Moderator; DAGGA TOLAR, a poet, activist and unionist
Second Segment; [2.40pm - 4.00pm]
The Theatre of Wole Soyinka
Speakers;
Mr.Wole Oguntokun, lawyer, dramatist and a Soyinka promoter
Mr. Makinde Adeniran, playwright, theatre director and theatr critic
Moderator; Mr. Mufu Onifade, painter, playwright and
Chairman, National Association of Theatre Arts Practitioners, NANTAP, Lagos
Third Segment; [4pm - 6pm]
Foreign Guest Writers
Dr. Maik Nwosu,
Mutiple award winner in literature and journalism, poet,journalist, essayist, novelist and
Author, Invisible Chapters, Alpha Songs etc
fellow, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Germany,and the Civitella Raniieri Centre, Italy
Ass. Prof of World Literature
University of Denver, Colorado, U.S.A
Dr. Obi Nwakanma
Award winning poet, journalist, columnist, polemist and biographer
Author, Horsemen and other Poems,2007 and the much awaited
literary biography of Christopher Okigbo, '' Thirtsting for Sunlight''
Ass. Prof of Poetry
Truman State University, U.S.A
Mr. Nduka Otiono
Joint award wining poet, art journalist, short story writer ,book editor
Author, The Night Hides with a Knife, Voices in the Rainbow, Love in a Time
of Nightmare,2008
Former ANA General Secretary,
Recipient of the FS Chia Doctoral Scholarship in the Department of English
and Film Studies,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada,
Mrs. Angela Nwosu
Poetess, columnist and author of Waking Dreams, holds a masters degree
in literature.She now operates from Denver, Colorado, U.S.A
Moderator,
Dr. Reuben Abati
Theatre scholar,critic, romance writer, journalist,columnist, book reviewer
Co-author of a biography, Odutola
Chairman, Editorial Board, The Guardian
ONE THING IS COMMON TO ALL OUR SPEAKERS,WRITERS AND MODERATORS,they are all
post-1960 born generation of Nigerian writers.
PS;There will be light refreshment.
Pls Come with your contribution as agreed by the house of June meeting with your
donations towards the recovery of our Ass. Secretary,Mr. Adeshina Olusanya,who got
struck by stroke and needs our urgent attention
Yours faithfully
Chike Ofili
chairman, ANA, Lagos
A great pride of Nigerian letter, Prof. Wole Soyinka will be 75 this July 13, the Centre of Excellence chapter of the Association of Nigerian Authors, Lagos will be rolling out the drums for this most lettered one whose longevity of life remains puzzling considering his fights and dare-devilry against the system and share adventure from his youth till date.
For us as writers, Wole Soyinka remains another living proof that those who save their lives would always lose it, but those who lose their lives for a cause would always gain it, a growing characteristic of the longevity of fighters who escape falling on the battlefield.
ANA Lagos has chosen to roll out the drums for this lion of Nigerian letter as we commence the gathering of the tribe of writers and readers to do A CRITIQUE OF THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF WOLE SOYINKA AT 75 through the lenses of the post 1960 born generation of Ngerian writers.
Happily,says the chairman and author of The WEIGHT OF WAITING, 2009 some Nigerian letters abroad are home to help us divine the life and letters of a man with a most unusual head for apprehending and comprehending elusive and profound matters with his deep mind.
First Segment; [2pm- 2.40pm]
- Readings and recollections from Wole Soyinka books, poems, theatre , essays and newspaper interviews
Moderator; DAGGA TOLAR, a poet, activist and unionist
Second Segment; [2.40pm - 4.00pm]
The Theatre of Wole Soyinka
Speakers;
Mr.Wole Oguntokun, lawyer, dramatist and a Soyinka promoter
Mr. Makinde Adeniran, playwright, theatre director and theatr critic
Moderator; Mr. Mufu Onifade, painter, playwright and
Chairman, National Association of Theatre Arts Practitioners, NANTAP, Lagos
Third Segment; [4pm - 6pm]
Foreign Guest Writers
Dr. Maik Nwosu,
Mutiple award winner in literature and journalism, poet,journalist, essayist, novelist and
Author, Invisible Chapters, Alpha Songs etc
fellow, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Germany,and the Civitella Raniieri Centre, Italy
Ass. Prof of World Literature
University of Denver, Colorado, U.S.A
Dr. Obi Nwakanma
Award winning poet, journalist, columnist, polemist and biographer
Author, Horsemen and other Poems,2007 and the much awaited
literary biography of Christopher Okigbo, '' Thirtsting for Sunlight''
Ass. Prof of Poetry
Truman State University, U.S.A
Mr. Nduka Otiono
Joint award wining poet, art journalist, short story writer ,book editor
Author, The Night Hides with a Knife, Voices in the Rainbow, Love in a Time
of Nightmare,2008
Former ANA General Secretary,
Recipient of the FS Chia Doctoral Scholarship in the Department of English
and Film Studies,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada,
Mrs. Angela Nwosu
Poetess, columnist and author of Waking Dreams, holds a masters degree
in literature.She now operates from Denver, Colorado, U.S.A
Moderator,
Dr. Reuben Abati
Theatre scholar,critic, romance writer, journalist,columnist, book reviewer
Co-author of a biography, Odutola
Chairman, Editorial Board, The Guardian
ONE THING IS COMMON TO ALL OUR SPEAKERS,WRITERS AND MODERATORS,they are all
post-1960 born generation of Nigerian writers.
PS;There will be light refreshment.
Pls Come with your contribution as agreed by the house of June meeting with your
donations towards the recovery of our Ass. Secretary,Mr. Adeshina Olusanya,who got
struck by stroke and needs our urgent attention
Yours faithfully
Chike Ofili
chairman, ANA, Lagos