NIGERIA’S LITERARY AND ART ENVIRONMENT: HCAF OPENS THE YEAR WITH AFRICA’S LARGEST TEEN ARTS FESTIVAL (HIASFEST)

Like every year, the Hill-Top Creative Arts Foundation (HCAF) is set to open Nigeria’s season of literary, art, and book festivals come January 14-18, 2025, through her annual HIASFEST. HIASFEST is the largest teen arts festival in Africa and the most comprehensive cultural festival in Nigeria. It spans four days in the city of Minna…

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LAGOS WINS BEST PERFORMING BRANCHES AWARD OF THE HILL-TOP CREATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION 2024

The Lagos branch of the Hill-Top Creative Arts Foundation has won the 2024 Best Performing Branches Award of the foundation. The branch, which is led by Mahmoodah Oyeleye, a 1st Class graduate of Economics from Lagos State University and the author of Faded Blues, has been the pioneer chairperson of the branch since 2021.  According…

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Hill-Top Creative Arts Foundation Announces Winners of the 2025 Annual Award for Excellence in Creative Writing

The Hill-Top Creative Arts Foundation is proud to announce the winners of its 2025 Annual Award for Excellence in Creative Writing and Valued Addition to the Foundation. This year’s winners are Pacella Chukwuma-Eke, AbdulRazaq Salihu, Sa’ada Isa Yahaya, and Ibraheem Uthman. These individuals have shown remarkable commitment to the literary arts and have greatly contributed…

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YAHUZA USMAN AND OYELEYE MAHMOODAH WIN THE 2025 HIASFEST STAR PRIZE

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,…

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