Participants

Heroe Book Fair, Edition 2: May 5th-7th 2022

Theme: Emancipation

Venue: Close The Gap Hub at Ratna Square, Mombasa

Embassies

  1. The Belgian Embassy in KenyaNairobi, Kenya

Keynote Speaker

2. Petina Gappah, Author & Award winning Author – Zimbabwe/Ghana

Bookstore

3. Soma Nami Books Kenya

Book Publicists

4. Nyiko Mthembi, Tivisa PublicitySouth Africa

Anglophone, Francophone & Lusophone Publishers

5. Okenna Nzelu, Bright Lights Books UK/Nigeria

6. Johary Ravaloson, éditions Dodo vole – Madagascar

7. Fiston Mudacumura, Mudacumura Publishing HouseRwanda

8. Médiatrice Mujawamariya, Éditions Little AfricansBelgium

9. Sandra Tamele, Editora Trinta Zero NoveMozambique

10. Kadija George, Peepal Tree PressUK

Educational/Literary Entities for Children

11. Dr. Xolisa Guzula, Puku BooksSouth Africa

12. Paukwa Kids Kenya

Children Book Authors

13. Leine Daini, Author and Founder of African Folktales Podcast – UK

14. Lorato Trok, Author, Rosina Sedibane Modiba: A Dream Denied – South Africa

15. Ulrich Talla Wamba, Author, Why Does Panther Have Spots? – Cameroon

16. Wambui Mathenge, Author, The Amani Series – Kenya

17. Ekiuwa Aire, Author, Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba – Canada

Kiswahili language Experts and Writers

18. Georgina Makini, Writer, Teacher and PhD student in Kiswahili – Kenya

19. Ally Abdallah Baharoon, Writer, Mimi sio wa hapa – Tanzania

Poets

20. Bene Lu, Author, It is What it Is – South Africa

21. Sakina Taki, Author, My Little Yellow Book – Kenya

22. Albert Mwamburi, Poetry, It Tolls For Thee: The Frere People and The Historic Kengeleni Bell – Kenya

Nonfiction Authors

23. Patrick Byiringiro, Author, Quoi Encore? – Kenya/Rwanda

24. Pindiwe Mgijima Mabhena, Author, Echoes Of The Mountains: The Unspoken Champions – South Africa

25. Sylvia Wynter, Author, We Must Learn to Sit Together and Talk About a Little Culture: Decolonizing Essays 1967-1984 – Jamaica

Fiction Authors

26. Khadija Abdalla Bajaber, Author, The House Of Rust – Kenya

27. J.D. Kizza, Author, The Journals Of He: The Beginning – South Africa