Lubango - The Academy of Authors of Huíla Province (ASA-Huíla) since 2019 has published 213 literary works in digital format, mostly by Angolans, at no financial cost to the writers.
According to its general secretary, Valdemar Ribeiro, the academy, which has 128 members, has already made available 55 of the books, all in digital format.
Speaking on Tuesday to ANGOP, following the first meeting of members, he informed that these are research works, novels and poems, whose format requires less costs from the authors and makes it easier to distribute.
The leader of the academy, highlighted that it is a project for the "development of literature in Huíla", the objective of which is to find the works of the writers, as well as writers to be for possible publication in digitized books, e-books and audio-books, for subsequent dissemination in the province, in schools and in all institutions in Angola.
ASA-Huíla was created five years ago and it is made up of renowned businesspeople, journalists, activists and writers.
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