Kenyan born leading African novelist and political activist, Ngugi Wa Thiongo to deliever Keynote address on: "Transitions & Continuities in African Literature" at the festival.
Nigerian born renowned Poet and Playwright, John Pepper-Clark, to feature at an interactive session.
Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, Guest of Honour.
Hotel Presidential Port Harcourt, venue of the festival
Information reaching chidi opara reports from Presidential Hotel in Port Harcourt, has it that the opening ceremony which started one and half hours late, ended without Ngugi Wa Thiongo in attendance. The organizers could not give reason for that at the time of preparing this report.
