Akua Boateng is Marketing Executive at DK and co-host of the Sankofa Book Club, a podcast about African literature. Akua has great advice for book marketers who want to think out of the box and for professionals who want to move into Publishing from different industries. She’s also a strong advocate of holding onto your authenticity and uniqueness when doing job interviews to start or advance your career, and she explains why it is so important to celebrate our differences and promote initiatives to increase diversity and inclusion in publishing and the creative industries in general. 

Inclusive Indies Crowdfunding campaign: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/inclusive-indies
Blog post with the books recommended by Akua.

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S1 E3: Trade Marketing
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