#ReadingAfrica Week

Join us for Reading Africa Week December 2-8!

Last year, we launched our first-ever Reading Africa Week. We wanted to bring attention to all of the writers who are doing all kinds of diverse and genre-spanning work from every corner of Africa. And because we’re an indie publisher, we really wanted to spotlight all of the great things our colleagues in the indie publishing world are doing. So if you want to a) highlight the diversity of African writers and b) show off how awesome the indie world is in doing just that, you start a campaign called Reading Africa—at least that’s what we did.

We reached out to a few presses and asked them to use the hashtag #ReadingAfrica on their social media posts to spotlight new books, old favorites, upcoming releases, and gems from their catalogs to show people that in the words of Cassava Republic founder Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, “African writing is not a genre. It encapsulates different genres.” This year, we’re planning an even bigger event, and we’ve reached out to more publishers, literary orgs, and bloggers.

African writing is fiction, mystery, romance. It’s poetry, comic books, memoir. It’s works in translation, sci-fi, kid’s books. It’s all kinds of things, for all kinds of readers, and we want to celebrate that. This year’s Reading Africa Week is December 2-8, and you can help us celebrate by tagging your posts with the hashtag #ReadingAfrica, across all social media platforms. Let us know what you’re reading: share a new favorite, and beloved classic, or an author or press you love. And if you want to add some great books to your TBR list, you can use the code READINGAFRICA when you check out to save 20% on all of our titles (ends December 8)!

Click to download the #ReadingAfrica logo

Logo design: Karen Vermeulen
Font: Londrina Font Free by Marcelo Magalhães

 

 

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