This is the pretext for the press conference on Tuesday March 5, 2024 at the Gœthe Institute to announce the holding of this second edition of the SIILY
This is one of the main motivations that drives the president of the Association of Promoters of the Book Industry (APIL), also director of the International Book Industry Fair of Yaoundé (SIILY), whose act 2 will be held from March 14 to 17, 2024 at the National Museum of Yaoundé. “The book, a lasting legacy. ", this is the theme chosen for this second edition of SIILY 2024. For the organizers, this theme translates a vision which is that of placing the book as a vital capital for our society under construction, "In a context where it is necessary to reaffirm our young people that the book remains the only tool capable of pulling man upwards. It is a tool for emancipation, appropriation, and self-learning. », Explains the promoter of SIILY Matchadje Yogolipaka.
A second edition at the heart of printers, national languages and social inclusion. This is the main innovation of this year 2024 which intends to showcase printers and people with reduced mobility, “This year’s SIILY aims to be more inclusive.
On the show site, you will have a blind person who has written many books and who is a teacher at the Ecole Normale de Yaoundé. This means that we want to give space to each actor in the book. Also, players who were not very represented last year, such as printers, have finally joined SIILY and that is a very good thing for the book industry. It must be said that printers are an important link in the book chain. We will also place emphasis on national languages. It is important that each Cameroonian appropriates his or her language, and why not that politicians reflect on a dynamic to give national languages more space. », indicated the director of SIILY.
Fabienne Freeland, director of SIL Cameroon, will hold a workshop on March 14 during which a software called “Bloom” will be presented which allows books to be written using the alphabets necessary for Cameroonian languages, which adapt them to other languages while keeping the normal format.
Absent from SIILY last year, the president of the printers' group will have a major part in this 2024 edition, which discusses the reasons for their presence at this Show, "During the first edition the printers were not represented and when When we talk about the book industry, printers occupy an important place. What motivates us is that we are an integral part of this chain, and during SIILY 2024, we want to present our know-how because by next year we will print the books locally in Cameroon,” says Robert Nkouamou. .
SIILY 2024 is no less than 14 countries expected with Italy as the country in the spotlight. Placed under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Arts and Culture, three objectives are targeted by its promoter, notably the promotion of books; capacity building and social cohesion.
Clément Noumsi
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