Tag: Hadiza Isma El-Rufai
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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai’s ‘An Abundance of Scorpions’ for One Read in February 2021.
Hadiza Isma El-Rufai’s debut novel An Abundance of Scorpions is the February 2021 offering at the One Read App. One Read is a mobile application, brought to you by Nigeria’s Sterling Bank and Ouida Books, aimed at promoting writers, publishers, and other players in the African book industry to create a community of readers. So…
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Richard Ali was the Yasmin El-Rufai foundation artist of the month
Writer, lawyer, and publisher Richard Ali was the Yasmin El-Rufai foundation artist of the month for February 2018. The Yasmin El-Rufai foundation is a non-governmental, non-political and non-profit organization established in 2013 by Hadiza Isma El-Rufai in memory of her daughter Yasmin El-Rufai, who had a great passion for literature, creativity, and knowledge. The foundation…
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Kaba Festival 2017 videos now available online on YouTube
The inaugural Kaduna Book & Arts Festival also known as the Kaba Festival was hosted from July 5-8, 2017 in Kaduna State, Nigeria in collaboration with the Book Buzz foundation. Video interviews from festival guests are now available online. As part of its centenary celebrations, the Nigerian state of Kaduna is introduced a literary event…
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The Ake Arts & Book Festival 2017 opening ceremony
The Ake Festival 2017 kicked off with an opening ceremony to remember. Thursday November 16, 2017 was a special day as it started with the ultimate nod from Western civilisation as ‘father of modern African literature” Chinua Achebe was featured as a Google dongle. The google dongle for those who don’t use the ubiquitous US…