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What’s all the brouhaha about our reading culture?

By Abenea Odhiambo Ondago

Is it possible to deduce anything from the just concluded Dar es Salaam conference on Africa’s reading culture, which was attended by Prof Ngugi wa Thiong’o? Our level of allergy to books is shocking and the economic situation or poverty is not to blame though they might contribute.

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