UI LITERARY GROUP ‘UITES WRITE’ LAUNCHES FOURTH ANTHOLOGY

UI LITERARY GROUP ‘UITES WRITE’ LAUNCHES FOURTH ANTHOLOGY
A foremost literary group in the University of Ibadan known as UitesWrite has launched the fourth volume of their annual anthology of literary pieces—UITES WRITE. The Anthology came about as part of ‘The AvanteGarde Art Event’ also an initiative of the UitesWrite group.
The event was spiced with various programmes like: a panel discussion on ‘The Art of Depression’, various poetry performances, a story reading session, as well as an inter-hall ‘poetry debate’ competition which is first of its kind in University of Ibadan.
Talking about ‘The Art of Depression’, the two invited panelists, Yahya Muhammad-Bashir, a medical practitioner and writer; and Martins Ndubuisi, a poet and literary critic, each gave insights into depression from the perspectives of the fields of Medicine and Art respectively.
The two panelists both underscored the importance of checking up on others as an effective way of curtailing the menace of suicide.
AWO HALL EMERGES WINNER OF THE ‘POETRY DEBATE’
The poetry debate which witnessed participation by four halls of residence— Tedder Hall, Awo Hall, Mellanby Hall and Zik Hall— was eventually won by Awo Hall with the argument that global warming is a fact.
Okoro Paul Victoria, representing Awo Hall, thus brought home the glory as the pioneer winner of such new argumentative initiative as the ‘poetry debate’ which involved the use of poetry unlike UI’s usual Jaw War debating style.
Coming after Awo Hall’s Victoria were Mellanby Hall’s Bakare Oluwafemi who came 2nd, Zik Hall’s Ebai Wisdom who came 3rd and Tedder Hall’s Michael Ajibola who came 4th.
At the tail of the event, Kolade Habeeb, a founding member of UitesWrite, explained that the anthology, which has helped to get around 400 UI students published, is aimed towards improving literary creativity amongst students of the university.