Ghanaian capital takes over as UNESCO’s 2023 World Book Capital

“Books and reading are essential to us all, as a source of information, questions and emotions, to get us close with the world,”

Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay said at the launching ceremony for the 2023 World Book Capital along with Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

He added that the choice of Accra as the 2023 World Book Capital was a call for action to support reading among all people and remove the barriers to reading on the African continent.