Bibi Bakare-Yusuf makes the case for owning African publishing

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@Archival portrait: Publishing Perspectives (2016); festival reporting: Alexis Onestas, Rolling Stone Africa

Bibi Bakare-Yusuf makes the case for owning African publishing

At the Black British Book Festival on 4 October 2026, Cassava Republic Press co-founder Bibi Bakare-Yusuf argued that African storytellers need durable publishing infrastructure, not visibility alone. This is an archival portrait from 2016, not a photograph of the festival.

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