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Posters
are splashed across walls and billboards in Conakry as the city kicks off a
year as the World Book Capital
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As Conakry's year as
World Book Capital gets under way, book lovers in Guinea are seizing a rare
opportunity to instill a lifelong appreciation for the written word in a nation
where most people are illiterate.
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| "Nothing can be built without a book" proclaims graffiti on a wall in Conakry. For a country struggling with high rates of poverty, buying books can slip as a priority when it is sometimes difficult to cover basic needs |
