# @Al Jazeera English on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=HmhpjZEhw3I
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70640096-Al-Jazeera-English-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-21T14:14:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Al Jazeera English (@Al Jazeera English) — https://gondola.cc/Al Jazeera English

## Caption

For decades, African literature was published from London or Paris - decided on, edited and marketed by people outside the continent. 

Twenty years ago, Cassava Republic Press set out to change that, building a Nigerian publishing house for African readers first. The 

The Listening Post's Tariq Nafi traces how Cassava helped African writing find bigger audiences than ever - and asks whether control over those stories has genuinely come home, or whether the infrastructure of global publishing still calls the shots.

Featuring:
Bibi Bakare-Yusuf – Co-founder and publishing director, Cassava Republic Press
Chika Unigwe – Author and professor of creative writing
Tinashe Mushakavanhu – Assistant professor, Harvard University

Reporter: Tariq Nafi
Producer: Hanna Adan
Editor: Haim Litani

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