The best bookshops Congo Brazzaville

After Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon, Fnac continues to expand in Africa, this time in Congo. In July 2017, it opened a 450 m² store in the Grand-Fleuve shopping center. The store offers the brand's classic services: books, computers, TVs, DVDs, cameras, connected objects, Hi-fi... It's also worth taking a look at the book section, with its fine selection of Congolese novels, and the music section, with its many CDs featuring rumba music.

Also known as Bureaustock, this large Brazzaville press shop, which resembles a French press outlet, carries all the national and international press, although some editions of Le Monde are a week or more old. It also sells stationery, small leather goods and books, with a small corner devoted to interesting Congolese literature. The press shop is well stocked and easy to find. Nice variety of reading material. Pleasant, smiling welcome.

Pointe-Noire's must-visit bookshop, located in the heart of the main avenue. Here you'll find all the national and international press, including French, a well-stocked section of recently published books, a well-stocked stationery section and a few books on the Congo or written by interesting Congolese authors. This is also where you can get a very detailed map of the whole country. If you're looking for a particular book, the sales assistant can order it for you, depending on her suppliers.

The Dépêches de Brazzaville bookshop is a great place to stroll around. It offers beautiful books and, above all, a vast and judicious choice of publications on the history of the Congo, novels written by local authors or whose stories have the Congo as their backdrop. It's also a place where you can find daily newspapers and catch up on local news. It's also a meeting place for all authors and lovers of literature. Very pleasant welcome.