Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from June, 2022

A LOCAL MAN'S STORY

Busayo Fakunle, children's story author.   'That day was indeed an evil one devil drank water.' Busayo Fakunle  When it started to rain yesterday, there wasn't any sign that the heaven would weep at all. Suddenly, everywhere became dark -cloudy. I was just coming from my children's school almost two miles away after dropping them off when the weather changed totally. It has become my daily routine during weekdays as their dad to drop them off in school. Really, to say fatherhood is stressful is an understatement.  The bike man sped up, trying to perhaps avoid being drenched by the 'gathering' rain. I was scared. The atmosphere became windy. It was too windy. I became more scared when I noticed the 'bike man' had no thought of marching on the brake on such a busy road filled up with fastly moving cars, tricycles, motorcycles, and especially young children who were walking by the roadside, going to school.  Just then, I reasoned like some of our leader...

THE PAN AFRICAN WRITERS ASSOCIATION (PAWA) CONFERENCE

 THE PAN AFRICAN WRITERS ASSOCIATION (PAWA) CONFERENCE AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY: DATE: June 23 to 25 2022  VENUE:  Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Writers from 40 African Countries will be in attendance. PARTNERS Nigerian Academy Of Letters (NAL) and the Association Of Nigerian Authors (ANA) THEME: Literature Since Makerere 1962: The African Writers’ Pan-African Agenda For Peace, Security and Cultural Development. HIGHLIGHTS Keynote Lectures  Panel Discussions Business Meeting Festival Of Life  Excursions  Awards/Dinner Night P.S. Conference will be Physical and Virtual. (Zoom details later) RSVP Dr Wale Okediran  PAWA Secretary General  waleokediran@yahoo.co.uk