Citizen Dialogue

I just got the news that the Book Fair in Gothenburg, Sweden, with 100 000 visitors each year will have Africa as an overall theme on the fair 2010.

With the support from the Swedish International Development Agency and the Nordic African Institute, the fair will invite authors and cultural personalities from the continent.

- We have had some 50 African writers in Book Fair since its inception in 1985 but never showed up an overall picture of the African literature. Now, we are making a broad effort together with the Nordic Africa Institute, Sida and several other partners and put Africa in focus on the Book & Library in 2010, says Anna Falck, CEO, Gothenburg Book Fair.

The fair will be held one month after the soccer World Cup finale in Johannesburg, South Africa. So the region will be in focus in Sweden over the whole summer.

I think it´s a very good idea.