{"id":6013,"date":"2018-05-08T19:39:41","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T19:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/?p=6013"},"modified":"2018-05-08T20:27:49","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T20:27:49","slug":"littworld-a-feast-at-the-global-dinner-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/es\/littworld-a-feast-at-the-global-dinner-table\/","title":{"rendered":"LittWorld: A feast at the global dinner table"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>By John Maust, MAI President<\/p>\n

Nigerian author Pusonnam Yiri lowered his voice in the noisy room.\u00a0 His listeners around the table leaned forward, not to miss a word.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Pusonnam teaches global wordsmiths at Littworld 2015. Photo by Jeam Wong.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“I compare the LittWorld conference to a big family Christmas dinner with family members attending from around the world,” he said intently. “I met people from many countries who are now my friends.”<\/p>\n

There\u2019s something profoundly energizing about joining a global family serving Christ through the published word.<\/p>\n

Pusonnam left LittWorld 2015 with an idea for a book on “thinking locally, writing globally,” just now published. “God willing, people will produce more locally authored content after reading the book,” he said.<\/p>\n

Based in an area of violent extremism in northern Nigeria, the father of three also formed a publishing house and focused on training believers to write books.<\/p>\n

“The more I write and the more I train, the more I see the publishing needs,” he said.\u00a0 “Africa needs publishing houses more than oil refineries.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

As we prepare for LittWorld 2018<\/a> in Singapore, I wonder who else, like Pusonnam, will join the LittWorld “family”? And what new Christian publications, or even publishing houses, will be born as a result?<\/p>\n

We have a long list of scholarship applicants including:<\/p>\n