Awka, the capital city of Anambra State, will come alive on Saturday as top public figures, including the state governor, Chukwuma Charles Soludo, Mr. Peter Obi, writers, intellectuals, literary activists, book lovers, and others, join young writers in the state to host the 2024 edition of the Chinua Achebe Literary Festival and Memorial Lecture.
The State Coordinator of the Society of Young Nigerian Writers, Mr. Izunna Okafor, disclosed this on Wednesday in Awka while providing updates on the association’s preparations for the 2024 edition of the Achebe Literary Festival and Memorial Lecture.
According to him, the Chinua Achebe Literary Festival and Memorial Lecture, initiated in 2016 and now in its 9th edition, is a literary event organized annually by the association to honor and commemorate the Nigerian literary icon, the late Prof. Chinua Achebe, celebrating his life, works, and legacy.
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