HIASFEST has continued to maintain its status as the undisputable, largest and most comprehensive teen arts festival in Africa. The 2023 edition began on the 13th of January with a Pre-Hiasfest Workshop facilitated by Paul.T. Liam and Ojo Olumide Emmanuel. The workshop introduced secondary school students and intending participants of HIASFEST 2023 to the rudiments …
The fourth edition of the Hadiza Ibrahim Aliyu Schools Festival (HIASFEST) was an unforgettable spectacle for everyone privileged to attend the edition. It was held from 19th to 22nd of January 2022 with delegates coming from Benue, Taraba, Osun, Kaduna, Gombe and FCT. The 2022 edition was a great improvement from the previous editions in …
A very important and immeasurable strength of Art is its capacity to foster unreserved unity among its patrons through a lingering memory gust of beauty, uniqueness and class that can be reminisced, felt and appreciated. The Hadiza Ibrahim Aliyu Schools Festival (HIASFEST) has continued to soar as the most comprehensive and rewarding schools festival in …
The Hadiza Ibrahim Aliyu Schools Festival (2020 edition) held from 19th-22nd of February 2020 at the Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi International Conference Centre by 10am began daily. Unlike the previous edition that had eight events categories of On-The-Spot Poetry writing, On-The-Spot Short Story Writing, On-The-Spot Painting, Spoken Word, Contemporary Song, Cultural Dance, Quiz, Craft and …
The inaugural edition of Hadiza Ibrahim Aliyu Schools Festival (HIASFEST) was undeniably a positive spectacle for the moment. This is because it came as an antidote to the almost creative dearth and death already inhabiting the minds of secondary school students in Niger State.The “Annual Schools Carnival of Arts and Festival of Songs (ASCAFS) was, …
Nosakhare collins is a Nigerian poet, publisher, editor, literary critic, documentary photographer, entrepreneur, and web developer. A graduate of Accounting from Ambrose Ali University, Nosakhare has authored four books, A Pilgrim of Songs (2018), A Song of Endless Flames (2021), When Ravens Become Flowers (2023), A Mouthful of Rivers (2023), and the forthcoming Symphony of …
Halima Usman, an award-winning poet, author of 15 books, public speaker, administrator and philanthropist. She is the founder and Chairman Board of Trustees of the Halima-factor Community Initiative. She sits on the Boards of the Mamman Vatsa Foundation; Strategic Assembly for Leadership Trust Initiative (SALT i) and Gombe Goes Global (3G) Network. She is a …
Omo’Oba Jerry Adesewo (Producer/Artistic Director) is a writer, theatre producer/director, and cultural administrator. He is the Founder and Artistic Director of Arojah Royal Theatre, a private theatre outfit that operates in Nigeria’s capital city of Abuja. As a cultural journalist, he has written for NEXT Newspaper, Guardian Newspaper, Trust Newspaper, National Mirror, Newscalabash, Metropole Magazine, …
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The Hill-Top Creative Arts Foundation (HCAF) is pleased to announce the winners of the next Golden Award winners for Nigerian Art Administrators at HIASFEST 2024. They are Omo’Oba Jerry Adesewo, Halima M. Usman and Nosakhare Collins. The Hill-Top Creative Arts Foundation (HCAF), through HIASFEST, has honoured Nigerian Art Administrators with a Golden Award, annually. It …
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Pacella Chukwuma- Eke is an eighteen years old poet, a short story/ song writer, an editor, and a poetry reader, from Ihembosi in Anambra State. In 2020, her poem “Anatomy of pain from a boy’s body” emerged as the winning entry for the Cradle poetry contest. It was also shortlisted amongst several others for its …
