{"id":11422,"date":"2024-01-15T12:15:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T12:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=11422"},"modified":"2024-01-15T12:15:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T12:15:05","slug":"the-2nd-marrakech-african-book-festival-in-february-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/15\/the-2nd-marrakech-african-book-festival-in-february-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2nd Marrakech African Book Festival in February , 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Agencies &#8211; Sudan Events<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The second edition of the Marrakech African Book Festival (FLAM) will be held from February 8 to 11, the organizers announced during a press conference held in Casablanca.<br \/>\nThe Marrakech African Book Festival is a celebration of African literature and culture. Intended for all audiences and all ages, the FLAM is freely accessible for four days, in all reception sites, the aim being to bring culture and art closer to both enthusiasts and those who are interested in feel distant from it.<br \/>\nFLAM \u201cis a major literary festival, marked by the presence of more than 50 African writers, Afro-descendants as well as the African diaspora,\u201d festival president Mahi Binebine told the press.<br \/>\nFor this 2nd edition, the festival has been relocated, he said, specifying that several authors will meet students and young people, notably at the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), the Cadi Ayyad University , as well as in schools in Marrakech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite the proximity and geographical unity of the African continent, people do not speak to each other,\u201d argued Ms. Wane-Sagna, co-organizer of FLAM, stressing that this is notably due to the \u201clack of circulation of imagination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The FLAM 2024 program includes the organization of literary caf\u00e9s, interviews, signings, a pop-up bookstore, but also a youth program made up of educational activities and \u201coutside the walls\u201d interventions, in university and school environments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agencies &#8211; Sudan Events The second edition of the Marrakech African Book Festival (FLAM) will be held from February 8 to 11, the organizers announced during a press conference held in Casablanca. The Marrakech African Book Festival is a celebration of African literature and culture. Intended for all audiences and all ages, the FLAM is &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11424,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11422\/revisions\/11424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}