How Aga Khan University is celebrating first time authors

This year’s Authors’ Day event, celebrated the contributions of first-time authors and young researchers, emphasising their role in driving social change and community development. Suba North Member of Parliament Millie Odhiambo thanked the Aga Khan University (AKU) for its excellent work in nurturing and encouraging young authors. “Writing is an important way of reforming and amplifying diverse perspectives. Whether you write for academia or creatively, we must publish our experiences to enrich ourselves and reform the wrongs in society,” she said. The celebrations highlighted the transformative power of writing and the diverse voices within the university. Aga Khan University, Associate Vice Provost and University Librarian Prof. Peter Gatiti emphasised the university’s dedication to developing scholarly content that defines the university. “Today, we are happy to celebrate the hard work done by our scholars across our campus to create scholarly content that not only gives us teaching and learning materials but has also contributed to knowledge sharing across the world. Aga Khan University scholarly materials have been downloaded to the tune of 3.5 Million articles,” said Prof. Gatiti.