Convener of the Akada Kids’s E-book Competition (ACBF), Mrs Olubunmi Talabi, has disclosed that this 12 months’s version of the competition would give attention to selling literacy in Nigeria.
Talabi, who spoke with reporters in Lagos, stated the sixth version of the competition could be held on October 26.
She defined that the yearly occasion offers a platform for indigenous authors and encourages engagement with youngsters’s books and literature.
She disclosed that this 12 months’s theme: ‘Learn your means,’ underscores the significance of selling literacy and studying tradition amongst youngsters aged 13 and under.
In line with Talabi, the competition goals to encourage younger readers and domesticate a lifelong love of studying via partaking actions and experiences.
She stated: “The Akada Kids’s E-book Competition showcases literary works for a various viewers of kids. Traditionally, most youngsters’s books out there have been imported and featured cultures totally different from our personal.
“This publicity may lead youngsters to really feel disconnected from their very own tradition. In response, I started writing books with protagonists who mirrored the experiences and environments acquainted to our youngsters.
“The competition was born from this initiative and has grown right into a platform for showcasing numerous authors. It’s thrilling to see extra writers specializing in tales that resonate with our youngsters’s personal experiences,” she stated.
Writer of Captain of Aster, Nnenna Ochiche, stated the competition will function a platform for writers of African origin, to achieve wider audiences and construct their readership.
She famous that via the competition, many authors have gained important recognition, putting a robust emphasis on youngsters’s studying.
“By offering rigorously curated content material that’s each child-friendly and academic, the competition not solely celebrates literature, but additionally fosters a love of studying amongst younger readers,” Ochiche added.
The competition is anticipated to function 32 unique youngsters’s books created by Nigerians.
