The convener of the Akada Kids’s E book Competition (ACBF) in Lagos, Mrs Olubunmi Aboderin Talabi, has acknowledged that the competition has helped revive the moribund studying tradition amongst youngsters in Nigeria, selling nationwide cohesion and safety.
The famend writer stated the competition, the primary and largest Nigerian e book competition explicitly curated for youngsters, marked its greatest version but, with a large number of colleges in attendance, 34 authors and audio system, and 27 featured books; 14 workshops; 11 story time periods; eight e book readings; 5 e book chats; and an array of participating actions, all designed to encourage curiosity and creativity in younger readers.
She stated, “We’re delighted by the unimaginable power and enthusiasm that crammed this yr, the seventh version of the Akada Kids’s E book Competition.
“The theme ‘E book an Journey’ reminds us that each story opens a brand new door of discovery. Books give youngsters the braveness to think about, to dream, and to discover worlds past their very own. At Akada Kids’s E book Competition, we wish each youngster to expertise that sense of marvel and risk—to see studying not as a activity, however as an journey ready to unfold. Our aim is to maintain constructing a era that reads, creates, and tells the African story with satisfaction.”
The competition additionally recognised excellence in youngsters’s literature with three main awards offered throughout the occasion. Komtu, the Grumpy Chameleon, gained Image E book of the Yr. The Water College by Ogbu Eme was named Early Reader E book of the Yr. In the meantime, Lola Shoneyin & KR Onimole acquired the Kids’s E book of the Yr Award for his or her biography of Tunde Onakoya, the Chess Champion.
Commenting on the popularity, Lola Shoneyin expressed her appreciation, noting that initiatives just like the Akada Kids’s E book Competition play an important position in nurturing the subsequent era of thinkers and dreamers.
“Tales have the facility to form how youngsters see themselves and what they imagine is feasible,” she stated.
Award winner Tayo Oyetayo stated, “My aim is to rigorously craft a world in my youngsters’s books the place each youngster sees themselves mirrored within the pages. The Akada Kids’s Books Competition creates a platform that recognises and elevates these tales.”
