All is set for the ‘4th Ghana Reads!’ Scheduled to take place at the Centre for National Culture-Accra (Art Centre) on Wednesday, 6th October, 2021 from 10:00 am. The event held annually to commemorate World Reading Day and to end an old and begin a new reading campaign selects a book of focus, published in Ghana, for a reading campaign cycle. This year, Adwinsa Publication Ghana’s “Nii Noi the Sanitation Officer” has been selected and the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Hon. Cecilia Dapaah, will be joined by Oswald (the ‘Our day’ Boy) to read with invited participants for the event (mainly students drawn from the basic and senior high schools in Accra.
‘Ghana Reads!’ organized by Ghana Reads Initiative is a literary project by the 2016 Pan African Poet & Spoken word artiste, Oswald Okaitei, which focuses on helping to revamp community libraries to be used in promoting reading among children. By the concept of the project indovoduals and institutions are encouraged to support by purchasing selected books of focus for community libraries.
This year’s edition is partnered by the World reader Ghana, sponsored by Adwinsa Publications Ghana Ltd and Play House.kom and supported by AA Reading Club, E-Sport, Adoa Tv, Graphic Showbiz, Writers Project, Graphic Showbiz and ATV.
Unlike the previous ones, this edition of the Ghana Reads! commenced with the Worldreader Ghana’s “Community Libraries DigiRead Storm” at the Nima-Mamobi Community Library, Mamprobi Gale Community Library and Dunk Library, Jamestown-Accra. The main event is also set to host several sessions include the ‘Up, Girl!’ Read and Conberse with Kate Addo (Director, Public Relations of the Parliament of Ghana); the Worldreader ‘Media Personalities DigiRead X’perience’ with Alfred Ocansey (Tv 3), Valerie Danso (GTV/GBC 24), Kuukua Snead-Michaels (ATV), and Apiorkor (Citi Tv/Citi Fm); Ba W) Kane Nii with Nii Otokukor; Read to Play, Blast the Balloon and Read Along!; “Tourism on Pages in View” with GTA; Reading sessions with Ruby Goka and Raymond Tuvi, “The AA Reading Club Digi-Write Conversation with Afia Afrakomah”; the UN-SDG Children’s Book Club Conversation with PAWA” among many others.
The special Guest of Honour for this edition is Honourable Joseph Osei-Owusu (First Deputy Speaker of Parliament); Chairperson, Mr. Abdourahamanne Diallo (Country Representative, UNESCO Ghana) and Guest Speaker, Dr. Wale Okediran (Secretary General, Pan African Writers Association).
