International Hausa Books and Art Festival returns to Kaduna - Daily Trust

The 2nd variation of Hausa International Book and Arts Festival holds successful Kaduna and themed ‘Being and Becoming.’

The organisers of the contention would research connection and individuality successful the African literate abstraction utilizing virtual world (VR) technology. 

Sada Malumfashi, Curator of the festival, said “Knowledge successful the tract of Hausa root has been confronted with missing links oregon gaps, with precise small known astir the individuality of a Hausa person. What connection did the ancestors of the Hausa radical talk 5 1000 years ago? These and galore specified questions and interceptive queries would beryllium answered successful this 2nd variation of the Hausa International Book and Arts Festival (HIBAF22) by linking and connecting arts, language, and individuality done investigation of the processes that springiness commencement to experience.”

Malumfashi said the ACP-EU Culture – West Africa Evaluation Committee selected the Hausa International Book and Arts Festival (HIBAF) arsenic 1 of the 35 winners who volition payment from the Enhancing Culture Fund to heighten the worth of taste and originative contented successful West Africa, by promoting enactment for instauration and production, representation acquisition and the improvement of means of dissemination and organisation (physical and digital) of taste goods.

The Hausa International Book and Arts Festival with the taxable ‘Being and Becoming’ was selected retired of 176 applications from 15 retired of 16 countries successful West Africa.

The organisers added that the VR acquisition of the task volition see the curated festival experience; a diagnostic documentary connected individuality and language; a photograph effort documenting the vibrant beingness of an unbridled literate contented among women writers penning successful Hausa connection successful bluish Nigeria.

The festival volition besides witnesser a movie showing of the HIFAB authoritative film, which was premiered successful November.