Association of Nigerian Authors President Addresses the FGN-Creative Industries Parley “It must be put on record that Nigerian Literature has won all possible international literary awards available in the world: the Noma, the Orange Prize, the Man Booker, Caine Prize, the Fonlon-Nichols, and the Nobel Prize for Literature. This fact is a clear indication of what we must do in our own backyard. As artists, and artistes, we must heal by our creativities: we must continue to paint it; we must continue to sculpt it; we must dramatise it; we must continue to compose and score it; yes, and for Memory, we must WRITE it. Admit it or not, paint it, perform it, act it, install it, weave it or sing it, it must still be WRITTEN ABOUT. The centrality of writing for a nation for historical and scientific purposes cannot be overemphasised. It is for these reasons among others that this occasion becomes a good opportunity to reinvent our interest as a nation in the book and the knowledge industry. On this account, we would like to open a conversation on how to support the creative industry further, on how to support the Book industry, on how to support ANA as the largest body of writers on the African continent, indeed, on how to build enduring structures and institutions for the generality of our countrys creative industry.” Read Full Speech HERE: tinyurl/lerubkb
Posted on: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 05:44:58 +0000
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