Between 2006 and 2009, the present executive of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), expected to hand over by October 2009, has held three colloquia to honour literary legends, both living and dead.
Professor Wole Soyinka was the first beneficiary in 2006 at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 20 years after he became the first African to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Last year, the acclaimed father of African literature, Chinua Achebe, was honoured at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, for the 50 years celebration of his evergreen award winning novel, Things Fall Apart, apart from activities that graced the occasion at various parts of the nation. The last and the most recent was held on July 9, 2009, at Kaduna State University, Kaduna, to honour the renowned Hausa writer and scholar, late Abubakar Imam, who died 28 years ago.
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