The Committee for Relevant Art (CORA) is set to start the 2024 culture season with opening of its CORA Library & Resource Centre. Located at the Lagos city’s culture space Freedom Park, Lagos Island, the intention is to continue to encourage the citizenry to see education as the singular key to enlightenment and empowerment – all in the cause of nation-building and human capital development.
In a statement issued by Programme Officer, CORA, Ifunanya Ottih, “the flagship Library is set for opening at 4:00pm and Professor Wole Soyinka is Special Guest of Honour.”
Located at CORAVille — a section of the monumental space for creative production and expression,
Freedom Park — the CORA L&RC is expected to serve the interest of the general public, in particular students and youths.
“The Library will hold regular literary activities, especially the flagship CORA BOOKTrek, the Literacy Campaign project, which brings authors into direct encounters with readers of their works.
The Centre will also stage regular programmes on such key literacy-improvement engagements as workshops and seminars on writing, reading and speechmaking, among others. It will be a home to fellow artist organisations committed to deepening literacy in the national consciousness,” CORA said.
The project enjoys the support of several organisations and individuals, notably Freedom Park, Chief
Kayode Aderinokun (Chair CORA Trustee), the esteemed CORA Board members, subscribers and volunteers, and, especially the support of Hawthornden Foundation.
Essentially, it benefits from donations by authors, publishers, bookstores, and members of the public in general.
