Africa-Press – Angola. The appreciation of the book and the creation of new reading habits among children was at the heart of the 1st edition of the Literature and Entertainment Fair, held at the Journalists Training Center (Cefojor), in Luanda, under the initiative of the Ministry of Social Action, Family and Promotion of Women (Masfamu).
The fair, which opened on Friday, lasted two days, and sought, as explained by the head of the Masfamu portfolio, Faustina Alves, to arouse the attention and interest of families, communities and civil society, especially teachers. , kindergarten teachers and guardians about the importance of promoting reading habits among children.
“It is necessary to promote similar activities so that more people write children’s books, with support for the production and distribution of their works, so that they reach the market at prices everyone can afford”, he said, in addition to drawing attention to the lack of of titles in many of the country’s libraries and media libraries.
This first edition, he said, brought together 31 exhibitors, who, until Saturday, presented, at Cefojor, several children’s titles, by mostly national authors and foreigners, to encourage the exchange of experiences between writers and arouse interest in this literary genre. , especially among children.
The Minister of Education, Luísa Grilo, who attended the opening of the fair, considered it essential to carry out regular activities of the kind, in order to instill in children a taste for reading, thus awakening a future generation of potential writers.
For Luísa grilo, it is essential to adequately prepare the next generation and the book plays a key role in this process. “We have to bring literature closer to readers, at a price that is accessible to everyone”, she said, adding that it is also crucial to encourage children to read, not only due to training, or by imposition, but as a self-interest of these children. .
The director of the Instituto Nacional da Criança (INAC), Paulo Kalesi, who also attended the opening ceremony, believes that with more fairs of this kind it is possible to teach children to have more reading habits.
“Countries need to start offering more books to their children, to allow them to have broader notions about what to read in the future. It is also essential that more children’s writers emerge for the genre to stay alive”, highlighted Paulo Kalesi.
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