Libreville, April 9, 2024 (AGP) – The First Lady of Gabon, Zita Oligui Nguéma, opened, this Tuesday, April 9, the activities of the Libreville International Children’s Book Fair (SILJL), which aims to promote children’s books and adolescents, we noted.
For five days (from April 9 to 13), the Libreville sports center will vibrate to the rhythm of children’s books, with book fair activities which aim to promote, among other things, learning to read at out loud, the development of book culture from childhood or even highlighting the know-how of writers, publishers and children’s book players.
For the writer Sylvie Ntsame, president of the Association for the Promotion of Books and Arts (APLA), and also president of the organizing committee of the said show, the SLJL is here an opportunity for the different actors, but also visitors, passionate about reading, to come and discover the world of books, more precisely children’s books.
Speaking at the opening of this event of which she is the godmother, the First Lady of Gabon, Zita Oligui Nguéma, did not fail to emphasize the importance of the tool called a book.
“The book made it possible to codify and keep in written form the elements of our culture. It is through books that we will train the greatest number of young people,” she said.
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