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Karimot Olábísí Odébòdé is a Nigerian education advocate, lawyer, poet, and founder of Black Girl's Dream Initiative, a youth-led organization aimed at closing the gender gap. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 2022, she was the only Nigerian on the lists of the 2022 United Nations cohort of 17 Young Leaders for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs ...
The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) was founded in 1964 to be the voice and the umbrella Organisation for youth organisations in the country. It is responsible with issues affecting Nigeria's youth because it is the voice of Nigeria's youth. The Youth Council is non‐governmental, non‐partisan, and not‐for‐profit organisation ...
It was in 1994 that Kabura Zakama met Prof Zaynab Alkali who invited him to a defining poetry/short story workshop which birthed Vultures in the Air: Voices from Northern Nigeria. [6] From that time, Kabura Zakama, who was a closet poet, begin to publish his poems in newspapers, magazines and anthologies.
Jeff Unaegbu was appointed the Oja Cultural Development Initiative (OCDI) envoy/ ambassador on 1 October 2019. Between 5 and 11 December 2019, he was in Zimbabwe on residency to supervise the Igbo indigenous Architecture or compound and exchange cultural ideas with the Dzimbanhete Arts and Culture Interactions Trust (DACIT) as the representative for OCDI.
The Eye of the Earth is a collection of poems by Niyi Osundare, published in 1986 by Heinemann Educational Books. The work was awarded the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the African poetry book category, and the Association of Nigerian Authors' Poetry Prize in its year of publication. The collection comprises nineteen poems that explore nature ...
Mabel Segun, NNOM (born 1930) is a Nigerian poet, playwright and writer of short stories and children's books. She has also been a teacher, broadcaster, and a sportswoman. She has also been a teacher, broadcaster, and a sportswoman.
The Atyap Community Development Association (ACDA), is a sociocultural organisation established to promote the interests of the Atyap people of Southern Kaduna, Nigeria. [1] The organization, earlier known as the "Kataf Youth Development Association" (KYDA) was established in 1989, but later renamed in 2010 to its present name.
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