Three Nigerian women writers for Ebedi residency

By Evelyn OSAGIE

THREE women writers, Linda Jummai Mustafa, Funke Awodiya and Ganiyat Abdulwahab have arrived Iseyin, Oyo State, for the current edition of the Ebedi International Writers Residency programme.

Mustafa, who is from Niger State is currently running a PhD programme in Literature-in-English, has been published in some anthologies and poetry collections. She will spend her time in Ebedi to complete work on her new poetry collection.

Awodiya from Osun State is an Ebedi Fellow having attended a session of the Residency in 2006. A published author of one novel and several poems, Funke will be using her time in Ebedi to complete work on a new novel. He will also mentor secondary school students in Iseyin in the area of creative writing.

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The third writer, Abdulganiyu, a native of Kaduna State, is a graduate of Usman Danfofiyo University, Sokoto.

She hopes to use the Residency to complete work on her debut novel as well as mentor Iseyin students in Leadership and Managerial skills.

The Ebedi Residency is a private initiative for writers who wish to complete their ongoing works in a conducive atmosphere at no cost to the writers.

Since its inception, nine years ago, the residency has played host to more than 120 writers from 10 African countries.  “Writers who are interested in attending the four to six weeks residency can send their applications and brief CV to the email address; waleokediran@yahoo.co.uk,” the of the residency programme says.