Africa’s first UNESCO city of literature gets a new literary festival
What happens when ike's, a legendary bookstore in Durban, South Africa, creates a literary festival? For one, synergy.
Articles by
Peter Cole
Peter Cole is a professor of history at Western Illinois University.
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