OSUN ANA TO
HOST AKANBI ALBERT AFESO
The
Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Osun State chapter will on Sunday, 25th
of February, 2018 hosts Mr. Akanbi Albert Afeso, a novelist and poet who is
also a member of the Association.
Afeso
was born in Nigeria on 31st of March 1982. He is a child rights
advocate who works for the Federal Government of Nigeria at NASRDA and a number
of NGOs as a volunteer.
He
holds a B.Sc. in Economics from Delta State University and a Diploma in
Persuasive Storytelling and Journalism from RNTC Media institute in the
Netherlands.
One
of his short stories was among 50 selected from 38 writers representing 16
countries that appeared in the African Book Club’s maiden anthology ‘The
Bundles of Joy and Other Stories from Africa’s published in the United State of
America in 2014.
As
an alumni of the Sangam House International Writers Residency in India, his
creative piece on the subject of dance and the writing craft was among the over
44 works selected from over 40 writers cut across 3 continents that appeared in
the Vol. 3 of the Sangam House reader, ‘Other Windows’, published in India in
early 2017.
His
touching short story on the subject of rape and teenage pregnancy, ‘That Sunday
Afternoon’, won the maiden WordMaster Writers’ Challenge Competition in May,
2015.
He
hosts a column on NaijaGists Magazine, and writers weekly Op-Ed articles @
Premium Times. Ynaija! Newspapers and a host of other platforms.
He
is the author of Edge of Patience, Cold Black Night and November 5, which was
recently adopted into the Oyo State Book List for secondary schools literature
students.
According
to ANA Osun Chairman Mr. Muriola Awosemo, the event will take place at NUJ
Press Centre, Osogbo, Osun state by 2:30Pm prompt.
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