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The National Library of Nigeria is mounting a Pictorial Exhibition to commemorate the Golden Anniversary Celebration of Nigeria's Independence. Venue: Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Centre, One Memorial Drive, Abuja Date: 27th September - 1st October, 2010 Ti me: 9:00am - 5:00pm OPENING CEREMONY: 27th September, 2010, by 1:00pm Highlights of the programme of activities include e-exhibition - www.nlnig.org/nigeriangoldenjubileexhibition display of preserved and conserved materials; documentary on National Library of Nigeria; media interaction; presentations, competitions, posters, cartoons, essay writing etc; celebrating the Nigerian Woman; awards

(CNN) -- A 19-year-old Nigerian undergraduate student has signed a two-novel deal with the British publisher Faber, making her its youngest ever woman author. Chibundu Onuzo, a history student at King's College London, will have her first novel, "The Spider King's Daughter," published next year. "I wrote the book in my last year at school," Onuzo told CNN. "I've been writing since I was 10, but this was the first novel I finished, so it was very liberating to be able to write 'The End.'" Onuzo, who moved to England to go to school five years ago, found an agent before she had even finished writing, and sealed the book deal on her first meeting with a publisher Her editor at Faber, Sarah Savitt, describes Onuzo as a "very talented writer at the beginning of an exciting writing career." Nigerian writers past and present Wole Soyinka, now 76, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. Chinua Achebe, 80, whos...

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