Dany Wambire – The path that led to the emergence of a cultural manager
Around 2013, Dany Wambire already a primary school teacher – for 10 years he taught at the Matacuane Primary School – decided to start a movement to promote the taste for reading and its massification, developing a series of literacy activities through the Kulemba Cultural Association.
Currently, Kulemba has been a true cultural promoter, drawing the attention of authors and lovers of national reading to Beira; hosts the Children’s Book Festival (FLIK) and also has writing competitions for children.
All this path is essential to understand how Dany Wambire became the founder of the prominent publisher that has become a reference in the context of current Mozambican literary publications.
Publisher Fundza is following up on Kulemba’s actions and opening space for new players, especially authors. “The lack of a publishing house in a city like Beira must be that driving force,” he says.
Dany Wambire can already be proud to have spent five years at the helm of a publisher trending towards growth. The opening of the bookstore by Fundza this year places a new horizon on access to books in the city. “It is a space for socialisation, training, cultural education, despite the fact that it is a business that has to be sustainable.”
And speaking as the manager of a book-centric business, Dany Wambire points out the upward path that Fundza has been following. It currently has around seven full-time employees, in addition to consultants and publishers who are hired for new projects.
But it has its feet on the ground and is aware of the multiple possibilities that literature and books bring to sociocultural development. Today it sees itself taking firm steps, which can contribute to an important moment in the cultural history of the city and the country. But it doesn’t forget its essence, a passion for childhood. A large part of the works published by Fundza are of the child and teen genre, he justifies with the weight of having lived with the little ones for around 10 years as a primary school teacher, a weight that he has not shed even though he is now teaching young people at Licungo University.
Fundza’s path is to grow. But, for now, the greatest expectation is the new space in the bookstore, which could be a point of reference not only for accessing books, but also hosting activities involving authors and readers.
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