Bikin Littafin Port Harcourt

Bikin Littafin Port Harcourt wani taron wallafe-wallafen shekara-shekara ne a Port Harcoort, Jihar Rivers, Najeriya, wanda kungiyar Rainbow Book Club ta shirya kuma Gwamnatin Jihar Rivers ta amince da shi tun 2008.  Bikin wallafe-wallafen Garden City, wanda a halin yanzu aka sani da bikin wallafe-wallo na Port Harcourt ne Gwamna Amaechi na Jihar Rivers ya kafa shi, Daruruwan magoya bayan wallafe-rubuce suna taruwa zuwa Garden City a kowace shekara don wannan taron na kwana shida, wanda ya haɗa da baje kolin littafi, bitar marubuta, da sauran ayyukan da yawa. A baya sanannun marubuta sun halarci Bikin kuma sun dauki bakuncin mutane da yawa.

 Tarihin Farko 
bikin ya fara ne a matsayin tunanin Koko Kalango, wanda ya yi tunanin shi a matsayin hanyar haɓaka lambobin yawon shakatawa da haɓaka wayar da kan jama'a a birnin Port Harcourt da yankunan da ke kusa da shi. Da farko an shirya shi ne don 8 ga Satumba a kowace shekara, don ya dace da Ranar Nazarin Duniya ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, bikin ya ci gaba da fadada kuma an yi la'akari da shi sosai tun lokacin da aka fara shi.

 Muhimman Abubuwa 

 2008–2010 
An gudanar da fitowar farko a matsayin taron kwana uku a ranar 24 - 27 ga Satumba 2008. An kira shi Bikin wallafe-wallafen Garden City, tare da taken a matsayin "Writers Without Borders". Baƙi na musamman sun haɗa da Wole Soyinka, Kofi Awoonor da Elechi Amadi, tare da marubutan Okey Ndibe, Kaine Agary da Petrina Crockford . 

Bikin na biyu ("Nigeria: Shekaru 50 na Littattafan Post-Colonial"), a ranar 23 - 26 ga Satumba 2009, ya karbi bakuncin marubutan Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o,J. P. Clark, Buchi Emecheta, A. Igoni Barrett, Sefi Atta, Lindsay Barrett, Toni Kan, Fela Durotoye, Tade Ipadeola, Jumoke Verissimo, Abimbola Adunni, da Joy Isi Bewaji. Nana Ayebia Clarke ta Burtaniya ce ta tsara shi, tare da wakilan masu gina littattafai da Majalisar Burtaniya. Marubucin Ngugi wa Thiong'o ya gabatar da jawabi mai mahimmanci a taron wanda ake kira Languages as Bridges: Building Network against Linguistic Feudalism and Darwinism .  Bikin na 2010 ya ga canji a watan da ya faru a karo na farko, yayin da aka gudanar tsakanin 8 da 11 ga Disamba 2010. Fiye da mutane 1,000 ne suka halarci taron a wannan shekarar.

 2011–2013 
A shekara ta 2011, taron ya koma lokacin da ya fara, wanda ya faru daga 12 zuwa 17 ga Satumba 2011. Taken sa shine "Literature and Politics". Gwamna Chibuike Amaechi da tsohon Sakatare Janar na Commonwealth, Emeka Anyaoku ne suka bude bikin. A karo na farko a tarihinta, ya dauki kwanaki biyar. Sauran shahararrun masu halarta sune dan Chinua Achebe Dr. Chidi Achebe - wanda ya gabatar da babban jawabin - da kuma mai fafutuka Jesse Jackson .  

An tura bikin wallafe-wallafen Garden City na biyar, "Mata a cikin wallafe-walfinai", zuwa Oktoba 2012, kuma an gudanar da shi daga 15th - 20th. Kungiyar Littafin Rainbow ta zaɓi Otal din Shugaban kasa a matsayin wurin bikin. Marubutan baƙi na GCLF kamar su Véronique Tadjo, Doreen Baingana, Elechi Amadi, Gabriel Okara da Farfesa E J Alagoa sun kasance a can don shiga. Har ila yau, an ƙaddamar da A Coat of Many Colours, littafin da Mrs Koko Kalango ta tattara, tare da shugaban kasar Goodluck Jonathan da Gwamna Amaechi, dukansu biyu sun ba da gudummawa ga Gabatarwa da Gabatarwa bi da bi. Har ila yau, sun shiga kungiyar tsohon Gwamnan Jihar Cross Rivers H.E. Donald Duke, Wole Soyinka, da Mrs Ibim Semenitari. Zuwa ƙarshen taron, an sake tabbatar da birnin Port Harcourt a matsayin Babban Birnin Littafin Duniya na UNESCO na shekara ta 2014. A watan Agustan 2013, Misis Kalango ta ba da sanarwar cewa an sake sunan bikin wallafe-wallafen Garden City Book Festival, tana mai da hankali ga dalilan cewa sabon sunan zai taimaka wajen inganta bayanan Port Harcourt a matsayin makoma mai kyau ga duk abubuwan wallafe-wallo.

 2014 
A cikin 2014, an gudanar da bikin ne a Port Harcourt kuma an buɗe shi tare da babban jawabi daga Nobel Laureate, Farfesa Wole Soyinka .  Taken bikin shine "Littattafai: Windows zuwa duniyarmu ta yiwuwar".  Wasu daga cikin abubuwan da suka faru a shekarar 2014 sun haɗa da gabatar da wasan kwaikwayo mai suna "Along Came the Book" wanda marubucin wasan kwaikwayo mai lambar yabo Bikiya Graham-Douglas ya jagoranta. Baya ga shi, akwai gabatarwar littafi mai taken "The Walking Book" wanda shine labarin al'umma wanda ke rufe abubuwan gani da sauti na Jihar Rivers wanda yara daban-daban suka zaba daga yankuna 23 na karamar hukuma a Jihar River suka rubuta. An zaɓi littattafai goma sha biyu a hankali don a nuna su a cikin bikin a cikin 2014. Wasu daga cikin littattafan sun hada da Arrow of God na Chinua Achebe (Afrilu), The Great Ponds na Elechi Amadi (Mayu), This Child Shall Be Great na Ellen Shirleaf Johnson (Yuni), Ake na Wole Soyinka (Yuli) da Gobe Ya mutu jiya na Chimeka Garricks (Agusta).  Matsayin babban birnin littafi na duniya koyaushe yana kawo fa'idodi ga yara dangane da inganta karatunsu da al'adun wallafe-wallafen da kuma gabatarwar don karɓar bakuncin koyaushe ana ɗaukar su bisa ga tasirin kulob din littafi a fannin al'adun karatu da shirye-shiryen wallafe-wallo a cikin al'umma.

A cikin shekara ta 2014, bikin ya kawo girmamawa ga Afirka ta kudu da Sahara, lokacin da birnin ya sami damar karbar bakuncin Babban Birnin Littafin Duniya na UNESCO. Alexandra, Misira, ita ce ɗayan birni na Afirka da aka girmama.Tattaunawar game da sace 'yan makaranta 250 na Chibok kuma ta fara ne tare da mai karbar kyautar Nobel, Farfesa Wole Soyinka tare da Dokta Oby Ezekwesili sun ba da murya ga sace' yan makaranta sama da 250 na Chi Bok a Arewacin Najeriya. Port Harcourt ya ba da matsayin a matsayin Babban Birnin Littafin Duniya na UNESCO ga Incheon a Koriya ta Kudu a watan Afrilun 2015.  Port Harcourt ya zama Birnin Afirka na biyu kuma birni na farko na yankin Sahara don riƙe wannan matsayi duk godiya ga Rainbow Book Club wanda aka amince da gabatarwar don karɓar bakuncin ranar littafi ta shekara-shekara ga UNESCO. Port Harcourt ya zama birni na 4 da za a kira shi Babban Birnin Littafin Duniya na UNESCO bayan wasu ƙasashe kamar Madrid, Amsterdam, Beirut da sauransu. Babban birnin littafi na duniya koyaushe yana riƙe da wannan matsayi na shekara guda kuma yana farawa a ranar 23 ga Afrilu na shekarar da aka zaba.

2015

An dakatar da bikin a shekarar 2015 saboda rashin kudade, wannan ya faru ne saboda canjin shugabancin jihar, Gwamnatin Jihar Rivers ita ce manyan abokan tarayya.Masu sukar da malamai sun danganta wannan ga rashin shirin dabarun ban da tushen kudade ko batutuwa.

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