Africa's Sustainability Roadmap: Living Sustainably Here Debuts In Lagos

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]The Wole Soyinka National Theatre in Iganmu Lagos serves as the platform for a significant literary milestone. Amidst the 25th edition of the Nigeria International Book Fair, a new voice has emerged in the global discourse on the Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs.

[00:00:25]Living Sustainably Here: African Perspectives on the SDGs Living Sustainably Here: African Perspectives on the SDGs is more than just a book.

[00:00:37]It's a three-volume roadmap published by Selina Publications.

[00:00:42]This anthology gathers diverse voices from across the continent to address a critical problem.

[00:00:48]Sustainability is often discussed in boardrooms far removed from the people it affects most.

[00:00:56]Sustainability is a systems challenge.

[00:00:59]It connects education, energy, culture, technology, governance, and the environment.

[00:01:06]These aren't separate worlds. They are deeply interconnected.

[00:01:10]And this is where STEAM thinking becomes important.

[00:01:17]STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics.

[00:01:24]It is this exploratory, imaginative, and resourceful spirit that animates this anthology.

[00:01:32]The series is strategically divided to cover the breadth of the African experience. Volume One, titled Paths to Knowledge, is the primary focus of this session.

[00:01:43]Access to knowledge in Africa remains a structural problem.

[00:01:50]Not merely a pedagogical one.

[00:01:54]The essays that follows in illuminates the problem uh from multiple angles.

[00:02:03]And in doing so, make the case for why anthologies like this one are themselves part of the solution.

[00:02:12]Gabby Williams frames African publishing as cultural infrastructure, not commerce alone, but architectural through which societies construct many memory and identity.

[00:02:29]Subsequent volumes will dive into practical applications ranging from digital lives and indigenous pathways to Africa under pressure, which explores the intersection of literature, energy, equity, justice, and security.