Nigerians and Books
Do Nigerians read? Molara Wood reports that last year there was an appeal to compile the Best Books of 2004: readers’ choice (after successfully putting together Best Books of 2004: Writer’s Choices) in a national newspaper. However only 5 people responded to the national campaign. Currently Nigeria has a population of over 120million people with 68% literacy. Drop the literacy level to 35% and we still don’t have an excuse.
This year, she hopes to attract more people to contribute to Reader’s Best Books of 2005 particularly from the Nigerian blogsphere. The best 25 contributions will be published in a national newspaper in Nigeria and best of the rest will be published on her personal blog. Make sure your send your contributions in by December 15.
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