Bookstores in Africa's Nation-Building: The Story of Timbooktoo in The Gambia

Bookstores in Africa's Nation-Building: The Story of Timbooktoo in The Gambia

In this podcast episode, we talk with Ousainou and Kathy Jagne, founders of Timbooktoo Bookstore in Banjul, Gambia. With 28 years of experience running an independent bookstore, they explain how bookstores shape communities and discuss ways to strengthen Africa’s reading culture.

This episode of the Africanist Press New Democracy series uses Timbooktoo Bookstore as a case study to explore how bookstores and libraries support Africa’s nation-building.

This interview was conducted by Osman Kargbo in Banjul, The Gambia.

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