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Young Nigerian Writers unveil Int'l Poetry/Essay Anthology on Covid-19

YOUNG NIGERIAN WRITERS UNVEIL INT'L POETRY/ESSAY ANTHOLOGY ON COVID-19 In a bid to contribute her own tranche in the fight against coronavirus, the Society of Young Nigerian Writers which is a national umbrella of young writers in Nigeria, has unveiled a new classical anthology on COVID-19. This was contained in a statement signed by Izunna Okafor who is the National Coordinator and Chairman of the Writers Against COVID-19 Movement, —a broad project under which the anthology was birthed —as well as the Editor-in-Chief of the anthology. According to the statement, the journey to the anthology began in April, following their announcing of a 'Call for Submissions' to that effect, in response to which over 200 writers from different countries of the world submitted 'pretty' poems and essays. The statement reads in parts, "The fight against the novel coronavirus has become a global affray that requires the collective effort of every creature...
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COVID-19:The Tears of Nigerian Students

                                        COVID-19: THE TEARS OF NIGERIAN STUDENTS Written by Balema Denja Abdulrazak SYNW Coordinator in Federal University Lokoja (FUL) 08164572925 denjaabdulrazak@gmai­l.com "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world" ~ Nelson mandela. Let me begin this article by forecasting the future. I strongly believe that I won't be far from the tree by saying in the nearest time to Post COVID-19 Era, many Nigeria students will be forced to give up their academic studies for financial reasons. This maybe as a cause of the Covid-19 emergency and lockdown that resulted in the loss of labour workers and problems with family incomes. "Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it ...
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COVID-19: Will Maigoro Survive?

COVID-19: Will Maigoro Survive ? Maigoro is a poor fisherman man who dwell in a city named "..........". Utterly wretched! His house was built of mud hut. Before the sun rises and warms the sea, maigoro was already on his way to the river. He constantly hung his rag fishing net on his left arm, and on his right hand lies a basket contained with a small bowl.  Maigoro manage to sail all day eastward of the river, struggling with his small fishing canoe, carved with few planks of drift wood held together. Poor maigoro could only get little and sometimes he hauled in his nets to find out there was not even a single fish caught in them. Although, this was because his fishing nets were so frayed, and the holes in them was so large that a whole shoal of fish could have swum through them. On days like this, he returned home with an empty basket and so his wife and three children goes hungry. His last child who's just 3years old will sometimes cry of hunger a...
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Call for Submissions: COVID-19 Poetry/Essay Anthology

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: COVID-19 POETRY/ESSAY ANTHOLOGY Society of Young Nigerian Writers, through her newly launched 'Writers Against COVID-19' movement invites writers to submit poems and essays on COVID-19 for her upcoming COVID-19 Poetry/Essay Anthology. The proposed anthology is in reaction to the novel COVID-19 pandemic currently 'harassing' the world; and it offers writers copious page to register their views on the pandemic, as well as contribute their pencraft towards winning the war against the virus. In the words of the project's Coordinator, Izunna Okafor, "the maiden anthology will feature 'responsive' and 'bang-up' works on COVID-19 by ardent writers from different parts of the world, and will hauntingly stand as global writers' common 'voice' and 'punch' in the fight against coronavirus." The anthology which is expected to be available by the fall of May exclusively focuses on 'CORONAV...
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