West Africa

Since 2016, Narrative Landscape Press has been reshaping the contours of African publishing. With one foot in Lagos and the other in Nairobi, the press is determined to bring African …

The 15th edition of the International Book Fair of Abidjan (SILA) was held from Tuesday 6th to Saturday 10th May 2025 at the Parc des Expositions in Abidjan, located in …

Five African publishing houses were spotlighted this year by the prestigious BOP – Best Children’s Publishers of the YearPrize, awarded during the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Among them, Imagnary House, …

The 17th edition of the 72 Heures du livre (72 Hours of Books) in Conakry took place from April 23 to 25, 2025, at the Franco-Guinean Cultural Centre (CCFG), under …

Dakar, Senegal — On 17 and 18 April 2025, Dakar hosted the inaugural edition of Senegal’s Rentrée Littéraire, a new literary event aimed at elevating the country’s publishing sector and …

On March 21, 2025, Ivorian author Véronique Tadjo was awarded the prestigious Ahmadou Kourouma Prize for her novel Je remercie la nuit (I Thank the Night), published by Inkwell Memory. …

From 6 to 8 March 2025, the city of Lomé in Togo became the historic venue for the first-ever Forum of African Children’s Publishers (FEJA). The event brought together 52 publishers …

In a context where the publishing world in Africa and the Caribbean is thriving but still facing numerous structural challenges, the African Publishing Professionals Observatory (OAPE) launched an ambitious and …

L’industrie du livre en Côte d’Ivoire est marquée par un parcours historique contrasté : les politiques éducatives ambitieuses ont favorisé l’édition scolaire, mais le secteur a été ébranlé à plusieurs reprises …

La 13ᵉ édition du Salon international du livre d’Abidjan (SILA), qui s’est tenue du 9 au 13 mai 2023 au Palais de la Culture Bernard Binlin Dadié à Treichville, a …