News | 10 Nigerian Writers In Lebanon For 'SAIL' Project.
Ten writers from Nigeria have arrived Lebanon to
participate in this year’s exchange programme in Lebanon under the “Study
Abroad in Lebanon (SAIL) project, holding from 14th to 24th, September, 2017
reports PM News. The SAIL project is a collaboration of the Cedar Institute of
Lebanon in partnership with the Wole Soyinka Foundation, Nigeria.
The participating writers include Adenle Oloruntoba, Rev.
Sister Mary Aboekwe, Oladele Faji and Khalid Imam.
Khalid Imam, one of the participating writers. |
Others are Ms Salamatu Sule, Mrs Kassima Okani, Wole
Adedoyin, Ms Blessing Christopher, Temi Soyinka and Christian Nayamali.
The event which is the second edition in the series after
the 2016 maiden edition, will have the writers undergo a rigorous course of
eight hours interaction in 10-days with various faculties, guest lecturers and
officially certified tourist guides at the Cedar Institute in Lebanon.
Earlier at a press conference in Lagos on Monday, Nobel
Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka explained
that this year’s edition of the project has seen increase in the number of
participants and called for partnership from government, corporate
organizations and individuals to support the SAIL to get more writers onto the
project.
Prof. Soyinka and Dr. Jafaar at the press conference. |
The Facilitator of the Project, Dr. Habib Jafaar disclosed
that participating writers would partake in intensive course programme to be
co-taught by the faculties of Philosophy, Theology, World and Ottoman History
and Art and Architectural History.
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