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- Nigerian writer, Rudolf Okonkwo, at the Christopher Okigbo International Conference
- The International Christopher Okigbo Conference, in honour of Okigbo's life and literary legacy, was held at the University of Massachusetts Boston, MA, USA between september 19 - 13 , 2007.
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- South African poet, Gabeba Baderoon, and other South African writers at the 2007 Cape Town book fair
- In June 2007 Gabeba Baderoon took part in the South Africa's Cape Town Book Fair, which hosted about 26,000 Guest. It was a meeting of publishers, writers, booksellers and the general public. Apart from the usual book trade activities, there were readings by poets and novelists and a special launching of '101 Books to Read before You Die'.
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- Remi Raji in Spain
- From October 20 - 27 2007, Nigerian poet, Remi Raji was guest to the cities of Barcelona and Lleida in Catalunya, Spain where he participated in the 3rd Mahalta International Festival of Poetry (Lleida). He was joined by other guest poets from Mexico, Croatia, and Iran; at the event were also eight notable Catalan poets.
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- PEN International
- Pictures from the Women Writers Committee Confrence of PEN International, Dakar, Senegal from July 11-13, 2007.
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- Nigerian Poet, Ogaga Ifowodo reads at Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, USA.
- On 11 and 12 October 2007, the Nigerian poet and writer, Ogaga Ifowodo, was a keynote speaker at the 2007annual conference of the Indiana College English Association. The conference took place at the Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, USA. On the 11th, Ifowodo gave a university-wide reading and on the 12th a reading to the conference participants. The invitation followed a similar one by the English Association of Pennsylvania State Universities in October 2006. Click below for pictures from the event.
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- Nigerian Poet, Amatoritsero Ede at the Words Aloud Festival, Durham, Ontario
- Nigerian Poet, Amatoritsero Ede, was a guest at the Words Aloud Festival in Durham, Toronto, from November 1- 4 , 2007, and also gave a reading in George Elliott Clarke’s seminar at the English Department, University of Toronto on November 20, 2007. The pictures here are from the Durham Festival readings.
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- Wole Soyinka Visit
- In October 2006, Wole Soyinka, paid a visit to Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario to deliver the 2006 Munro Beattie lecture.
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- Time of the Writer, Durban '07
- Nigerian writer Chika Unigwe joins Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Aminata Sow Fall, Miriam Tlali and other writers at the annual Writers' Fiesta in Durban, South Africa.
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- 2007 Orange Prize
- Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Receives the 2007 Orange Prize for Fiction, for her novel Half of a Yellow Sun.
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