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Another aim of the Kimberley Book Fair is to highlight these issues from an African perspective rooted in South Africa's history of censorship. South Africa has a long history of suppressing voices that stood for equality and against the Apartheid regime's corruption. Many books and writers were banned from the country. [15]
The South African Book Fair (previously known as the Cape Town Book Fair) is an international book fair in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is one of many similar events around the country . The fair started through a joint venture between the Publishers Association of South Africa (PASA) and the Frankfurt Book Fair . [ 1 ]
The Nigeria International Book Fair (NIBF) is an annual cultural event in the republic of Nigeria, established in 2001. It is known to be the most attended book fair in Africa, being the only international book fair in Nigeria and the second largest international book fair in Africa.
This category is for book fairs by country. This is a container category only, and all topics should be moved to appropriate subcategories by type and locale ...
A literary festival, also known as a book festival or writers' festival, is a regular gathering of writers and readers, typically on an annual basis in a particular city. A literary festival usually features a variety of presentations and readings by authors, as well as other events, delivered over a period of several days, with the primary objectives of promoting the authors' books and ...
The Hargeisa International Book Fair (HIBF) (Somali: Bandhigga Caalamiga ah ee Buugaagta Hargeysa) is an annual cultural event in the republic of Somaliland. It is one of the largest public book fairs in the Horn of Africa. Every summer, HIBF brings writers, poets, artists and thinkers from Somaliland and from all over the world gather to share ...
In 2014, the festival brought honour to sub-Sahara Africa, when the city won the right to host UNESCO World Book Capital. Alexandra, Egypt , was the other African city to be so honoured.The conversation on the abduction of the 250 Chibok schoolgirls also started with Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka along with Dr. Oby Ezekwesili gave voice to ...
Book Fairs and campaigns were also part of the programme. The yearly International Book Fair is an 11-day international book fair held annually in Sharjah. During the fair "Give Your Book a New Life", more than ten thousand books were available at symbolic prices to make reading affordable to people from every socioeconomic background.