A long queue was lengthening in front of the show despite the intermittent rain yesterday Saturday in Paris. Many visitors walked the halls of the show with their children. And these are the stands...

African Book Fair in Paris: Meet a Superhero

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Second edition of the African Book Fair this weekend in Paris (17-18-19 March): creator Junior Beckley presents his superhero book "Muntu Warriors". © tHouda Ibrahim / RFI

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A long queue was lengthening in front of the show despite the intermittent rain yesterday Saturday in Paris. Many visitors walked the halls of the show with their children. And it is the youth stands that have been the most successful, particularly, African comics

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In front of a comic strip stand where she has just offered a book to her son born in France, Kandy Guira, a singer of Burkinabe origin, wants to interest her son in African culture.

I bought Warriors for my son who loved it, she explains to Houda Ibrahim, from the Africa editorial team... It's a great comic. I often tend to say that African comics are a little caricatured, except that there is a beautiful finish, and it is especially well drawn. It's beautiful to see, and it's beautiful to read too.

Muntu Warriors tells the story of an African superhero. Muntu hates fiction as a superhero, but he will, in spite of himself, save a world that he himself has put in danger.

The idea of Muntu Warriors is not only representation, but also discovery, explains Junior Beckley, the author of the comic. Because in African culture, there are a lot of legends, tales, customs and stories to tell, and I would like -as a former video game designer-, to use all my knowledge and all my experience to highlight it and allow all generations of all ethnicities, to discover the codes and mores of African culture.

Muntu Warriors combines quality illustrations, and a deep story in a fantasy world inspired by the black culture of Africa, America, Europe and the Caribbean.

Visitors flocked to the second edition of the African Book Fair which is held until Sunday, March 19 in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. © Houda Ibrahim / RFI

More than 200 authors and 60 publishers and booksellers are participating in this second edition of the African Book Fair, which is being held over three days in Paris from 17 to 19 March. And the public massively responded to this meeting.

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Many of you came to the African Book Fair in #paris. Thank you all for being there 😍!
👉🏽See you tomorrow for the last day. Come early, the last entries are at 17:30🎉 pic.twitter.com/CfIbO28FqJ

African Book Fair in Paris: Meet a Superhero

African Book Fair in Paris: Meet a Superhero

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