Kwame Dawes talks about the importance of literary activism at the National Book Foundation's 2016 "Why Reading Matters" conference in New York City. Dawes is the founder of the African Poetry Book Fund, which was an honoree of the National Book Foundation's 2015 Innovations in Reading Prize.
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