Saturday, March 19, 2016 was a good fantastic day as people from all works of life gathered to celebrate the shortlisted writers of the flash fiction and novel categories of the Etisalat Prize for Literature.
See 10 of the best moments from the event:
1. K Peace performing the Fuji version of John Legend’s All of Me held the audience spellbound!
2. When Kuti Ojuolape Modupe was announced the winner of the flash fiction category of #EtisalatPrizeAwards
K Peace’s Fuji cover of ‘All of Me’ on stage was amazing! #EtisalatPrizeAwards https://t.co/h5yFJJiL9K
— Oyindamola Bamgbola (@OyindaHives) March 20, 2016
3. When Gloria Ibru and Keppy Ekpeyong Bassey spoke with South African accents during the re-enactment of Rehanna Rossouw’s What Will People Say?
Gloria Ibru and Keppy Ekpeyong Basset have South African Accents! 😄😄 #WhatWillPeopleSay#EtisalatPrizeAwards pic.twitter.com/6qknyHrhXQ
— 100% Jesus (@thepamilerin) March 19, 2016
4. When the audience looked into their goodie bags and found one book from the shortlisted novelists.
I got What Will People Say, what did you get? @DwinTheStoic https://t.co/gtkTQHxSgH
— Fu’ad. (@RebelliousXIV) March 19, 2016
5. That moment when the dramatization of Tram 83 look like a night club thanks to Toyin Oshinaike and his cohorts
Performance of Fiston’s Tram 83 at #EtisalatPrizeForLiterature ‘You have time?’ pic.twitter.com/5tbLh7hN7b
— Lola Shoneyin (@lolashoneyin) March 19, 2016
6. That moment when Fiston Mwanza Mujila reading an excerpt from his book sounded like the rendering of incantations
‘Mournful’ we are not but… Hear it yourself from the author of Tram 83, Fiston Mwanza Mujila. pic.twitter.com/sw0hU2KUUn
— Lola Shoneyin (@lolashoneyin) March 19, 2016
7. When Darey came on stage and played our best songs from his recent album Naked
Dare at #EtisalatPrizeAwards 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽 https://t.co/EZPmzRw0jF
— Oyindamola Bamgbola (@OyindaHives) March 20, 2016
8. Efe Paul Azino, world acclaimed spoken word artist (who came looking like a Yoruba Demon in his black Agbada) thrilled us with his performance of ‘Let Our Voices Ring’.
Loving Efe Paul Azino’s spoken word at #EtisalatPrizeAwards 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
A video posted by Pamilerin The 👑 (PTK) (@thepamilerin) on
9. When you love Asa so much that you don’t want to let her go.
The #EtisalatPrizeforLiterature 2014 Awards
Posted by Etisalat Nigeria on Saturday, March 19, 2016
10.How can we forget that point when Fiston Mwanza Mujila, winner of Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015 danced with Asa?
#EtisalatPrizeforLiterature Winner Fiston Mwanza Mujila gets to boogie dowm w/ Superstar singer, Asa. unforgettable! pic.twitter.com/P5sIvrnbZH
— Lola Shoneyin (@lolashoneyin) March 19, 2016