Renaissance Center Library, a public library in Juba (Radio Tamazuj photo)
Yedjwok Agwet, is a cultural activist, translator and founder, and programs director at Renaissance Cultural Centre which also runs a public library in South Sudan’s capital, Juba.
Radio Tamazuj caught up with and sounded him out about the reading culture, publishing inter alia in South Sudan.
Following are edited excerpts from the conversation:
Q: What is the reading culture like in South Sudan as compared to the rest of the world?
A: Internationally, the culture of reading is widespread, especially in the developed world. It is through reading that you enhance the capacity of people in every nation. It is through reading that it will be easy for any development to achieve the transformation from backwards to a sort of modern life.