Paris Book Fair: Senegal, new leader of the African Pavilion
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- 26 Apr 2022
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The book festival is back, after two blank years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. And after Côte d'Ivoire as leader in previous editions, it is Senegal that is carrying the African Pavilion this year at the Paris Book Festival. For the occasion, a delegation led by the Senegalese Minister of Culture, a dozen authors and three publishers made the trip. "Senegal came with the best of it knowing that the years 2021 and 2022 were Senegal's years in literature, in particular with the Saint-Simon prize for Souleymane Bachir Diagne, the Neustadt prize for Boubacar Boris Diop who is with us in the delegation, the Goncourt prize with Mohamed Mbougar Sarr but also the Ahmed Baba prize with Khalil Diallo whose books are obviously there”, explains Abdoulaye Diallo of Harmattan Senegal editions. The African pavilion is also the opportunity to discover certain authors, specifies Aminata Diop Johnson, director of the African pavilion: “Now when we talk about Boubacar Boris Diop or Osvalde Lewat who won the pan-African grand prize for literature, these are known names, but we must not forget that you have young talents, the talented feathers of Africa, who also deserve to be known. And if Senegalese literature is in the spotlight of the African Pavilion this year at the Paris Book Festival, the other countries of the continent are of course represented as well as Caribbean literature. “Now when we talk about Boubacar Boris Diop or Osvalde Lewat who won the Pan-African literature prize, they are known names, but we must not forget that you have young talents, the talented feathers of Africa, who also deserve to be known.” And if Senegalese literature is in the spotlight of the African Pavilion this year at the Paris Book Festival, the other countries of the continent are of course represented as well as Caribbean literature. “Now when we talk about Boubacar Boris Diop or Osvalde Lewat who won the Pan-African literature prize, they are known names, but we must not forget that you have young talents, the talented feathers of Africa, who also deserve to be known.” And if Senegalese literature is in the spotlight of the African Pavilion this year at the Paris Book Festival, the other countries of the continent are of course represented as well as Caribbean literature. Read More…
