![]() Despite the boom in the local publishing industry, a similar spell of growth has yet to be seen in the commercial trading of books. However, the establishment of publishing houses locally and from abroad has not instituted a healthy reading culture in Rwanda, and local publishers have decried the fact that the younger generation does not often participate in this pastime. Since the turn of the century, major publishers from all across the world such as Oxford University Press and Macmillan Publishers have begun making inroads into the local publishing industry. The situation improved after the incident, with the first indigenous publisher established in the country, Bakame Editions. Before the Rwandan genocide, there were no publishing houses in Rwanda. A major share of the market is controlled by nine indigenous publishers, among which four have opened bookshops in the country. ![]()
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