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various speakers at the inauguration of the Book Swap Foundation have called for support for African books.
One of the speakers, Dr Chioma Anuebunwa, who spoke on ‘African Literatures for International Readers’, said it was important to showcase African literatures to the international community.
“We need a strategic movement to support African authorship, deliver literary works by African authors to international school age readers. Such efforts will complement the Book Swap initiative,” said.
Another speaker, Dr Edwin Edeh, who spoke on the topic, ‘The Intersection with the Environment and Public Health’, said, “No Nigerian child should be denied access to knowledge in books. Reading story books make children smarter.”