7 billion neighbors

The pleasure of reading at any age

Audio 48:30

How do you learn to love reading?

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By: Amélie Beaucour

1 min

They keep on reading, are always with a book in hand: for these people, reading is a real pleasure.

For others, reading is more of a chore and brings back bad memories of school.

However, many studies show it: reading has many benefits and it is possible to learn to love this activity.

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Starting with finding the narrative genre that will capture our attention.

Polar, science fiction, romance, poetry... There is something for all tastes and all ages.

In the age of social networks and screens, how not to give up reading?

How do you find time to read?

Should we abandon a book that bores us?

With :

- Nicolas Gary

, co-founder and director of the publication of

Actualitté

, literary magazine distributed on the internet 

- Pascal Perrault

, Director General of the

Center National du Livre (CNL)

- Laurie Pezeron

, founder of

Read!

Afro' authors' book club

- Ghislain Kabuyaya

, co-founder of the publishing house

Mlimani

(in the mountains, in Swahili) based in Goma and which offers reissues of books by Congolese and African authors. 

Musical programming:

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Love-Kongo

(Chacha Independence) - Ben Kamuntu

Assanata

- Alif Naaba.

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