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Lara T. Kareem is the founder of Sona Books Limited, the company behind Sọna, a digital publishing platform built for African writers, publishers, and readers first. She is also a Nigerian author and multidisciplinary creative working across writing, visual art, and photography.
Lara T. Kareem is the founder of Sona Books Limited, the company behind Sọna, a digital publishing platform built for African writers, publishers, and readers first. She is a Nigerian author and multidisciplinary creative whose work spans writing, visual art, and photography. Her background includes storytelling, editorial work, book promotion, audience building, and digital strategy. That combination of creative and publishing experience informs Sọna’s direction: building stronger infrastructure for books, better reading experiences, and a more credible digital publishing environment for writers and publishers.
Lara T. Kareem is the founder of Sona Books Limited, the company behind Sọna, a digital publishing platform built for African writers, publishers, and readers first. She is a Nigerian author and multidisciplinary creative whose work spans writing, visual art, and photography. Her background includes storytelling, editorial work, publishing support, book promotion, audience building, and digital strategy. As an author, she has published A Guide to Self-Publishing, Not Just Another Interlude, Love is Beautiful When in Bloom, and Àànú Ifẹ́, among other work. Her experience across both the creative and practical sides of publishing shapes Sọna’s focus on stronger infrastructure, better reader experience, and fairer support for writers and publishers. She founded Sọna in response to a clear gap in the market and with a long-term vision for more sustainable publishing infrastructure.