is the founder of the Hill-Top Creative Arts Foundation and the pioneer Director-General, Niger State Book Development Agency. He is a former National Secretary, Association of Nigerian Authors. He founded the Hill-Top Arts Centre, Minna in 2004.He has to his credit ten publications in poetry, short story, essay, interview, children’s story and aphorism. He is…
B.M. Dzukogi is a creative and non-fiction writer based in Minna, Niger State. The founder of the Mua’zu Babangida Aliyu Literary Colloquium, among other literary initiatives in northern Nigeria, is the brain behind NIFESTENA, a festival for Nigerian teen artistes, which started last year. He told HENRY AKUBUIRO, in this interview, the imperative of mentoring…
HE Hill-Top Creative Arts Foundation in Minna, Niger State, has, over time, sought to make an intentional departure from writing literature for children to produce literature written by children themselves. The Hill-Top Arts Centre, situated at the Hilltop Model School, Minna, Niger State, serves as a haven for mentoring prospecting teen authors on their selective…
Arguably, over the years there have been challenges on the suitable methods to be adopted for teaching and enhancing creativity of the child in the school. However, mentoring has become an effective strategy for achieving excellence in creative writing, especially on children. IBRAHIM RAMALAN writes on the Hill-Top Arts Centre, Minna and its mentoring programmes…
– May 31, 2017 The Hill-Top Creative Arts Foundation founded by BM Dzukogi in Minna, the capital of Niger state got a boost with the extension of its activities to Sokoto state. The Foundation which trains teenagers in the art of writing and public speaking had in April this year organized a national event tagged …