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Mpumalanga Literacy Month celebrations: A Day of Fun, Learning, and Books

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Nal’ibali empowers young minds in Dimbaza

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Nal’ibali bridges language barriers

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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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YOUTH MONTH: A CALL FOR AFRICAN LANGUAGE CHILDREN’S STORIES

This June, as we remember the Soweto youth who protested the use of Afrikaans and English as the languages of school instruction amongst other injustices, the Nal’ibali reading-for-enjoyment campaign calls on aspiring and established authors to donate their original African language stories. South Africa faces a critical lack of children’s literature in indigenous languages and Nal’ibali believes is is these stories that motivate and inspire…
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EMPOWERING CHILDREN THROUGH STORIES IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE CADBURY LAUNCHES READ TO SUCCEED INITIATIVE

A love of reading is sparked when children see themselves in stories and relate it to their lives, even more so when it is shared in their home language. Xolisa Guzula – early literary specialist, author and translator – agrees that when children learn to read in their mother tongues it’s much easier to build on that foundation. However, a survey by the Publishers Association SA…
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