Gogo’s Tips: Celebrating African languages
Hello! It’s Gogo here. February 21 is International Mother Language Day, and I want to remind you of the importance of African languages.
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Nal’ibali makes me feel welcome as a writer
My name is Jane Rumbidzai Semu. I am a Zimbabwean living in Cape Town, South Africa.
Thabo’s Diary is the first story I have submitted to Nalibali. I did it as a response to Nal’ibali’s Call for stories.
My inspiration for writing children’s stories comes from my late mother. As a child, I grew up in a township where there was no access to a local…
Celebrating 10 years of World Read Aloud Day
If, ‘The journey of a lifetime starts with the turning of a page,’ then Nal’ibali – South Africa’s reading-for-enjoyment campaign – has been the catalyst for millions of lifetime journeys. Nal’ibali (isiXhosa for ‘Here’s the story’) was founded in 2012 to spark children’s potential through storytelling and reading. Each year since, it has been leading literacy change in SA by galvanising adults into reading…
Nal’ibali helped me reach more kids as a writer
My name is Mbali Dipuo Kgame. I was born in Zola in Soweto, but grew up in a small, isolated township called Poortjie in the Vaal. As a teen, I moved back to Zola, so both places have influenced my writing and creativity.
I have written two stories for Nal’ibali, Hair Magic for Radio Stories Season 5 and The Djembe Drum for Season 6. Hair…
SA POST OFFICE & NAL’IBALI: AN ALLIANCE TO NURTURE SA LITERACY DEVELOPMENT
On Friday, 17 September, children across South Africa will be invited to mail a postcard to their loved ones anywhere in the country, free of charge at selected post offices. This opportunity – a commemoration of National Literacy Month – is made possible by the South African Post Office and Nal’ibali.
Nal’ibali, a national reading-for-enjoyment campaign to spark children’s potential through storytelling and reading, has…
NAL’IBALI AND STANDARD BANK UNLOCK TRUTHS IN CLASSIC FAIRY TALES FOR SA CHILDREN
Storytelling is an essential forerunner in children’s literacy development and an important way of preserving culture and language. Yet many of the same stories appear in different parts of the world: passed down from generation to generation, retold in various languages and with different cultural adaptations. These classic fairy tales contain important moral lessons and universal human truths.
As part of Literacy and Heritage Month,…
Q&A with KZN FUNda Leader – Florah Dlamini
Meet 53 year old mam Florah Dlamini. From Centocow in Mzikhulu, a small town three hours from Durban. Florah has a reading club in her community and has over the years encouraged many other parents and caregivers to do the same.
What are you currently working on for Nal’ibali and what do you enjoy doing most?
Reading books with children is what I mostly enjoy doing. I…
For many women reclaiming their authenticity is a revolutionary act
By: Yandiswa Xhakaza
As a woman, you either love or hate the month of August. It’s the month when women are inundated with requests to attend events, asked to share their experiences, struggles, triumphs, and are reminded of how much more they can (read: should) achieve, despite the challenges they endure.
What does it mean to be a woman? This is a personal question because it…
Q&A with Eastern Cape FUNda Leader – Zanele Ndlovu
Meet our Eastern Cape FUNda Leader, 38-year-old Zanele Ndlovu from Gwenxintaba village in Lusikisiki. Zanele is passionate about literacy and has been involved in several initiatives to help instill the love of reading for children in her community.
What are you currently working on for Nal’ibali and what do you enjoy doing most?
I am the co-founder and director of the Novulakuvaliwe Library. We work with…
REPRESENTATION IS KEY TO READING SUCCESS
Khumo Tapfumaneyi is a co-founder of Ethnikids, a specialist online bookstore sourcing and selling children’s books that feature characters of colour in different South African languages. Tapfumaneyi has made it her mission to ensure that as many children as possible can fall in love with reading by seeing children just like themselves reflected in the stories they read.
The Nal’ibali reading-for-enjoyment campaign caught up with…
