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…
My phone beeped to announce a new email. It was from Zainab Dzukogi, the director of the Muktar Aliyu Art Residency, Minna. I hesitated. It has been around a week since I sent my application. What if the email was informing me that I hadn’t been selected? But as a writer, I was already used…
October 24, 2024, will forever be indelible in my memory. As I gazed at the email notification, my heart beat more than usual. I exclaimed in surprise, “Ha!” The reality of embarking on a journey to Minna, Niger State, for 21 days without my family by my side suddenly dawned on me. Every journey I’d…
In honour of those whose unwavering efforts continue to influence and elevate the literary and artistic landscape of Nigeria, the Hill-Top Creative Arts Foundation is pleased to present the winners of the annual HIASFEST Golden Awards for Art Administrators in Nigeria. The two outstanding art administrators this year, Adamu Idris Manarakis and Blessing Omeiza Ojo,…
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…
