Sep 04, 2014 and when one adds to this the fact that port harcourt is the world book capital 2014 with book events lined up the whole year round, peaking in october, there is so much to look forward to already. Port harcourt world book capital 2014 home facebook. Pdf dynamic partnership for access and transformation in. Hay festival went on to produce africa39, for authors from subsaharan africa and the diaspora port harcourt unesco world book capital 2014, and. The rainbow book club submitted a bid to united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization unesco with the support of rt. The project director of the port harcourt world book capital 2014, koko kalango, unfolds programmes that show that the garden city is ready for its oneyear tenure as the global headquarters of books.
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Apr 10, 2014 the countdown to an actionpacked launch of port harcourt world book capital 2014 begins with a briefing at lbf at 4pm today thursday introduced by wole soyinka. Official web site this page was last edited on 28 march 2021, at 03. Sustaining the gains of unesco portharcourt world book capital. Port harcourt world book capital moonchilds temple. Towards the end of the occasion, the city of port harcourt was reaffirmed as unescos world book capital for the year 2014. International publishers association world book capital.
Port harcourt named world book capital 2014 united. According to the minister of health, federal republic of nigeria, as at 1800hrs on the 10th of september 2014, we have confirmed that nigeria. Port harcourt world book capital on in spite of ebola scares james. Taking a bold step further from their annual literary event, they entered a bid in june this year to stage the biannual world book festival in port harcourt. Dynamic partnership for access and transformation in. Tahun negara bandar pengesahan unesco 2011 argentina buenos aires 2012 armenia yerevan 20 thailand bangkok 2014 nigeria port harcourt 2015 korea selatan incheon 2016 poland wroclaw 14 2017 guinea conakry 15 2018 greece athens 16 2019 amiriah arab bersatu sharjah 17 2020 malaysia kuala lumpur 18 rujukan sunting sunting sumber.
Unesco nominates port harcourt for 2014 world book centre. Mar 17, 2014 the countdown to port harcourt s tenure as unesco world book capital 2014 formally began at the weekend with the conclusion of pilot programmes, such as the test run of book clubs, reading tree. Port harcourt unesco world book capital 2014menu the. The national walking book began its journey from port harcourt, the unesco world book capital 2014 around the south south states 1721 february then the south east states 2428 february.
The city of port harcourt nigeria was named the world book capital for the year 2014 after the selection committee, composed of. Port harcourt world book capital 2014 events kick off. In july 2012, unesco, ipa, ibf and ifla named port harcourt the world book capital for the year 2014, making her the 14th city in the world to be selected as world book capital and the first in black africa. Aug 01, 2012 port harcourt was chosen as the world book capital for 2014 on account of the quality of its programme, in particular its focus on youth and the impact it will have on improving nigerias. The world book capital city celebrates literature, publishing, and reading. Barrett was named as one of 39 subsaharan african writers aged under 40 in the hay festival and rainbow book club africa39 project celebrating port harcourt unesco world book capital 2014.
With the support of the presidency, the government of rivers state and unesco nigeria, rainbow book club bidded for port harcourt to be unesco world. Port harcourt world book capital 2014, port harcourt. Its a book initiative of the worlds cultural organisation to emphasize the place of books in worlds civilization. Port harcourt s rise to the forefront of the book business is driven by koko kalango and her rainbow book club. Nigerian city of port harcourt named 2014 world book. By this nomination, port harcourt would host the unesco world book capital wbc from april 23rd 2014 to april 22nd 2015. It was a hay festival and rainbow book club project celebrating port harcourt unesco world book capital 2014. Unesco names port harcourt 2014 world book capital connect. Unesco world book capital 2014 by identifying 39 of the most promising writers under the age of 40 with the potential and talent to define trends in the development of literature from africa and the african diaspora. Ritty hair clips, port harcourt world book capital 2014. The success of world book and copyright day, launched in 1996, encouraged unesco to.
A list of activities to mark this years port harcourt world book capital has been scheduled to begin on april 22, according to the organizers. Reverberating tales from port harcourt, world book capital 2014. The pride of one city, lessons for an entire continent 05152015 03. The idea is to select some of the best writers on the continent under 40 and celebrate them all through the duration the city hosts the book capital. A pictorial journey of nigerias unesco world book capital city. The brain behind port harcourts emergence remains the rainbow book club, based in the oil city, which submitted a bid to unesco with the. The city of port harcourt, nigeria, has been nominated the. The opening ceremonies for the port harcourt world book capital 2014 are scheduled to take place between april 22 and 26. Igoni barrett, as well as ola rotimi and ken sarowiwa, was named world book capital for 2014. His debut novel blackass won the peoples literature. In a related development, the unesco port harcourt world book capital ph wbc 2014, as part of its library support programmes, is calling on wellmeaning citizens to donate new or secondhand. Benefits of unesco world book capital as port harcourt reign ends.
Nigerias port harcourt is world book capital city for 2014. Eleven cities put in a bid oxford was one of them but according to unesco, port harcourt was chosen for the quality of. Kalango announced that the garden city literary festival has been renamed port harcourt book festival citing reasons that the new name would assist in elevating port harcourt s profile as a legitimate. With port harcourt already living the reputation of world book capital, coming celebrations of the garden city literary festival promise more global appeal till 2014 and certainly beyond. The city of port harcourt nigeria was named the world book capital for the year 2014 after the selection committee, composed of representatives from the international organizations representing the three major sectors of the book industry and from unesco, met on 5 july at the organizations headquarters. A pictorial journey of nigerias unesco world book capital city, 2014 and 100 years around port harcourt. Port harcourt world book capital 2014 events kick off april. Portharcourt named world book capital 2014 literature. Feb, 2014 port harcourt unesco world book capital 2014 menu the city of port harcourt was nominated world book capital 2014 on account of the quality of its programme, in particular its focus on youth and the impact it would have on improving nigerias culture of books, reading, writing and publishing to improve literacy rates. Port harcourt festival of book from world book capital. May 07, 2014 both garcia of hay festival and elechi amadi gave insight into africa 39 book project, which will also form an innovative part of the unesco port harcourt world book capital 2014. The city of port harcourt nigeria was named the world book capital for the year 2014 after the selection committee, composed of representatives from the three leading international publishing associations and from unesco, met on 5 july at the organizations headquarters. His debut novel blackass won the peoples literature publishing house and the chinese foreign literature societys 21st century best foreign novel award. Port harcourt starts reign as unesco world book capital 2014.
The city of port harcourt, capital of rivers state, nigeria last week entered into the history book as it became the first subsaharan african city to. Unesco names port harcourt 2014 world book capital. Mrs kalango talks about port harcourt world book capital 2014. Home the arts reverberating tales from port harcourt, world book capital 2014.
The countdown to an actionpacked launch of port harcourt world book capital 2014 begins with a briefing at lbf at 4pm today thursday introduced by wole soyinka. Port harcourt is the 14 th city to be designated world book capital following madrid 2001, alexandria 2002, new delhi 2003, antwerp 2004. Port harcourt world book capital 2014 events kick off april 22. Eleven cities put in a bid oxford was one of them but according to unesco, port harcourt was chosen for the quality of the programme it presented. Africa39 was a collaborative project initiated by the hay festival in partnership with rainbow book club, celebrating port harcourt. Port harcourt unesco world book capital 2014 essay competition. Unesco names port harcourt 2014 world book capital premium. The united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization unesco today announced the selection of the nigerian city of port harcourt as the 2014 world book capital. Channels book club features world book capital city ceremony pt. Port harcourt, home to some amazing authors as well as poets and playrights like gabriel okara, elechi amadi, kaine agary, a. Jun 28, 2012 port harcourt, capital of rivers state and nigerias oil capital, seems the obvious choice for the 2014 title given the quality, variety, broad international scope, and commitment of all actors in the local book industry, evident in its world book capital city programme. With port harcourt as unescos world book capital for 2014, a series of programmes have been planned to take place throughout the year, with the ultimate aim of increasing reading and improving literacy within port harcourt city, its ripple effects reaching the nation and the larger subregion.
The rainbow book club has for a long time now been at the frontline of promoting literature in the country. Port harcourt world book capital 2014 about facebook. In the same spirit, port harcourt in nigeria has been named as the 2014 world book capital, on account of the quality of its programme, in particular its focus on youth and the impact it will have on improving nigerias culture of books, reading, writing and publishing to improve literacy rates. Author, captain elechi amadi speaks about the africa 39 project at the world book capital 2014 ceremony, in port harcourt. Port harcourts reign as unesco world book capital officially came to. Nigerias garden city, which piped others including oxford united kingdom, lyon france, ganza azerbaijan, sharjah united arab emirates, pula croatia, vilnius lithuania. Kolango said port harcourt was nominated after the selection committee. Oct 11, 20 a coalition of reading groups represented by the united nations cultural agency unesco have picked port harcourt of nigeria as the world book capital city for its efforts to bring back the book to the forefront of national discourse. World book capital 2014 part9 elechi amadi youtube.
Port harcourt unesco world book capital invites students from across nigeria to enter the 2014 essay competition. Reverberating tales from port harcourt, world book capital. Sustaining the gains of unesco portharcourt world book. The selection and celebration through a festival and an anthology of storiesextracts of the most promising 39 authors under the age of 40 from subsaharan africa and the diaspora. Port harcourt named world book capital 2014 the city of port harcourt nigeria was named the world book capital for the year 2014 after the selection committee, composed of representatives from the international organizations representing the three major sectors of the book industry and from unesco, and from unesco, met on 5 july at the organizations headquarters. The city of port harcourt nigeria was named the world book capital for the year 2014 after the selection committee, composed of representatives from the international organizations representing the three major sectors of the book industry and from unesco, and from unesco, met on 5 july at the organizations headquarters. Olu jacobs, mi, others to read to school children in port. Sights and sounds of port harcourt through the eyes of the children written. The city of port harcourt, capital of rivers state, nigeria last week entered into the history book as it became the first subsaharan african city to be named unesco world book capital. World book capital cities international publishers association. Jun 14, 2015 early last month unesco port harcourt world book capital 2014, which the rivers state capital, port harcourt, hosted with yearlong book and literacy activities came to a close. Highlights of the ceremonies include an international literature and. Countdown to port harcourt world book capital 2014 begins. Chibuike rotimi ameachi as the then governor of river state leading to the emergence of portharcourt as the unesco world book capital in 2014, the first subsaharan city to receive such honour.
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