The Hilltop Creative Arts Foundation (HCAF) is overjoyed to announce the winners of the 2025 HIASFEST Star Prize: Yahuza Usman from Taraba State and Oyeleye Mahmoodah Temitope from Lagos State. HIASFEST, short for the Hadiza Ibrahim Aliyu Schools Festival, is Africa’s largest gathering of teen artists, featuring categories like poetry, short stories, essays, painting, drama,…
The Hill-Top Creative Arts Foundation, HCAF, is pleased to announce a novel initiative tagged: the celebration of past winners of the Hadiza Ibrahim Aliyu Schools Festival, HIASFEST; the HIASFEST Hall of Fame. This Hall of Fame is a shrine to the creativity, talent, and doggedness that have come to define HIASFEST in these years. Since…
The Muktar Aliyu Art Residency (MAAR), Minna, Niger State, Nigeria, is pleased to announce the successful applicants for the second edition beginning from 1st November, 2024. They are; Victoria Ojo Ilemobayo from Lagos State and Judith L. Maikaho from Gombe State. Ojo Victoria Ilemobayo is a Nigerian literary enthusiast whose works have appeared in Christian…
The Honourable Commissioner for Communications and Digital Economy, Mal. Suleiman Isah, and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works, Alh. Hassan B. Etsu graced the finals of the 2nd edition of the Minna Photography Contest initiated by Timeout4Africa Basketball and Education Foundation, chaired by Mr Jonathan Kolo, and organised by the Hill-Top Creative Arts Foundation (HCAF),…
We are thrilled to reveal the shortlisted poets for the June 2024 quarter Wakaso Poetry Prize. Congratulations to: We were incredibly impressed by the caliber of entries this quarter. Stay tuned for the announcement of the winner!
