Adanko Writing Workshop with Chika Unigwe and Dinah Salah Al-Din

Chika Unigwe is a Professor of Creative Writing at Georgia College and award-winning author of Black Sister's Street, Obioha `Plays Football, and her most recent publication, The Middle Daughter. In this session, we will be writing and illustrating a picture book around the theme of overcoming fears with guidance from Chika Unigwe and Dinah Salah Al Din.

About the host:

Chika Unigwe is Professor of Creative Writing at Georgia College and the author of several celebrated works of fiction including On Black Sisters’ Street, which won the NLNG Prize for Literature worth $100,000, and most recently the short story collection Better Never Than Late (2019). She has won and been nominated for numerous awards and fellowships including the Nigeria Prize for Literature, BBC Short Story Competition and the AKO Caine Prize for African writing.

Dinah Salah Al Din is a Sudanese artist whose work reflects on conversations and memories that have impacted her life. She was born in Khartoum in 1998 and is based in Surrey.

Adanko Writers has started to spread knowledge of African mythology and writing across the UK and beyond. We hold writing workshops without limits, so you can explore your creativity without worrying about the boundaries of grammar and punctuation. So far, Adanko has held workshops throughout Exeter and hosted writers across the African diaspora.

Structure of the workshop:

The 2-hour workshop is hosted in Exeter Central Library. After the workshop is completed your child will have the opportunity to share their picture book with the wider Exeter literature scene by hiding them throughout the library and Bookbag bookshop.

You will need to register your child(ren) for the workshop via Eventbrite. The workshops are aimed at children aged 8-12 years old, especially those from global majority groups and low socioeconomic backgrounds.

If you have any questions about this event please email [email protected].

About Africa Writes 2023:

Africa Writes is the UK’s leading platform celebrating the best contemporary African writing and is part of Exeter’s Unesco City of Literature programme. The events this year will include performances, book launches and workshops and are hosted in collaboration with independent bookshop Bookbag and creative hub Roots Resistance. To find out more about our line-up and how to get involved follow this link.

Host or Publisher Africa Writes