F’town Book Festival draws 50 authors
Friday, February 16, 2024 | 100 Views |
Francistown Book Festival organiser Dr Paula Otukile
The event, which will be held at the City of Francistown Council (COFC) Civic Centre is, planned to revive the love of reading in the northern part of the country.
Event founder, Dr Paula Otukile said the Festival will draw writers from the United States of America (USA), Angola, Zambia, Lesotho, Nigeria, Namibia and South Africa.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...