Report in Guinea: where is the children's literature?
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A dozen authors whose objective is to tell Guinean children stories that are familiar to them, with characters who resemble them.
© RFI / Charlie Dupiot
By: Emmanuelle Bastide
51 mins
There are a dozen youth authors in Guinea-Conakry, although to date none of them has managed to make a living from it.
However, children's literature is developing in the country as elsewhere in the sub-region.
Publicity
The objective: to tell Guinean children stories that are familiar to them, with characters who resemble them.
These Guinean authors take up social themes such as begging, parental violence against their children or the arrival of menstruation ...
What can be the role of children's literature?
How to use storytelling to teach French to children, and what place for local languages?
How can parents be made aware of the importance of reading?
Reports by
Charlie Dupiot
, on the occasion of the 72 hours of the book (held at the end of April 2021 in Conakry) with children's authors, children who love reading and within a private school that uses literature, including storytelling, as a real educational support.
With
Aliou Sow,
general manager of Éditions de
Ganndall
, the only publishing house of children's literature in Guinea.
Musical programming
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Mano d'oro -
Crimi
To go further
:
► Our program 7 billion neighbors:
Library, bookmobile, book box: how to develop access to free books?
► Charlie Dupiot's great report for 7 billion neighbors:
Report in Guinea: where are the textbooks?
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