Aboderin-Talabi, others win African literary awards
Agencies/Sudan Events
Akada Children’s Book Festival founded by a children’s book author, Olubunmi Aboderin-Talabi, has emerged in the 2023 Brittle Paper African Literary Platform of the Year.
Aboderin-Talabi, who organized the first edition of the festival in 2019, is a director of PUNCH Nigeria Limited and author.
This is just as a Ghanaian writer and culture curator, Sylvia Arthur, was named the winner of the 2023 Brittle Paper African Literary Person of the Year.
The awards recognize individuals who have done outstanding works in advancing African literary culture and industry in the given year.
According to a statement posted on the Instagram page of the organizer, other winners at the 9th edition of the awards include the South African digital content creator, Nokukhanya Ntsaluba, who won the Social Media Influencer of the Year and Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure who won the Publisher of the Year award.
Commenting on the awardees, the organiser of the awards, Brittle Paper, said those recognized are individuals who have done outstanding work in advancing African literary culture and industry in 2023.
