Category: Africa
Cote d’Ivoire – 15th Abidjan International Book Fair set for May 6-10
15th Abidjan International Book Fair May 6-10 2025
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Morocco’s English Book Festival – English-Language Publishers, Take Notice!
While Rabat and Casablanca grab the publishing headlines, Marrakech is setting the stage for the 2nd Marrakech English Book Festival, running January 17-19.
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Out of Africa: Six Writers of African Descent Who Achieved Global Acclaim in 2024
In 2024, African literature thrived, countering previous claims of its decline. Writers of African descent made significant strides, bringing African stories to previously inaccessible spaces.
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Morocco – Registration now open for Rabat International Book Fair 2025
The 30th edition of SIEL will take place April 17-27 at the OLM Souissi venue.
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Inaugural Sharjah Festival of African Literature – Once Again Sharjah Leads The Way In The Globalisation Of The International Book Markets
Fostering creativity, literacy and collaboration is a theme, if not perhaps in those exact words, that recurs again and again in the top-level Arab markets, and we (in western publishing) would all do well to take a step back and compare our own measures of success.
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Kenya Publishers Association Urges Action Against Counterfeit Textbooks
The proliferation of counterfeit items, including kamusi, dictionaries, readers, textbooks, and set books, significantly harms the publishing industry and the broader economy. This illegal activity leads to financial losses for publishers, tax evasion, and economic sabotage.
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“Read to Triumph” – Overshadowed by Sharjah, the Algiers International Book Fair is underway amid claims of censorship
The reality is that every country censors at some level (try publishing a book advocating terrorism or paedophilia), and that supposedly democratic countries like the US are among the repeat offenders when it comes to book bans.
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Nigeria’s Akada Children’s Book Festival set for October amid falling literacy standards in schools. The solution is simple
75% of Nigerian kids that cannot read simple sentences. Does anyone seriously think Nigeria got to be the economic powerhouse of Africa with an illiterate workforce?
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Ethiopia so needs an annual book fair
In March of this year Ethiopia surpassed 40 million people online (41million to be precise), making it the fourth largest country in Africa by internet users, after Nigeria, Egypt and Kenya, meaning Ethiopia is ripe for digital publishing disruption.
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Kenya – Soma Nami Books’ African Book Fair kicks off August 6.
Soma Nami, derived from a Swahili phrase meaning “Read with Me,” is a women-owned and operated Pan-African bookstore based in Nairobi. It was founded by Muthoni Muiruri and Wendy Njoroge.
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YouScribe launches in Ghana
In 2010 the six biggest English-speaking African countries had a combined internet population of...
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Cote d’Ivoire: Abidjan IBF Professional Programme pre-event
Abidjan International Book Fair professional Programme
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