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Nal’ibali Trust wins 2026 Library of Congress International Literacy Prize (Newzroom Afrika)

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Ikwekwezi FM covers Nal’ibali’s literacy drive in Nkangala

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Lorato Trok on Nal’ibali’s 2026 Library of Congress International Literacy Prize and LITASA Award

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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…
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Nal’ibali and Buhle Ngaba bring books to girls

This Women’s Month 2017, Nal’ibali – the national reading-for-enjoyment campaign, has joined forces with young author and activist, Buhle Ngaba, to bring the power of stories to girls across the country. Buhle’s acclaimed children’s book, The Girl Without a Sound, is a moving story about the importance of hearing the stories and voices of girls and comes at a time in South Africa when…
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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 This Women’s Day, Nal’ibali and Buhle Ngaba collaborated to bring the story ‘The girl without a sound’ to even more South Africans by translating the story into isiXhosa and iziZulu. Our aim is to inspire children and adults…
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Nal’ibali and Buhle Ngaba join forces on Women’s Day

This Women’s Month 2017, Nal’ibali has joined forces with writer and performer, Buhle Ngaba, to bring the power of stories to girls across the country. Buhle’s children’s book, ‘The girl without a sound’, has made waves in the past year. A powerful book about the importance of hearing the stories and voices of girls, Buhle’s book comes at a time in South Africa in…
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Celebrate Mandela Day 2017 with a Nal’ibali story

This Mandela Day, Nal’ibali – the national reading-for-enjoyment campaign, is offering children and caregivers across the country the opportunity to enjoy one of Nelson Mandela’s favourite stories for children. Made possible through a collaboration with Tafelberg publishers, the story – part of an anthology titled Madiba Magic will be available as a special story card in a range of South African languages from the…
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Celebrating diversity with drag queen story hour in Soweto

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…
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