Storymoja festival celebrates flourishing African literature

Name: Storymoja festival celebrates flourishing African literature
Uploaded: 2014-10-17T01:05:08Z
Duration: P430S
Description: In September, writers and readers gathered at Storymoja, an annual literary festival in Africa. A celebration of books and ideas, it was also a time to remember Ghanaian poet Kofi Awooner, one of the 67 victims of the Westgate shopping mall attack in Nairobi one year ago. Jeffrey Brown reports on new voices of African literature and the future of literacy in Kenya.

Clip: 10/16/2014 | 7m 10s

In September, writers and readers gathered at Storymoja, an annual literary festival in Africa. A celebration of books and ideas, it was also a time to remember Ghanaian poet Kofi Awooner, one of the 67 victims of the Westgate shopping mall attack in Nairobi one year ago. Jeffrey Brown reports on new voices of African literature and the future of literacy in Kenya.

Aired: 10/16/14

Rating: NR

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