At the book fair – Picture courtesy
After years of civil war, Somalia is on the mend. To celebrate their growing peace Somalis turned up in huge numbers in Mogadishu to enjoy books written by fellow countrymen and women, to foster a reading culture in the East African country and celebrate their culture and heritage.
The 2nd annual Mogadishu Book Fair (MBF) which started yesterday and ends tomorrow hosted authors, scholars, poets, booksellers from all over the world as well as Somalis. One of the hosted home grown writer is Abdi Latif Ega, a Somali screen play writer based in the US writing about the double life of a Somali painter who is a door man by day and a painted by night rejected by the mainstream society.
The event also meant to expose young and up & coming authors to the industry received a lot of attention on twitter, here are some posts
https://twitter.com/PRESOSOM/status/765941471933521921
The #MBF2016 is a sign that shows #Somali people are no longer oral society but are people who can read and write. @MogBF
— Abdifatah Hassan Ali 🇸🇴 (@IamAbdi5) August 7, 2016
"There is no sincere LOVE than da LOVE of FOOD" you want DeliciousFOOD Goget KUMACAANSO KARINTAADA 2 #MBF2016 @MogBF pic.twitter.com/zhDuFB5fid
— Geedi_Cons (@ConstructSomali) August 7, 2016
Do you want to know what #SomaliYouth want? Check out the queues for books, knowledge, progress&development #MBF2016 pic.twitter.com/KMEWfMlXvj
— Sagal M. Ashour (@SagalAshour) August 17, 2016
Book Fair Fever peaks as hundreds queu for the 2nd Mogadishu Book Fair, over thousand ppl attending the #MBF2016 pic.twitter.com/3jBMlKxWc4
— Mohamed Ahmed Cantoobo (@Cantoobo) August 17, 2016
Honouured to be a part of this success story. @MogBF @M_Diini #MBF2016. #Somalia. pic.twitter.com/bZNu2Ve8GG
— Abdulaziz (@AbdulBillowAli) August 17, 2016
#MBF2016 Beautiful PHOTOS #Mogadishu Book fair #Somalia pic.twitter.com/mBljQT1Ikq
— Radio Dalsan (@RadioDalsan1) August 17, 2016
