Africa39 yaa tʋʋm-noor sẽn naan sɩng ne Hay Festival ne Rainbow Book Club,[1]
n maan Porto Harcourt: UNESCO dũni gill seb-kʋdemdã tẽn-sʋk yʋʋmd 2014 n bãng sɛb-gʋlsdb 39 sẽn tar bãngr wʋsg sẽn nan pa ta yʋʋm 40 sẽn tar pãng la minim n tõe n wilg Afrik la Afirik tẽn-zẽmsã sɛb yidgri.[2][3]
A sɩngame yʋʋmd 2014, Africa39 pʋgda sẽn yɩll tɩ Hay Festival tʋʋm-noy a yiib sẽn looge sẽn kẽed ne World Book Capital cities, Bogotá39 (2007) la Beirut39 (2009). paam pãnga.
Yaa a Margaret Busby, a Osonye Tess Onwueme la a Elechi Amadi n yɩ bʋ-kaoodbã sẽn kõ Afrika39 wã. B wilga seb-gʋlsdbã yʋy Londr sɛb kibsã sasa, yʋʋmd 2014 tʋʋl-nif kiuug rasem 8.[4]
Sebr ning b sẽn boond tɩ Africa39: New Writing from Africa South of the Sahara,[5] sẽn wilgd gʋlsdb 39 nins b sẽn yãkã tʋʋm la Bloomsbury yiis yʋʋmd 2014 sɩpaolg kiuugã pʋgẽ, a Ellah Allfrey n yiis-a, la a Wole Soyinka sẽn yaa Nobel laure wã sẽn kõ noore.[6][7][8][9] A tara sɛb sẽn yi sɛb nins b sẽn yiis la tʋʋm nins b sẽn ket n maandã pʋgẽ, la kɩbay sẽn yaa koɛɛga. La yaa sɩd tɩ yaa 'bũmb wʋsg la b gʋls' tɩ b tõe n bãng n bãng bũmb wʋsg n paase".[10]