The maiden edition of the Ghana Writers Awards (GWA) is set to make history as the only awards event in Ghana to be attended with only an African wear as the prescribed dress code.
The idea is to promote the Ghanaian textile industry and also create wealth for players in the sewing sector.
The Vice President of the Ghana Writers Awards, Mr. Kingsley Kojo Antwi, in an interview said the rationale for making African wear the prescribed dress code for the awards was to encourage the patronage of the Ghanaian textile industry.
“We need to promote every aspect of our culture. Our dressing defines our cultural identity”, he said.
He said patronising the Ghanaian textile materials promotes the country’s economy by creating jobs and wealth for some people.
“The event will be an interesting one. Apart from [us] celebrating Ghanaian literature and writers in a grand style, we are also going to display to the world our unique Ghanaian fashion”, Mr. Antwi said.
Ghana Writers Awards is a literary prize instituted by some Ghanaian literary compatriots to promote and celebrate Ghanaian writers and literature.
Touching on the awards, he said 16 writers including six females and 10 males have been shortlisted for the awards slated for Saturday, October 29, 2016 at Marvels Ghana Mini Golf Course in Dzorwulu in the Greater Accra region.
Mr. Antwi said the theme for the awards is: “Preserving the Ghanaian culture through creative writing: the role of writers”.
According to him, the awards ceremony would be attended by writers, publishers, academics, poets, spoken word artistes, journalists, and lovers of arts, musicians and government officials.
He said awards was being organised in partnership with KARIS, Writers International Network (Canada), Mensa Press (USA), the Arachneed (India), Turf, Media Mail, Bea Works, Zulu Nation, Tangent Studios, and MacAid Organisation.
Source: GhanaStarrFMonline.com