General winner, Abebi Award in Afro-Non-Fiction, Immaculate Abba (left), receiving her certificates of participation from the founder, Mofiyinfoluwa Okupe in the course of the awards ceremony in Lagos.
The Abebi Award for Afro-Non-Fiction has rewarded writers of the 5 finest artistic non-fiction tales from the 87 entries submitted throughout the nation.
The award, in response to its founder, Mofiyinfoluwa Okupe, goals to embrace girls who will not be shackled by cultures of silence and disgrace, and convey the choir of their voices to all within the type of story writing.
The awards ceremony, which was held in Ikeja, Lagos, targeted on girls writing artistic non-fiction tales and included the awarding of money prizes to the highest 5 story writers.
Okupe in her remarks mentioned there are a lot of alternatives for fiction and poetry writers, but it surely appears non-fiction as a style isn’t having fun with that highlight and growth.
She emphasised that the award was created to listen to Nigerian girls converse, inform their very own tales in their very own approach and on their very own phrases, in order that the complete society can see what will be discovered from it.
She mentioned: “Nigerian society is a spot the place girls are silent, so this initiative established this award for Nigerian girls who write non-fiction tales
“So lots of the essays we obtained had been primarily based on childbirth, disgrace in society, cultural upbringing, grief.
“The Abebi Prize goals to create an area the place the voices of Nigerian girls are actually heard and create non-fiction in order that the world can see that we’re essential and have an effect to vary our lives and everybody who comes into contact with them.
“We wish to develop this initiative to West Africa in order that it may be a spot the place African girls inform their tales on a world and continental scale.”
The very best story writers, Immaculata Abba, got a prize of N150,000, whereas the primary runners-up, Shalom Esene, received N100,000, Irumo Chukwemeka and Janobest Isaac received N50,000 respectively.
