Helon Habila has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2024 Kaduna Book & Arts Festival.
The award, presented by Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, celebrates Habila’s outstanding contributions to literature.
Previous recipients of this honour include esteemed authors such as Zaynab Alkali and Labo Yari.
Habila, known for his critically acclaimed novels and seminal works, currently serves as a Professor of Creative Writing at George Mason University in Virginia, USA.
Governor Uba Sani (centre), presenting the award to Helon Habila (2nd left) with Mrs Hadiza El Rufai, wife of the immediate past governor, Nasir el Rufai (2nd right), Ms Lola Shoneyin, the curator of the festival (far right).and Dr Wale Okediran, the secretary general of the Pan African Writers Association (PAWA) (1st left)
Additionally, he is an active board member of the Africa Writers Trust, further promoting African writers and literature on the global stage.-
