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By Paul Liam The significance of the "word" as an instrument of peace amongst cultures and religions of the world permeated the discussions and artistic renditions by secondary school students, writers and poets, when the city of Minna, on November 23, 2017 joined other cities of the world in celebrating the International Day of Word. The event which was organised in Nigeria by The Art-Muse-Fair News Blog in collaboration with the Niger State Book and Other Intellectual Resource Development Agency, took place at the conference hall of the Agency. According to the Curator of the Art-Muse-Fair News Blog, Aminu S. Muhammed, who is a writer and a former Chairman of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) in Niger state, the event sought to draw the world's attention to the importance of the word and to equally stress the need for people to use the word positively in uniting rather than dividing the world. Muhammed further opined that irrespective

Marking this year’s International Day of Word, Students and writers gathered in Minna, Niger state on Thursday, November 23, to pay tribute to the power of word through reading of poems and flash fiction that promote peace, love and understanding among cultures and religions. November 23 is being promoted by the Cesar Egido Serrano Foundation , Spain as International Day of Word to celebrate the word as a bond to humankind. The Nigerian event was organized by the Arts-Muse Fair News Blog, appointed as Ambassador of the Word by the Foundation, in collaboration with the Niger State Book and Other Intellectual Resource Development Agency.   The Curator of the Art- Muse Fair News Blog, Aminu S Muhammad, said the International Day of Word is an annual global occasion to celebrate the importance of word as a tool for promoting peace, love and understanding amongst humanity. Panelists at the occasion  He observed that use of words have positive and negative ef

The Cesar Egido Serrano Foundation, Spain has appointed the Arts-Muse Fair Blog as an Ambassador of the word in Nigeria. A notice of the appointment, which came via email, urged the blog to organize literary activities to mark Thursday, 23 November this year as International Day of Word . The appointment notice stated “This year on the 23rd of November we will celebrate the anniversary of the word as a bond to humankind, coinciding with the date in which the Museum of the word opened. This year, the Cesar Egido Serrano Foundation would like to appoint you an ambassador of the word in your country or city of origin for which you may, coinciding with that date, organize activities and initiatives in your place of residence with friends and other institutions”. Since 2014, The Museum of the Words, a part of the Cesar Egido Serrano Foundation, whose ethos is to promote art and the use of dialogue as a tool to achieve peace between different cultures and religions ho