and similar upscale hotels in the city. There is also an avalanche of dedicated event places in the nation’s capital. Mpape, the rocky topography which has spawned communities, settlements, and ultramodern housing estates is famous as a primary hub for granite mining. Earthquake rhythms, reverberating sounds of explosions, and bombing blasts, therefore, are the defining characteristics of the undulating topography of Mpape.
Back Again at Wargate, . Vatsa also published Reach for the Skies in the same year. The renowned literary scholar, Biodun Jeyifo in a 1988 critique of Vatsa’s work, applauded him for deploying “his enormous influence in government and the federal bureaucracy to avail ANA of much-needed infrastructure and logistical support to see the body through at least two of its yearly conferences”.
Mpape was then some far-flung, forlorn, forested abutment to the city centre of Abuja which was then being gradually developed into the future capital. If that pseudo-remoteness of Mpape was initially assumed to be a safeguard against the identification of the property by prospectors or trespassers, such calculation turned out to be wrong. Possessing, policing and developing that generous expanse of land in an FCT lapping development like famished fish, was not as straightforward.
The pre-event meet and greet was spiced by drama, music and dance, as delegates to the convention savoured banters, back-slaps, drinks and finger foods. Titled: ‘Resilience and Nation Building: The Role of Nigerian Literature’, the 40th-anniversary lecture was delivered by literary laureate and awardee of the Nigerian National Order of Merit , Emeritus Professor Femi Osofisan. He saluted the memory of the initiator and pioneer leader of ANA, Chinua Achebe. “We cannot forget him,” he said.
Olu Obafemi, a recipient of the Nigeria National Order of Merit , spoke at the induction and enjoined inductees to build upon and raise the bar of the state of literature in Nigeria today. Razinat Mohammed, a professor at the University of Abuja, presented the keynote address on Na’Allah’s behalf. The institution was thrown into mourning on Monday, October 24, 2022, when Adakole Oklobia, a professor of theatre arts, sadly died in an automobile crash.
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