LAST week was the turn of 2013 Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) poet laureate, Tade Ipadeola, to visit the Ebedi International Writers Residency in Iseyin, Oyo State, to mentor residents, Lamin Fatty (The Gambia), Dossou Kokou (Togo) and Carl Terver (Nigeria).
Ipadeola, who incidentally was among those who inaugurated the residency in 2010, expressed happiness to how it has grown to become the biggest residency in Africa, just as he commended the founder, Dr Wale Okediran, for the feat.
The poet laureate, who is a lawyer by profession, added that through Dr Okediran’s love for literature, the Ebedi International Writers Residency has been catapulted from just a Nigerian brand to a…
Source: Nigerian Tribune
