We beat 10 cities, including oxford, to clinch the coveted title. Unesco nominates port harcourt for 2014 world book centre. I congratulate the rainbow book club for the vision in moving the now historic bid for a nigerian city, port harcourt, to be the world capital for books, in the year of our beloved nations. Rainbow book club is recruiting to fill the position of. May 23, 2014 the rainbow book club partners with the rivers state government to organise the annual garden city literary festival now the port harcourt book festival. Five years ago, rainbow book club was just struggling to gain the attention of book lovers in port harcourt, rivers state capital and environs.
Akpans cerebral collective of short stories that also made oprah winfreys book club in 2009, when it was published, is book of the month of rainbow book club. Chinua achebe on the 26th of april 20 at the council office. Port harcourt world book capital 2014 posts facebook. She founded rainbow book club, started the get nigeria reading again campaign, and organizedand is still organizing in collaboration with the rivers state governmentthe then garden city literary festival, now port harcourt book festival, which brings the biggest names in the literary world to port harcourt every year, and all this she did to inspire her community and champion the course of. Benefits of unesco world book capital as port harcourt reign. Receiving members of the board of trustees of the rainbow book club at state house, thursday, the president said this honour will form part of the activities for the celebration of nigerias centenary next year. Akpan reads in port harcourt on sunday the guardian. View gclf port harcourt s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community.
Unesco world book capital 2014 by identifying 39 of the most promising writers under the age of 40 with the potential and talent to define trends in the development of literature from subsaharan africa and the diaspora. The port harcourt book festival is an annual literary event in port harcourt organised by the rainbow book club and endorsed by the rivers state government. Mar 25, 2014 the call was made by the rainbow book club, organisers of the unesco port harcourt world book capital 2014. Benefits of unesco world book capital as port harcourt. Africas leading book fiesta the portharcourt book festival. Im the founder of the rainbow book club and the project manager of the port harcourt book capital project. Our fullservice company specializes in providing your library and classroom with a diverse. Ugochi okoli communications and marketing officer rainbow. Taking a bold step further from their annual literary event, they entered a bid in june this year to stage the biannual world book festival in port harcourt. In 2012 the rainbow book club published nigerian literature a coat of many colours a coffee table book featuring 50 nigerian writers in 50 years of independence. It was the first time an africa subsaharan city would host the book capital. Port harcourt book festival wikipedia republished wiki 2.
The book club is a nonprofit organisation set up in nigeria in 2005. The book club is a non profit organisation set up in nigeria in 2005. Thats how we call ourselves, if you call this city your home. Conceived through a joint venture between the rivers state government and first bank of nigeria, the project will offer a mix of residential units including duplexes, terrace houses, apartments and penthouses as well as many other commercial, recreational.
Our work culminated in port harcourt being nominated unesco world book capital 2014. Koko kalango, whose rainbow book club managed the programme, handed over to the city of incheon in south korea, as host for 2015. Sep 27, 2015 rainbow town is a mixed use development located in trans amadi, the industrial and commercial core of port harcourt. The essay competition organized by the rainbow book club on the 27th of may 2017 uncovered some young talented writers among children in.
Koko kolango, the purpose is to leverage on chances for improvement in literacy rates, reading habits of youth. Port harcourt book festival wikimili, the free encyclopedia. President goodluck ebele jonathan has welcomed the designation of port harcourt as the unesco world book capital 2014. Countdown to port harcourt world book capital 2014. Ph microscope edition 21 by port harcourt microscope issuu. See who you know at rainbow book company, leverage your professional network, and get hired. The foreword to this book is written by the president of nigeria, dr. With the support of the government of rivers state, the rainbow book club put in the bid that led to the emergence of port harcourt as unesco world book. The rainbow book club in partnership with the british council port harcourt, organised a tribute evening in honour of the late prof. The rainbow book club encourages reading for personal and social development. Im the founder of the rainbow book club and the project manager of the portharcourt book capital project. Africa 39 is a project of hay festival and the rainbow book club in celebration of the port harcourt world book capital project. How i started port harcourt book festival koko kalango. Jul 16, 2010 rainbow town offers all these and much more.
Rainbow has organised the port harcourt book festival, formerly the garden city literary festival since its inception in 2008. Members and friends of the rainbow book club mourn one of africas outstanding sons, kofi awoonor poet, author, diplomat. Collaborating with the rivers state government, it has held three literary festivals so far. The bid was entered by a nonprofit organization called the rainbow book club.
The rainbow book club has for a long time now been at the frontline of promoting literature in the country. Port harcourt book club in april 2014, the rainbow book club, managers of the port harcourt book club initiative in partnership with rivers state government, won the prestigious designation of the unesco world book capital, becoming the first city in sub sahara africa to be accorded that title. The port harcourt book festival is an annual literary event in port harcourt organised by the rainbow book club and endorsed by the rivers state government since 2008. Port harcourt book club in april 2014, the rainbow book club, managers of the port harcourt book club initiative in partnership with rivers state. Apr 29, 2014 rainbow book club is the organisation managing it in port harcourt and they thought that it would be a good idea to make something about it. Leveraging power of book to combat isolationguardian arts.
The hay festival had already managed two similar projects. Bookville hosts a book club for both young and old. Koko kalango, whose rainbow book club managed the programme, handed over to the city of incheon in south korea, as host. The hottest club to attend on a weekend is a book club. Port harcourt book festival wikimili, the free encyclopedia wikimili, the free encyclopedia. From a modest beginning, it has since become an international brand for bibliophiles. Oct 28, 20 the port harcourt book festival is an initiative of the rainbow book club, the brain child of mrs. The port harcourt book club started in 2014, the intention was to create a space for book lovers to come together and discuss books and their themes, as well as the topical issues they address.
How the partnership between rainbow book club and the libraries. The rainbow book club career and recruitment employment. This is because the vivacious woman, who founded the rainbow foundation and to whom the credit of making the unesco port harcourt world book capital 2014 project a reality should be given deserves. The partnership between the rainbow book club and unesco contributed to the emergence of port harcourt as unesco world book capital 2014 read more dec 21, 2017 rbc news. We are project managers of the port harcourt world book capital 2014 year. The choice of book for each month is carefully made find out more. Cafe salamander, and port harcourt chapters book shop. Africa39 was a hay festival and rainbow book club project. If you love literature, you should join a book club. Rainbow book club jobs in nigeria may 2020 myjobmag.
The judges selected from as many as 200 submissions researched by binyavanga wainaina, founder of the nairobibased literary magazine kwani. The festival began as the brainchild of koko kalango, who thought it up as a means to propel tourism numbers and heighten literacy awareness in the city of port harcourt and its neighboring areas. In 2014, the book club will work with the rivers state government and other development partners to host and facilitate a year of exciting literary events as the port harcourt assumes the prestigious title of unesco world book capital city 2014. Through this initiative, the rainbow book club continues to spread the joy of. Rainbow book club in 20, 20, igbodo street old gra, g. Barrett was named as one of 39 subsaharan african writers aged under 40 in the hay festival and rainbow book club africa39 project celebrating port harcourt unesco world book. Africa39 was a collaborative project initiated by the hay festival in partnership with rainbow book club, celebrating port harcourt.
Rainbow has organised the port harcourt book festival, formerly the garden city literary festival since its inception in 2008 find out more portharcourt world book capital. A phase ii, port harcourt by 3pm every last saturday of the. Untainted memories of awoonor at the port harcourt book. The nomination is an exclusive symbolic acknowledgment of the best programme dedicated to books and reading. Sustaining the gains of unesco portharcourt world book.
About rainbow town, port harcourt, rivers rainbow town is a mixed use development located in rivers state, nigeria. Apr 30, 2015 the brain behind port harcourts emergence remains the rainbow book club, based in the oil city, which submitted a bid to unesco with the support of the rivers state government, which was. Rainbow book club, the organisers of the annual garden city literary festival, last week in port harcourt hosted multi award winning ugandan author, doreen baingana to a reading of her book. Rainbow book company is a one stop shop for the best in prek to ya fiction and nonfiction materials. Celebrating fresh and innovative writings in africa.
Port harcourt world book capital 2014, port harcourt. Rainbow book club office in 20, 20, igbodo street old gra, g. I called gabriel okara early in 2005 to tell him of the rainbow book clubs plan to begin a national reading campaign right here from port harcourt. Since 2005 the rainbow book club has been involved in various advocacy. It is situated in trans amadi, the industrial and commercial core of port harcourt.
The africa 39 events at the port harcourt book festival. Windows to our world of possibilities the city of port harcourt was nominated world book capital 201 4 on account of the quality of its programme in particular its focus on youth and the. Oct 11, 20 a coalition of reading groups represented by the united nations cultural agency unesco have picked port harcourt of nigeria as the world book capital city for its efforts to bring back the book to the forefront of national discourse. Mar 03, 2018 if you are a book lover, and you live in port harcourt, you should definitely visit here and join their book club. Nov 21, 2014 22 of the africa 39 authors made it to the port harcourt book festival phbf 2014 which held from 20th to 25th october. Bogota39 2007 and beirut 39 2009 when these cities were named book capitals, so rainbow book club, asked to the hay festival to make something. J united nations educational, scientific and cultural orqanization port harcourt world book capital 2014 ii i congratulate the city of port harcourt, rainbow book club in particular, for this honor which they have brought, not only to the nation but to the african continent.
With the support of the presidency, the government of rivers state and unesco nigeria, rainbow book club bidded for port harcourt to be unesco world book capital 2014. The rainbow book club rbc seeks to contribute to the development of african society by encouraging people to read. As port harcourt assumes world book capital the tide. According the port harcourt wbc project director and founder, rainbow book club, mrs. Unesco names port harcourt 2014 world book capital. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover gclfs connections and jobs at similar companies. In october 2014 the port harcourt book festival took. Oversee the development and execution of all programmes. In the spirit of christmas, the rainbow book club is calling out to the. Since coming on board in 2004, rainbow book club has organized the now popular, garden city literary festival, an intellectual feast that brings to the dynamic city of port harcourt, scholars.
The book club was responsible for the port harcourt world book capital. Bookville world is a bookshop that sells almost every book you can think of that cuts across diverse topics too. Koko kalango founder rainbow book club part of the. Several public and private schools in abuja, lagos and port harcourt are. The call was made by the rainbow book club, organisers of the unesco port harcourt world book capital 2014. Kalango has been at the forefront of the campaign to improve reading culture in the country since 2004 when the rainbow book club was founded. Unesco world book capital 2014 by identifying 39 of the most promising writers under the age of 40 with the potential and talent to define trends in the development of literature from africa and the african diaspora. From 2010, the rainbow book club began monthly meetings at le meridien hotel, port harcourt to discuss a selected book for each month. The event kicks off join us at 2pm on saturday 29th april at the port harcourt book centre, rivers state, after obi wali centre by air assault golf course. Bangkok, thailand, handed the baton over to port harcourt in 2014. Project director of the port harcourt world book capital, 2014 and founder of the.
At last, curtains fall on unesco port harcourt world book. Rainbow town is a fully serviced housing project designed for maximum comfort and located in the bustling trans amadi district in port harcourt. We believe that reading is one of the keys to creating an enlightened and selfempowering society. Earlier this year, portharcourt emerged as the unesco book capital of the world. In 2005 she founded the rainbow book club and kicked off the get nigeria reading again campaign, to encourage reading for personal and national development. The port harcourt book festival is an annual literary event in port harcourt organised by the rainbow book club and endorsed by the rivers state government since 2008 early history.
Rainbow book club promises to engage more writers in 2019. Apr 23, 2014 project director, port harcourt world book capital and founder of the rainbow book club, mrs koko kalango hinted that for the first time since the institution of the wbcc, and in a decade since bidding for the title started, 11cities in the world bidded for the 2014 edition. Last month, director of unesco port harcourt world book capital 2014, mrs. I attended a book club hangout at the port harcourt literary society library. Nigerias port harcourt is world book capital city for 2014. Find address, phone number, contact details, customer care, email. Abuja cafe salamander, and port harcourt chapters book shop. Rainbow book club is one of the best book clubs in nigeria. She organized the annual port harcourt book festival formerly the garden city literary festival which begun in 2008. Port harcourt is the capital of rivers state having a population of about 5. Africa39 is a collaborative project initiated by the hay festival in partnership with rainbow book club,celebrating port harcourt.
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