The Port Harcourt World
Book Capital (PHWBC) 2014, in continuation of its global outreach, is
participating in the South African Book Fair 2014 which opened on Friday,
June 13 and ran through Sunday, June 15.
Daily Newswatch
gathered that on Sunday, June 15, the PHWBC staged a session of Readings and
Conversations on the theme Possibilities of African Literature in the 21st
Century at its Stand D31-D36 which started at 1pm.
According to PHWBC
team, “In April, the PHWBC staged a similar literary session at the London
Book Fair 2014, where it hosted the Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka and
Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi as special Guests of Honour.
“Among the writers
that participated in the Sunday event was the Etisalat Literature Prize
runner-up, Yewande Omotoso, author of Bom Boy; and South African eminent
writer, teacher and activist, Sindiwe Magona. Other writers and academics
served as speakers or discussants in the conversation was moderated by
Nigerian academic and head of the Centre for African Studies, University of
Cape Town, Prof. Harry Garuba, who is easily described as the 'midwife' of
the second generation of Nigerian poets.
“The event also featured
a formal briefing on the PHWBC by the Project Manager , and Chief Executive Officer
of the coordinating organization, Rainbow Book Club, Mrs. Koko Kalango. It was
coordinated by Mrs Emma Arogundade, assisted by Claire Kelly in Cape Town.”
PHWBC’s Book of the Month (June)
THIS CHILD WILL BE GREAT
by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
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PHWBC
team has also hinted that June’s book reading would take place at the Hotel
Presidential Port Harcourt, by 3pm on the 29th of June 2014.
About the author
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the president of Liberia began her career in the 1970s, when she became the first female Minister of Finance in Liberia.
She has served as the president of the Liberian Bank for Development and Investment, Vice president of Citibank’s African regional in Nairobi, senior loan officer at the World Bank, to mention but a few.
She has received several awards including the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honour bestowed by an American President, Franklin D. Roosevelt freedom of speech award and the Ralph Bunche International Leadership award.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, known as Africa’s iron lady was sworn in as the president in January 2006. In her book This Child Will Be Great, she shares her early childhood, her experiences with abuse, imprisonment, exile and her rise to power.
By telling her story, she encourages women everywhere to pursue leadership roles at the highest levels of power and gives the hope that we can change the world.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the president of Liberia began her career in the 1970s, when she became the first female Minister of Finance in Liberia.
She has served as the president of the Liberian Bank for Development and Investment, Vice president of Citibank’s African regional in Nairobi, senior loan officer at the World Bank, to mention but a few.
She has received several awards including the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honour bestowed by an American President, Franklin D. Roosevelt freedom of speech award and the Ralph Bunche International Leadership award.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, known as Africa’s iron lady was sworn in as the president in January 2006. In her book This Child Will Be Great, she shares her early childhood, her experiences with abuse, imprisonment, exile and her rise to power.
By telling her story, she encourages women everywhere to pursue leadership roles at the highest levels of power and gives the hope that we can change the world.
PHWBC
team has also hinted that June’s book reading would take place at the Hotel
Presidential Port Harcourt, by 3pm on the 29th of June 2014.
About the author
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the president of Liberia began her career in the 1970s, when she became the first female Minister of Finance in Liberia.
She has served as the president of the Liberian Bank for Development and Investment, Vice president of Citibank’s African regional in Nairobi, senior loan officer at the World Bank, to mention but a few.
She has received several awards including the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honour bestowed by an American President, Franklin D. Roosevelt freedom of speech award and the Ralph Bunche International Leadership award.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, known as Africa’s iron lady was sworn in as the president in January 2006. In her book This Child Will Be Great, she shares her early childhood, her experiences with abuse, imprisonment, exile and her rise to power.
By telling her story, she encourages women everywhere to pursue leadership roles at the highest levels of power and gives the hope that we can change the world.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the president of Liberia began her career in the 1970s, when she became the first female Minister of Finance in Liberia.
She has served as the president of the Liberian Bank for Development and Investment, Vice president of Citibank’s African regional in Nairobi, senior loan officer at the World Bank, to mention but a few.
She has received several awards including the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honour bestowed by an American President, Franklin D. Roosevelt freedom of speech award and the Ralph Bunche International Leadership award.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, known as Africa’s iron lady was sworn in as the president in January 2006. In her book This Child Will Be Great, she shares her early childhood, her experiences with abuse, imprisonment, exile and her rise to power.
By telling her story, she encourages women everywhere to pursue leadership roles at the highest levels of power and gives the hope that we can change the world.
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