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Celebrating Leadership That Changes Lives

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A Global Literacy Leader Recognised

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Nal’ibali Calls for Original Children’s Stories in Indigenous Languages

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How family stories transform children’s lives

“Once upon a time, there was a very clever young man in a certain village. People were jealous about this. One day an old man came to visit this young clever man to ask him some difficult questions to prove his intelligence…” This Heritage Day, we asked our team and children who attend Nal’ibali reading clubs to record some of the old stories their families…
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Hlubi Mboya, Nal’ibali and a Mermaid’s Purse

Hlubi Mboya took the South African silver screen by storm with her heartbreaking performance as Nandipa in Isidingo. After ten years of successfully fleshing out this character with talent and sensitivity, Hlubi has moved on to the freelance world to “grow my craft and reignite my faith in the industry”. Above and beyond her sprinting ambitions, she has always had a hand in social…
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The Soil, Nal’ibali and Musical Storytelling

The acapella group that has stolen South Africa’s heart – The Soil – worked hand-in-hand with us this Literacy Month to help spread awareness about the power of stories to shape children’s future. Hailing from Soweto, Buhlebendalo Mda, and brothers Luphindo and Ntsika Fana Ngxanga, shot to stardom as the winners of the ‘Standard Bank Standing Ovation Award at the 2010 ‘National Arts Festival in Grahamstown….
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Puku and REDISA: isiXhosa writing competition

Celebrate the importance of storytelling this International Literacy Day   “It is my wish that the voice of the storyteller will never die in Africa, that all the children in the world may experience the wonder of books, and that they will never lose the capacity to enlarge their earthly dwelling place with the magic of stories” – Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela   Monday September 8: This International Literacy…
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Storyplay and moral imagination

As part of their package of support to Early Childhood Development centres, Nal’ibali Literacy Mentors recently explored the power of Storyplay – a strategy using imaginative (pretend) play as a way to support young children’s exploration and understanding of stories, people and the world around them. Following a week of training with Storyplay consultant Sara Robinson, this is what we learnt: A factor that characterises…
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Nal’ibali launches new app with Mxit Reach

This International Literacy Day, Monday September 8, the Nal’ibali reading-for-enjoyment campaign has joined forces with Mxit Reach to launch a new and improved app to put children’s stories and literacy tips into the hands of even more South African caregivers and their children. The app is accessible via the Mxit social networking platform which now has five million monthly users. It will allow anyone…
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