CORA opens library, resource centre

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka will be the special guest of honour this afternoon when the Committee for Relevant Art (CORA) opens its Library and Resource Centre inside Freedom Park, Lagos Island.

The ceremony, commencing at 4pm with other literary afficionados in attendance will kickstart CORA’s  2024 culture season.

A statement signed by CORA’s Program Officer, Ifunanya Ottih, explained that thelibrary & resource centre will serve the public’s interest particularly students and youths.

The statement read in part, “The intention is to continue to encourage the citizenry to see education as the singular key to enlightenment and empowerment  – all in the cause of Nation-Building and Human Capital Development.

“The Library will hold regular literary activities, especially the flagship CORA BOOKTrek, the Literacy Campaign project, which brings authors into direct encounters with readers of their works.

“The LR &C will also stage regular programmes on such key literacy-improvement engagements as workshops and seminars on writing, reading, speechmaking among others. It will be a home to fellow artist organisations committed to deepening literarcy  in the national consciousness.”

Ottih added that several organisations and individuals, including the Freedom Park, Chief Kayode. Aderinokun (Chair CORA Trustee), the CORA Board members, subscribers and volunteers, and, Hawthornden Foundation support the project

“Essentially, it benefits from donations by authors, publishers, bookstores, and members of the public in general,” the Program Officer said.