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Nigerian authors scoop 2023 Writivism accolades

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Damilola Omotoyinbo, a Nigerian creative writer and software engineer. PHOTO | POOL

By  Bamuturaki Musinguzi

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

Nigerian authors Hussani Abdulrahim and Damilola Omotoyinbo have won two of the top prizes in the 2023 Writivism literary awards competition.

Hussani took the Short Story prize for his story Ahuoyyiza’s Monologue, while Damilola got the Poetry prize for her poem, The Evening News.

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