IHRAF PUBLISHES TWO NEW BOOKS
The International Human Rights Art Festival (IHRAF) with its headquarters in New York has published and released two new paperback books, END SARS Rhythms (a collection of poems on Police Brutality, Assaults and Battery) edited by Terseer Sam Baki and Wole Adedoyin and The Malady and the Remedy (an International Essay Anthology on Human Rights Abuse in Africa) edited by Izunna Okafor.
This was contained in a release issued by the Director of IHRAF in Africa, Wole Adedoyin on Tuesday in Ilesa, Osun State.
ENDSARS RHYTHMS with the ISBN: 9798526752125 and ASIN: B0992BGX6Z is a product of SYNW and IHRAF’s keenly contested EndSARS National Poetry Competition that took place in the year 2020. SYNW and IHRAF has taken the bold step to publish some of the most outstanding entries received in the collation, selection, recognition and award of very remarkable pieces from deserving participants in the contest.
The collaborative efforts of the Society of Young Nigerian Writers, SYNW, and the International Human Rights Arts Festival, IHRAF, to harness the thoughts, feelings and responses of Nigerian artists as well as creative writers and the international writing community on the theme Police Brutality, Assault And Battery by organizing a national poetry contest tagged ‘EndSARS’ National Poetry Competition, 2020 is indeed timely and commendable.
The Malady and the Remedy with the ISBN: 9798522436544 and ASIN: B09918FGQ6 on the other hand was edited by Nigerian author and Journalist, Izunna Okafor, the anthology is a collection of twenty (20) essays on human rights abuse and violation in Africa, written by essayists, authors and human rights activists from different countries in Africa; as well fifteen (15) inspiring human rights quotes by selected activists around the world.
In his Editor’s Note, Izunna Okafor noted that the publication was a fulfilment of one of the promises made while calling for submissions of essays for the competition, during which only shortlisted entries and entrants were promised publication —a promise that was eventually extended to the longlisted essays and entrants, owing to the quality of their contents.
The Malady and the Remedy looks deep into the history of human rights and human rights abuse/violation in Africa, the causes, the types, what and what have been done so far to better the situation, why those things are not yielding the expected results, and finally propose/present better and more efficacious alternatives to addressing this age-long issue of human rights abuse, borrowing from the experience of yesterday, the situation of today, and the projection for tomorrow.
“Indeed, this anthology is a must-read for everyone who loves human rights and freedom. Every human being deserves to be treated as a human, for his being. Freedom fighting and right activism should be for all and for everyone. Human rights are for every human; and Africans are humans. For every other thing regarding that, flip through the pages of this anthology, and come out a better activist.”
The two anthologies are currently on Amazon for readers who want some copies. To buy your copies, kindly check these links: https://www.amazon.com/EndSARS-Rhythms-Collection-Brutality-Assaults/dp/B0992BGX6Z/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=endsars+rhythms&qid=1628591855&rnid=2941120011&s=books&sr=1-1#detailBullets_feature_div and https://www.amazon.com/Malady-Remedy-International-Anthology-Rights/dp/B09918FGQ6/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+malady+and+the+remedy&qid=1628597374&s=books&sr=1-1
