{"id":1827,"date":"2022-07-23T10:03:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T10:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motac.link\/?page_id=1827"},"modified":"2022-07-23T10:05:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T10:05:17","slug":"pan-african-writers-association-pawa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.motcca.gov.gh\/motcca\/pan-african-writers-association-pawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Pan African Writers Association (PAWA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1022 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motac.link\/wp-content\/uploads\/pawa_logo1.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motcca.gov.gh\/motcca\/wp-content\/uploads\/pawa_logo1.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.motcca.gov.gh\/motcca\/wp-content\/uploads\/pawa_logo1-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>Responsibilities of the Agency<\/h5>\n<p>\u2192 To provide a forum for all writers of African and those of African origin<br \/>\n\u2192 To encourage the establishment and recognition of only one National Writers Association in each African country<br \/>\n\u2192 To seek and vigorously defend freedom of expression for all Africans as well as the material and social interests of all African Writers Associations<br \/>\n\u2192 To promote literacy and eradicate illiteracy in Africa<br \/>\n\u2192 To encourage the inclusion of African literary works in the curriculum of educational institutions<br \/>\n\u2192 To promote African languages and the translation of African literature into African languages.<br \/>\n\u2192 Collaborating with international organizations such as UNESCO in championing\/promoting literary works.<\/p>\n<h5>Details of Activities<\/h5>\n<p>\u2192 Organization of International Literary Workshops, Conferences and seminars<br \/>\n\u2192 Institution of Continental Literary Prizes<br \/>\n\u2192 Establishment of National Writers Associations and Book Clubs in the African continent<br \/>\n\u2192 Encouragement of Literary Exchange Programs between African Writers<br \/>\n\u2192 Publications of Pan African Newsletters, Journals and Collection of Creative works<br \/>\n\u2192 Establishment of Writers Residencies in Africa<\/p>\n<p><strong>PAWA Website&nbsp;<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/panafricanwritersassociation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">panafricanwritersassociation.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Responsibilities of the Agency \u2192 To provide a forum for all writers of African and those of African origin \u2192 To encourage the establishment and recognition of only one National Writers Association in each African country \u2192 To seek and vigorously defend freedom of expression for all Africans as well as the material and social&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1827","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motcca.gov.gh\/motcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motcca.gov.gh\/motcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motcca.gov.gh\/motcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motcca.gov.gh\/motcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motcca.gov.gh\/motcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1827"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.motcca.gov.gh\/motcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1830,"href":"https:\/\/www.motcca.gov.gh\/motcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1827\/revisions\/1830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motcca.gov.gh\/motcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}