African Book Fair by Soma Nami Books

Mystery Publishers will be exhibiting books at the inaugural African Book Fair by SomaNami Books on Saturday 05 August 2023 MacMillan Library, Nairobi. Come, sample our books and get yourself copies for your African stories at discounted prices.

The African Book Fair by Soma Nami Books is an annual week-long book fair organized by Soma Nami Books, a leading Kenyan Pan-African Bookstore.

The fair will be Kenya’s largest offering and sale of African books, showcasing over 10000 books from over 50 African countries and 2000 titles from Anglophone, Francophone, Lusophone, and Arabophone Africa at discounts of up to 50% of the recommended retail price.

The inaugural African Book Fair by Soma Nami Books will run from August 1- 5th 2023 at the McMillan Memorial Library on Banda Street, Nairobi and will have on offer books from continental literary giants such as Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya, but also other African countries such as Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Guinea Bissau, The Gambia, Libya, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Madagascar, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Tanzania among others.

The African Book Fair aims to promote African literature and authors, providing a platform that gives African authors the visibility they deserve while making African literature accessible to wider audiences. The Fair also aims at promoting a reading culture and appreciation of African literary art.

The African Book Fair will showcase literature across multiple genres, including fiction, non-fiction, children’s books, young adults’ books, poetry, coffee table books, reference books, personal development books, and so much more.