Liberian Literary Magazine
teenagers hence they
expect their teens to just
grow up and behave;
forgetting that the teen
age is a delicate and
precarious one that should
be handled w ith caution.
So I decided to take
parents back to their days
in secondary school ,in
reminisce .
For the youngsters, it was
the desire to relate w ith
them at their ow n level.
They need to know that
they are not alone in their
traumatic predicament.
Promoting Liberian literature, Arts and Culture
Do you have any advice for
other writers?
There is something that
distinguishes your w riting
from others, find it.
What book[s] are you
reading now? Or recently
read?
Making your life count By
Faith
Oyedepo,Sexual
Purity by Tekena I koko.
White Places by Merit
Gogo-fyneface
Tell us your latest news,
promotions, book tours,
launch etc.
My latest new s! Liberian
Literary Magazine. Book
tours and promotions are
subject
to
my
work
schedule but a book
launch is in v iew -April
1,2016
Is there a message in your
book that you want your
readers to grasp?
Yes. That there is a life after
the abuse and for the
abuser, the consequences
of any action is inev itable.
That's
why
I
croon #boysdontrape
An abused child or rape
v ictim can hav e a normal
life
Is there anything else you
would like readers to know
about your book?
That my books are w ritten
mainly to console and
comfort hurting people.
They serv e as healing balm,
bringing hope to, especially
the sexually abused.
What are your current
projects?
I 'm currently w orking on my
third
bookTales
of
Motherhood, Spelling Bee
Bayelsa and my
pet
project,
an
endrape
campaign #boysdontrape;
girlsarediamonds!
Have you read book[s] by
[a] Liberian author[s] or
about Liberia?
None yet.
Any last words?
A w riter's rew ard is not
necessarily in the financial
proceeds from his/her
w riting but the impact on
the reader.
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Ebidenyefa Tarila Nikade
is
a
w ife,
mother,
Educationist,
Parenting/Teen/Sex
Education
counsellor,
broadcast Journalist and
public
speaker
who
believ es
in
creating
platforms for young people
to express themselves.
Ebidenyefa
who
authored ‘These Words Are
Not Mine’ a collection of
poems majorly themed
around w omanhood, is
passionate about w omen
and children, especially the
sexually abused; hence her
w ritings are centred on
such themes. She runs an
anti-rape
campaign
#boysdontrape;
girlsarediamonds ' as part of
activ ities to curb the rape
menace.
Ebidenyefa holds a B.ed
and MA from the then
Riv ers State College of
Education and Univ ersity of
Port Harcourt respectively.
She is the presenter of an
aw ard
w inning
Radio
Programme'
Creative
Xpressions on Gloryfm 97.1.
She is a staff of Bayelsa Senior
Secondary Board, presently
working with
Ekpetiama
Comprehensive High School
Tombia, Yenagoa, and is also
the Organizer of ‘Spelling Bee
Bayelsa’
targeted
at
improving the vocabulary of
children and encouraging the
spirit of sportsmanship.
She is a member of Yenagoa
Book Club.
She
presently
lives
in
Yenagoa, Bayelsa state, with
her husband and daughter.
Vulnerable Chronicles is her
debut novel.
She lives in Yenagoa with her
husband and daughter.