Congratulations to our Story Bosso winners!
This year’s Story Bosso talent search is officially over and we are pleased to announce the winners!
The theme for this year was intsomi (folktales), and we held numerous events hosting storytelling performances across South Africa. We received an overwhelming total of 6 317 entries from all over the country. The entries were impressive, which made selecting the winning stories a tough process!
Prizes
The overall Story…
The Story Bosso finalists are…
This year’s Story Bosso contest received an overwhelming total of 6 317 entries from all over South Africa – by far our highest number of entries to date since we launched the contest in 2015. The entries we received were of a very high standard, which made choosing the best stories a tough process!
The theme for this year was intsomi (folktales). We held numerous events…
Story Bosso Events: Schedule
Attend our exciting Story Bosso events closest to you! Take a look at our event details below and feel free to give us a call on 021 180 4080 if you have any questions or queries:
Organisation name
Event Date
Time
Venue/Location
Community Audition event
01-Sep
13:00 – 17:00
Dumalisile Methodist Church
Soul City Institute
05-Sep
10:00
Nomaka Mbeki Village
Comms Public Event
07-Sep
10:00
Eastern Cape
Kenako Shopping Mall
09-Sep
10:00
Port Elizabeth
Stephen Nkomo
01-Sep
10:00 – 17:00
KwaNobuhle
Despatch
04-Sep
09:00 – 15:00
Uitenhage
Free Kids ECD
05-Sep
10:00 – 13:00
Khayelitsha
Own reading club
05-Sep
13:00…
Story Bosso: Nal’ibali gets the nation storytelling
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Placing a special focus on folktales in a bid to preserve this national treasure, the campaign will be hosting storytelling performances and events across the country for the month and is inviting members…
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Women’s Month writing competition
When we see women and girls represented as strong, beautiful and capable of anything, it makes it impossible for the world to tell us otherwise.
– Buhle Ngaba
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Nal’ibali and Buhle Ngaba join forces on Women’s Day
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Capturing the imagination of children and working towards a more just society that recognises and accepts gender fluidity during childhood, the Nal’ibali reading-for-enjoyment campaign will be hosted South Africa’s first drag queen story hour with Thiart Li, performing as Shenay O’brien, and children from two Nal’ibali reading club Ikageng Austrian Embassy Library in Soweto on Saturday 24 June.
The programme is just as it sounds…
The journey of a literacy mentor
Cokisa Sicwebu is a Kwa Zulu-Natal-based Nalibali literacy mentor. She is in charge of seven story sparkers and oversees 35 schools in the remote rural Ugu district near Port Shepstone, spanning Hibberdene and the Mtwalume district. Heather Robertson chatted to her about how she manages to encourage the love of reading in these communities.
Why did you get involved as a Nal’ibali literacy mentor?
I am a…
