The inaugural edition of the Akada Children’s Book Festival held on Saturday, 27th April 2019 at the British Council, Ikoyi, Lagos. An initiative of the publisher of Clever Clogs Books, Olubunmi Aboderin Talabi; the event was designed to showcase children’s books written by African authors or books written by authors from around the world for children of colour.
With loads of exhibitions and activities going on at the venue, the workshops for children kicked off with a session titled ‘’When I Grow Up” facilitated by Queen’s Young Leader awardee and MTV Europe Generation Change award winner, Hauwa Ojeifo.Dr.
Family Life Therapist, Praise Fowowe and Medical Director of Pinnacle Medical Services, popularly known as the Celebrity shrink, Dr. Maymunah Kadiri both spoke on different sessions of parents’ popular workshop “Reading the Signs, Hearing What They Don’t Say.” There was also a keenly contested writing competition which had begun before the festival day with participants having to write on the topic “Hidden Treasures.” It was a close contest with the results announced on the day of the festival; Ademide Onafowokan emerged first overall with a total of 85 marks, the first runner-up was Victor O. Momoh with 75 marks and the second runner-up was Folajinmi Agaba with 70 marks.
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