The Guinea-Bissau Writers Association gathers dozens of people from different backgrounds who share the same goal: to improve the literature of a small West African country with one of the world's lowest literacy rates.
Writers Seek to Form National Identity Through Literature for Guinea-Bissau
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Workers are seen at the National Printing Press in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Dec. 19, 2017. (R. Shyrock/VOA)
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Edson Incobte, who works at a local development organization, says Kriol is the only language that is able to truly communicate the situation in Guinea-Bissau. Behind him, a quote in Portuguese reads: "We only exist on days when we do. On the days when we don't do, we simply endure." Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Dec. 18, 2017. (R. Shyrock/VOA)
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Customers are seen at the Coimbra Bookshop in Bissau, one of the few places to buy books from local authors in the capital, in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Dec. 19, 2017. (R. Shyrock/VOA)
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Students watch a meeting of the Guinea-Bissau Writers Association, in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Dec. 19, 2017. (R. Shyrock/VOA)