Comboni Missionaries — Second-hand books take over the Johannesburg literary market

A feature on Johannesburg's second-hand book trade, and on what it means to build a shop where African writing is the main event rather than a section.

             Griffin Shea welcomes people visiting the bookshop offering them a drink.

   At Bridge Books, 75% of the books are by African authors, and the international fiction           section is relegated to a corner.

  Because of this, the owner of Johannesburg's Bridge Books has launched the African    Book Trust, a new non-profit dedicated to donating local books to South African libraries and schools."

Read the full story — 3 February 2022.