Testimonials from A-Book-A-Child literary campaign
Ever since the Association of
Nigerian Author (ANA) A-Book-A-Child nationwide project was flagged off in
Benue during the association’s 36th International Convention which held in
Makurdi, Benue State in October, 2017, pleasing testimonies have been
ricocheting from all corners across the country.
A stakeholder in the promotion of
literature in the country, who prefers anonymity, told this reporter that the
impact of the project is being felt across the country.
According to him, the programme is a
success because it has been garnering endorsements from literary enthusiasts,
parents and the children alike.
Initially, when the grand for the
ANA/Yusuf Ali Nationwide Literary Awareness Campaign was secured in 2017, the
President of the association, Malam Denja Abdulahi’s administration decided to
channel the fund towards enhancing children’s literary horizon, hence the grant
was used to publish three children’s literature titles under the Nigerian
Writers Series(NWS).
The beneficiary authors are:
Salamatu Sule (Oma the Drummer Queen), Chinyere Obi-Obasi (The Loyal Queen) and
Kabiru Abdullahi (The Golden Girl of Galma), who have exhibited a great deal of
creative ingenuity in their presentation.
A-Book-A-Child,
Bayelsa
It could also be recalled that last
year, ANA organised a manuscript submission competition for possible
children-centred books that would be published to power the project. 13
manuscripts were received, which were passed to the series editors, who are
experts in children’s literature.
Three manuscripts were adjudged
publishable, which we have published under the Nigerian Writers Series (NWS) of
ANA through ANA’s publishing outfit, NWS Publishers.
In his remark, the President
explained the concept behind ANA’s A-Book -A-Child nationwide project was to
get a literarily impact into every school-going Nigerian child from the ages of
5 – 12.
“The books were published with the
fund received from Yusuf Ali as part of his annual grant to the association. We
are presently distributing the books to bookshop outlets nationwide but our
major design is to distribute nationwide through our chapters,” he said.
He therefore expressed his appreciation to Yusuf Ali for the philanthropic role he has been playing towards uplifting literature and literary culture across the country.
He therefore expressed his appreciation to Yusuf Ali for the philanthropic role he has been playing towards uplifting literature and literary culture across the country.
The president, therefore, sought the
cooperation of corporate bodies and well-meaning individuals to get at least a
copy of the book into the hands of the given targeted school-going children.
“Also, government agencies
regulating and facilitating the introduction of good books into the school
curricula are also our targets. We are doing this because we feel as writers,
we have a great role to play in making our children get access to well-written
books that will inspire them to be good citizens of this country.”
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