Category: Africa
Start the Day Global: Thieves in Rwanda steal books from a primary school…to rip out the pages
When it comes to protecting the countryside, many African countries have been ahead of their...
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“Unless complete crap, every book is educational.” South Africa book stores challenge lockdown easing restrictions
Like for many countries around the world, it’s time for the Covid-19 induced lockdown in South...
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Ghana’s 2020 International Book Fair cancelled rather than prolong uncertainty for publishers
Scheduled for August 27-30 this year, Ghana’s International Book Fair is now officially cancelled...
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Nigeria’s October Ake Arts & Book Festival shifts online in face of coronavirus
In a bold move the Ake Art & Book Festival scheduled for October 22-25 in the former Nigerian...
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Zimbabwe International Book Fair prepares for July launch but Zim publishers face a game-changing transition amid lockdown
With just 9 coronavirus cases confirmed, and just one death from the virus so far, the Zimbabwe...
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Egypt’s Alexandria International Book Fair adds 200,000 free ebooks to its website
Despite Egypt leading Africa in coronavirus fatalities (40 dead as this post goes live) and the...
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Morocco’s National Library goes digital as country locked down
Morocco is among the many countries closing libraries to help contain the Coronavirus threat, and...
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Morocco’s Casablanca International Book Fair saw a half million visitors for third year in succession, yet still we’re told Arabs don’t read
It’s a central part of global publishing’s urban mythology. Arabs don’t read. Or rather, they do,...
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YouScribe launches in Burkina Faso as African expansion continues. You can’t put the digital subscription genie back in the bottle
With over half a billion Africans online it was always just a matter of time before digital...
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The biggest book fair in the world is an Arab event in Africa. 3.5 million visitors at Egypt’s Cairo International Book Fair. Publishers look the other way
Not that you’d know it reading the western publishing industry trade journals, but the Cairo...
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Egypt’s Cairo International Book Fair clocks 600,000 visitors in first four days. Book sales up on 2019
Egypt’s Minister of Culture Inas Abdel Dayem, reported back on the first four days of the 14-day...
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The TNPS Week In Review: January 19-25
For those who don’t get the chance to open all the regular email notifications from TNPS, a...
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