Extrait de l’article de Publishers weekly (10/2023):
The Francophone African presence this year will comprise 18 publishers from 11 countries who were selected for the quality of their catalogue, their dynamism and their interest in foreign rights. Agnes Debiage of ADCF Consulting in Paris, and a key driver of the French-speaking African presence, notes that their motivations for attending are to expand their international network, draw on inspiring initiatives from elsewhere, discover a range of titles which could be integrated into their catalogue, establish face-to-face relationships, and start real relationships with other publishers around the world.
Sharjah will play an essential role over time to enable collaborations between the linguistic areas of this great continent. Also representing African authors at the fair are literary agents Bieke van Aggelen of the Netherlands based African Literary Agency and Raphaël Thierry, of France based Ægitna Literary Agency.