Date: 27 November 2010
Multi-award winning poet and academician, Dr. Musa Idris Okpanachi will be the Guest Writer at the November 2010 monthly Guest Writer’s Session of Association of Nigerian Authors, Abuja Chapter which is schedule to hold on Saturday 27th November 2010.
Okpanachi who hails from Kogi state is a long serving member of the University of Maiduguri’s Department of English. His poetry coll...ection, The Eaters of the Living published by Kraft Books Limited, won the 2008 ANA/Cadbury Prize for Poetry worth $1000, which the Judges described as “essentially a forceful presentation of the agony and pains of the masses that are callously emasculated by the rapacious rulers of the land.
The Guest Writer Session of ANA Abuja was designed to bring the writers across the various genres of literature – poetry, prose and drama in contact with their readers for the purpose of promoting a healthy reading culture and a literate society.
The session which will take place at the French Cultural Centre, 52 Libreville Street, off Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse II (behind Mr. Biggs) by 3pm will feature readings from the Guest Writers’ old and new books, as well as open mic session for other writers in attendance.
According to the Chairman of the Chapter, Dr. Seyi Adigun, “the November edition is usually the last official activity of our chapter. Therefore, the choice of Dr. Okpanachi is to accord him the honour he deserves as one of the great poets around. On the other hands, it provides us opportunity to interact with the man and his work.”