Authors who were anticipating payments were left high and dry by African Flavour Books when the store closed unceremoniously

‘It’s sort of like attending to a wound that has been festering under a Band-Aid’

A trip to find the best shops for African literature raised the question of what makes a bookstore worth visiting.

‘Part of the disconnect between writers and white publishers has been ingrained in this belief that a certain demographic of people does not read’

The Mail & Guardian speaks to African Flavour Books owner Fortescue Helepi at the Time of the Writer festival hosted in Durban this week.