A literary festival to be launched in honour of Professor Lade Wosornu on Friday

 A festival of Poetry and Mother Languages (L1) will be launched in honour of Professor Lade Wosornu at the Mamprobi Gale Community Library in Accra.

The festival dubbed “Lade Wosornu Festival of Poetry and L1” besides honouring the retired surgeon and legendary Ghanaian poet whose poems have been and still being stud­ied in the basic and senior high schools for the West African Examination Council (WAEC) examinations, is geared at promoting the love for poetry (and literature at large) and en­courage Ghanaians (especially students) to be proud of their mother tongues (L1).

According to a statement issued by the organising committee copied the Ghanaian Times in Accra yesterday, the event would have the Coun­try Representative of United Nations Educational Scientific Organisation ( UNESCO ) Ghana as the special guest of honour and the Secretary General of the Pan African Writers Association (PAWA) as the chairperson.

It is designed to host a conversation, celebration of Professor Lade Wosornu, performances with Professor Wosornu and outlining of the modality of the festival sched­uled to begin next year.

“Lade Wosornu Festival of Poetry and L1” was instituted by the Osu Children’s Libraries, Read Ghana Read Consult and the Ghana National Associa­tion of Private Schools (Zone 5) and supported by UNESCO Ghana, Pan African Writers

 BY TIMES REPORTER