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Every Book Within Walking Distance of Every Home Within 5 Years
Arthur Attwell talks about the future of books in Africa in his presentation titled ‘Every Book Within Walking Distance of Every Home Within 5 Year’. Read here.
Last night I attended Talking Heads at the Africa Centre, and it was fantastic. One participant described it like speed-dating for the mind: four twenty-minute conversations, each with three other people, each led by an expert in their area. Each table’s participants are randomly selected, so you have no idea beforehand who you’ll be speaking to. I was there as an ‘expert’ to talk about the future of books in Africa, and I called my presentation “Every book within walking distance of every home within 5 years”. I prepared notes, but only as a guide to the conversation, each of which was completely different. This is what I prepared.
Did you have books in your home as children?
Have you ever thought you couldn’t read a book on a small screen?
Would you read a book on a small screen if that was the only way you could read books at all?
I lived in a house filled with books. I still remember some very clearly. And even though I didn’t read most of them, their being there every day opened my mind to the notion that the world was full of old and new ideas and stories and fields of knowledge. I can’t even begin to imagine what it must be like to not have that. So I’m passionate about being part of this enterprise:
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