ADVERTISEMENT
The Sun Nigeria
  • Home
  • National
  • Columns
    • Broken Tongues
    • Capital Matters
    • Diabetes Corner
    • Duro Onabule
    • Femi Adesina
    • Frank Talk
    • Funke Egbemode
    • Insights
    • Kalu Leadership Series
    • Kunle Solaja
    • Offside Musings
    • PressClips
    • Public Sphere
    • Ralph Egbu
    • Shola Oshunkeye
    • Sideview
    • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
    • Tola Adeniyi
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • The Sun TV
  • Sporting Sun
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • National
  • Columns
    • Broken Tongues
    • Capital Matters
    • Diabetes Corner
    • Duro Onabule
    • Femi Adesina
    • Frank Talk
    • Funke Egbemode
    • Insights
    • Kalu Leadership Series
    • Kunle Solaja
    • Offside Musings
    • PressClips
    • Public Sphere
    • Ralph Egbu
    • Shola Oshunkeye
    • Sideview
    • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
    • Tola Adeniyi
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • The Sun TV
  • Sporting Sun
No Result
View All Result
The Sun Nigeria
No Result
View All Result
ADVERTISEMENT
Ley Your Dreams Come Alive – With FCMB Loans
Home Arts

15-yr-old Yemisi Adetona presents 13th book

22nd January 2021
in Arts, Literary Review
0
15-yr-old Yemisi Adetona presents 13th book
0
SHARES
136
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

 By Henry Akubuiro

Yemisi Adetona hasn’t sat for her Senior School Certificate Examination yet, but her fecundity has seen her penning thirteen books already. It was a day to relish for the SS3 student of Abeokuta Girls Grammar School, as her latest book, The Lantern, was presented to the public at Sweet Sensation, Oke Ilewo, in the Ogun State capital, Abeokuta.

It was also the third anniversary of Blessed Child Support Initiative International, Abeokuta, an NGO founded by Mrs. Abidemi Fajobi “with the vision of helping the child to unleash their potentials and putting smiles on the faces of the less privileged, thus, encouraging them to fulfill their purpose in life.”

Mrs. Abidemi, who serves as the Coordinator of the organisation, reeled off some of the achievements of BCSI, including offering the opportunities for many gifted children in the state to showcase their talents. Also, it was “in order to promote teenage authorship,” that made it organise the presentation of Yemisi Adetona’s The Lantern.

Former Vice Chairman of ANA, Ogun State Chapter, Pastor Dotun Adekoya, in his review of the book, said The Lantern “is purely a fictional with its traditional setup at Ujah, purely different from the author’s background” and “it revolves round Ujumma, a woman of substance in the village, widely acclaimed for her in-depth mastery of herbs that cure barrenness. She is also a remarkable woman of faith in her gods –the secret mothers of the land, who she believes hearken to her pleas anytime there is a case at hand.”

Speaking to Daily Sun at the end of the book presentation, the teenage author expressed her delight that the book launch held successfully. She said: “I feel very excited, because it is like a dream come through.  I never expected this crowd.

“Writing has always been my passion. This is not the first of its kind. I have written thirteen books. This particular book was inspired by a movie I watched. I got to understand the strong belief of the Igbo  in their culture.

“It took me seven months to write this prose. Most times, I wrote at nights. After my secondary education, I will continue to take my writing more serious. It is one thing I like doing best.

“I would to tell all my colleagues to be focused, know what they are doing, and make use of their talents, because there is nobody who doesn’t have a talent. They should know their purpose in life.”

She admitted her parents encouraged her to hone her craft: “My parents encouraged me a lot, especially my dad. He was the one who brought the idea of publishing my works.

“I was actually writing for writing sake, but he initiated the idea of publishing and the book launch. I want to say a big thank you to him.”

Tags: abeokutaOgun State capitalsenior school certificate examinationYemisi Adetona presents 13th book
Rapheal

Rapheal

Related Posts

The spell of happiness
Literary Review

The spell of happiness

25th June 2022
Niyi Osundare: A poet bemoaning  LOSS OF green paradise
Literary Review

Niyi Osundare: A poet bemoaning LOSS OF green paradise

25th June 2022
Chukwudi Eze regales gathering at Mamman Vatsa Writers’ Village
Literary Review

Chukwudi Eze regales gathering at Mamman Vatsa Writers’ Village

25th June 2022
Next Post
Day Arewa youths honoured Borno heroes

Day Arewa youths honoured Borno heroes

‘Street of Ekulu’ not authorized – Prince Ekene Okam, CEO, Erokam Empire

‘Street of Ekulu’ not authorized – Prince Ekene Okam, CEO, Erokam Empire

Profit taking drags NSE ASI down by 0.14%

NSE turnover soars by 1.12bn units amid index drop

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Highlights

Blues for the disenchanted

Youths mobilising to vote beyond tribe, religion –Cleric

Dissecting the many hazards of dollarising Nigerian economy

Obi Cubana unveiled as New Face of Global Power Bank

FG presents licences to marginal field investors Tuesday

CVFF: $350m Cabotage vessel fund intact, not misappropriated –Saraki

Trending

We inherited  pension problems spanning 20 years  – Ejikeme, CEO, PTAD
Business

We inherited pension problems spanning 20 years – Ejikeme, CEO, PTAD

27th June 2022
0

From Uche Usim, Abuja Dr. Chioma Nnenna Ejikeme, the executive secretary and chief executive officer of the...

Bayelsa judgment: APC, PDP trade blames

PDP, APC bicker over corruption allegations in Plateau

27th June 2022
Tinubu eulogises Carrington

Northern govs stall selection of Tinubu’s running mate 

27th June 2022
South East’s presidential nightmare

Blues for the disenchanted

27th June 2022
Pope names Archbishop Kaigama as Onaiyekan’s successor

Youths mobilising to vote beyond tribe, religion –Cleric

27th June 2022
ADVERTISEMENT

Follow us on social media:

Latest News

  • We inherited pension problems spanning 20 years – Ejikeme, CEO, PTAD
  • PDP, APC bicker over corruption allegations in Plateau
  • Northern govs stall selection of Tinubu’s running mate 
  • Blues for the disenchanted
  • Youths mobilising to vote beyond tribe, religion –Cleric
  • Dissecting the many hazards of dollarising Nigerian economy
  • Obi Cubana unveiled as New Face of Global Power Bank
  • FG presents licences to marginal field investors Tuesday
  • CVFF: $350m Cabotage vessel fund intact, not misappropriated –Saraki
  • 2023: Supremacy battle threatens Obi, Kwankwaso alliance
  • Strike-ASUU, other unions not invited to last Thursday’s meeting –Labour Ministry
  • Our roads, forests not safe from criminals –Ondo monarch
  • Kidnappers demand N200m to free my priest, reverend sister –Kukah
  • Anger as abductors kill Rev. Father, 2 others in Edo
  • Why Kanu fled Nigeria –IPOB
  • Bloodbath in cathedral
  • Oyetola welcomes 10,000 PDP members into APC
  • To gain advantage: How low can you descend?
  • Supreme Court’s naked dance
  • Insecurity: Makinde okays recruitment of additional 500 Amotekun corps

Categories

  • Abuja Metro
  • Anambra Watch
  • Arts
  • Broken Tongues
  • Business
  • Business Week
  • Cartoons
  • Citizen Joe
  • Columns
  • Cover
  • Culture
  • Duro Onabule
  • Editorial
  • Education Review
  • Effect
  • Elections
  • Entertainment
  • Events
  • Features
  • Femi Adesina
  • Food & Drinks
  • Frank Talk
  • Funke Egbemode
  • Gallery
  • Global Square by Kenneth Okonkwo
  • Health
  • Insights
  • Kalu Leadership Series
  • Kunle Solaja
  • Kunle Solaja
  • Letters
  • Lifeline
  • Lifestyle
  • Literary Review
  • Marketing Matters
  • Muiz Banire
  • National
  • News
  • Offside Musings
  • Opinion
  • oriental news
  • Politics
  • Press Release
  • PressClips
  • Public Sphere
  • Ralph Egbu
  • Shola Oshunkeye
  • Sideview
  • South-west Magazine
  • Sponsored Post
  • Sporting Sun
  • Sports
  • Sun Girl
  • Tea Time
  • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
  • The Sun Awards Live
  • The Sun TV
  • Thoughts & Talks
  • Time Out
  • Today's cover
  • Tola Adeniyi
  • Travel
  • Travel & Tourism
  • Trending
  • TSWeekend
  • Turf Game
  • Uncategorized
  • Updates
  • Views from Abroad
  • Voices
  • World
  • World News
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Paper Ad Rate
  • Online Ad Rate
  • The Team
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy

© 2019 The Sun Nigeria - Managed by Netsera.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • National
  • Columns
    • Broken Tongues
    • Capital Matters
    • Diabetes Corner
    • Duro Onabule
    • Femi Adesina
    • Frank Talk
    • Funke Egbemode
    • Insights
    • Kalu Leadership Series
    • Kunle Solaja
    • Offside Musings
    • PressClips
    • Public Sphere
    • Ralph Egbu
    • Shola Oshunkeye
    • Sideview
    • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
    • Tola Adeniyi
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • The Sun TV
  • Sporting Sun

© 2019 The Sun Nigeria - Managed by Netsera.

Posting....