WS@80: Pyrates Confraternity rolls out drums African’s first Nobel Laureate for Literature, Prof. Wole Soyinka will be 80 in July and as the entire world rolls out drum to celebrate him, the National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) has mapped out its own plans for a unique celebration of the literary icon whom they described as one of the initiators of the idea of Pyratism, and unarguably the most visiblePyrate since the confraternity’s inception. Addressing the press at the formal presentation of the dedicated Website of the Wole Soyinka Annual Lecture Series sponsored and organized by the National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity), in Lagos Ide Owodiong-Idemeko NAS Cap’n disclosed that this years celebration will be special and symbolic in many respects. It will start with The Wole Soyinka Annual Lecture Series, a conception of the National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity), dedicated to honouring one of Nigeria and Africa’s most outstanding and enduring literary icons: Professor Wole Soyinka (Nobel Laureate). The Lecture Series, which is an annual event, holds in the month of July and is aimed at promoting good governance, social justice and the advancement of democratic ideals in Nigeria and beyond. Since its inception, lectures have been held in three continents around the world (Africa, Europe and North America). According to him, this year’s lecture which is the 17th in the Series is significant and symbolic in many respects. It coincides with Prof Wole Soyinka’s 80th birthday and the centenary of Nigeria’s existence as a country. The Lecture with the theme “This House Must Not Fall -Renegotiating Nigeria’s Social Contract after 100 Years of Nationhood”is scheduled to hold on Friday July 11, 2014 at the Cultural Centre, Abeokuta, Ogun State at 10:00am. The lecture will be delivered by two great and inspiring Nigerians, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto and Dr. Oby Ezekwesili of the Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative (AEDPI), Open Society Foundation and co-founder of Transparency International. The body also announced the establishment of the Wole Soyinka Award for Humanistic Ideals aimed at celebrating individuals or organisations who have undertaken activity or action that has provided solution to a public service problem or addressed social injustice within a community or state.
Posted on: Sun, 04 May 2014 11:22:59 +0000
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