The Cameroon Book Industry – challenges and changes

By Mwalimu George Ngwane

If Education is the road out of poverty, then books are the wheels needed for the journey
Richard Crabbe, (Ghanaian Publisher)

Introduction
April 23rd each year is celebrated as the World Book Day. The day marks the World’s commitment to promote reading, publishing and the protection of intellectual property through copyright. It is a day for stakeholders of the book sector to attempt a clinical diagnosis of the state and future of the book industry. This diagnosis is of particular import to Cameroon where book famine has presently characterized our cultural landscape.