Award-winning Writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Calls On African Leaders To Raise Future Writers That Will Tell African Untold Stories

Creative writing workshop organized by award-winning writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has ended with a call on African leaders to invest in potential writers who will tell many untold stories about Africa and her people.

Speaking at the grand finale of the workshop at Golden Tulip Hotel Agulu, the Anambra-born popular writer said every society needs storytellers without whom humanity will be diminished.

The workshop, aimed at inspiring and raising a community of creative writers who will use their writing abilities in solving societal problems, attracted participants from within and outside Nigeria.

Chimamanda Adichie, who frowned at poor reading culture among young people said for one to achieve success in literary endeavors, sustained personal efforts at reading wide range of books was needed.

Noting that there are many untold stories about Africa, with negative effects on the continent and her people, Adichie said her eleven years old workshop will be sustained to continuously expose young people, especially Ndi-Anambra, to the gains of creative writing.

Adichie’s enthusiasts, including the Managing Director of Anambra Newspapers and Printing Corporation, Mr Chuka Nnabuife, and the founder of JohnBosco Onunkwo Foundation, Chief Engineer JohnBosco Onunkwo, said such capacity-building workshop is needed to redirect the youths to rediscover their roles in building a better society, using creative writing.

Some participants at the concluded workshop, among whom were Kasimma Chinelo Okani from Achina, Anambra state, Anthony Nonso Dim from Imo state but lives in Germany, and Gloria Mwaniga Odary, a teacher from Kenya, said the workshop offered them uncommon opportunities to tap from Adichie’s wealth of knowledge in literary works, urging government and wealthy individuals to assist in sponsoring and providing needed logistics for the continuation of the workshop.

Correspondent Joseph Egbeocha reports that live performance, issuance of certificates to participants, as well as interactive session with Chimamanda Adichie featured in the event attended by Anambra state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr C. Don Adinuba, former media aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Reuben Abati, and other literary giants.