AMAB Book Club opens the year with a Fiesta.
The 1st AMAB
BOOK CLUB FIESTA held on the evening of Saturday 7th January 2O17 at the
Shamraz Plaza, Minna. The Fiesta, co-ordinated by Nana Sule
brought together members of the AMAB Book Club for an end-of-year review
of the club's activities in the year 2016.
Members
and guests at the Fiesta voted 'Born on a Tuesday' (BOAT) by El-Nathan
John as the most deserving of the 2016 NLNG (Nigeria Prize for
Literature) fiction prize than the winning book, Season of Crimson
Blossoms by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim.
BOAT
was favoured over Season of Crimson Blossoms as, in their view, it has a
better flow of narration, accessible language and tangible
characterization with readers able to connect easily and deeper with
Dantala of BOAT than Hajiya or her lover in the Season of Crimson
Blossoms.
Members
and guests also reviewed major literary activities of 2016 including
the Caine and Nobel Literature Prizes as they enjoyed drinks, music
and a game of scrabbles.
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