Get The App

Download the Josplay app for the best experience.

Download Now

Charts

Discover the latest hits and trending music.

Explore Charts

Podcasts

Stories, music and conversation from Africa and its diaspora.

Browse Podcasts

New Releases

Stay updated with the latest music releases.

See New Releases
← Africanist Press Podcast Service
Bookstores in Africa's Nation-Building: The Story of Timbooktoo in The Gambia artwork

Bookstores in Africa's Nation-Building: The Story of Timbooktoo in The Gambia

Africanist Press Podcast Service
S3 E538:50
Play episode

Show notes

In this podcast episode, we talk with Ousainou and Kathy Jagne, founders of Timbooktoo Bookstore in Banjul, Gambia. With 28 years of experience running an independent bookstore, they explain how bookstores shape communities and discuss ways to strengthen Africa’s reading culture. This episode of the Africanist Press New Democracy series uses Timbooktoo Bookstore as a case study to explore how bookstores and libraries support Africa’s nation-building. This interview was conducted by Osman Kargbo in Banjul, The Gambia.

More from this show

More
  1. Sierra Leone's Judicial and Constitutional Crisis

    In recent years, Sierra Leonean politicians have amended key provisions of the country's constitution and public-election laws to consolidate a de facto one-party state and entrenc…

    S3 E1630:39
  2. Ending the Grace Period: Announcing a Special Investigative Project on Sierra Leone!

    In this special episode, Africanist Press editor-in-chief, Dr. Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, briefly reviews the Africanist Press Podcast since its launch in December 2023, announces the r…

    18:46
  3. A Legacy of Resistance: Music, Memory, and Self-Determination in Africa

    In this episode, we feature Masauko Chipembere discussing his music, his family’s role in the decolonization movement in Malawi, and how his parents’ exile shaped his current work…

    S3 E1401:22:54
  4. Arts and Entrepreneurship: Mobilizing Africa's Diaspora Capital

    This episode features a discussion with Bloom Afrique’s Toni Blackman and Kennedy Rance about how they use art and emerging technologies to mobilize Africa’s diaspora capital and f…

    01:09:38
  5. The Future of Creative Writing and Literature in Sierra Leone: A Conversation with Arthur Onipede Hollist

    Arthur Pede Hollist is an award-winning Sierra Leonean writer and Professor of English at the University of Tampa. He teaches courses in African literature and creative writing. Hi…

    S3 E1201:19:05
  6. Art for Development and Self-Reliance in Africa

    The ART27 Group is a Gambian-based non-profit initiative that offers financial assistance for essential expenses such as materials, transportation, and exhibitions. ART27 was found…

    S3 E1137:45
Now Playing

No Track Playing

Africanist Press Podcast Service — Bookstores in Africa's Nation-Building: The Story of Timbooktoo in The Gambia | Podcast | Josplay Music