Parrésia Publishers
Parrésia, also Parrésia Publishers Ltd, is a publishing company in Nigeria founded by Azafi Omoluabi and Richard Ali in 2012 with the aim of selling books to the Nigerian reading audience and promote the freedom of the imagination and the free press. It was described in 2017 by The New York Times as one of "a handful of influential new publishing houses" in Africa in the last decade.
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Parrésia Publishers
- Founded
- 2006
- Headquarters
- Lagos
- Products
- book
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Parrésia, also Parrésia Publishers Ltd, is a publishing company in Nigeria founded by Azafi Omoluabi and Richard Ali in 2012 with the aim of selling books to the Nigerian reading audience and promote the freedom of the imagination and the free press. It was described in 2017 by The New York Times as one of "a handful of influential new publishing houses" in Africa in the last decade.
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Parrésia Publishers established.
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Parrésia Publishers is recorded from 2006.
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Parrésia Publishers was established or created on 1 January 2006.
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The circumstances in which Parrésia Publishers stands. Established or created on 1 January 2006. Recorded as publishing house. Publishers has its headquarters at Lagos. Situated in Nigeria. Publishers lies within Ikeja.
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- 1.Ajeluorou, Anote. Book industry reels in debt as publishers, booksellers bicker. The Guardian. 2017-04-02.
- 2.Ibrahiim, Abubakar Adam. Why we set up Parresia—Azafi Omoluabi-Ogosi. Daily Trust. 2012-08-04.
- 3.Azafi Omoluabi-Ogosi on Handshake deals, Her love for books and Parresia. 9jafeminista. 2015-10-16.
- 4.Alter, Alexandra. A Wave of New Fiction From Nigeria, as Young Writers Experiment With New Genres. The New York Times. 2017-11-23. 0362-4331.
- 5.Finalists for 2017 NLNG-sponsored $100,000 Literature prize emerge -. theeagleonline.com.ng. 2017-08-27.
- 6.Editor, Online. THREE BARDS IN SEARCH OF A PRIZE. This Day. 2017-10-08.
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