Today’s post comes to you from Sandra Tamele. Founder of Editora Trinta Zero Nove, an independent publishing house based in Maputo, Mozambique, Sandra Tamele affirms that librarians have an important role to play in broadening readers’ world since a book "doesn't truly cross a border simply because it appears in an international catalog. It crosses … Continue reading #ReadingAfrica: Publisher Spotlight – Editora Trinta Zero Nove
Today’s post comes to you from Dr. Vashalice Kaaba & Dr. Annette Goldsmith. GLLI Executive Director Dr. Vashalice Kaaba and GLLI board member Dr. Annette Y. Goldsmith attended a much-anticipated #ReadingAfrica Week panel on translation and have together written this reflection on what they heard. Dr. Kaaba introduces the panel and shares her takeaways on … Continue reading #ReadingAfrica: Language as Movement
Today’s post comes to you from Kris Feller. Naa-Adei Kotey: The Author Bringing Pre-Colonial African Leaders to Middle Grade Shelves This September, the American International School of Lagos (AISL) welcomed Nigerian-Ghanaian author Naa-Adei Kotey to share her 2025 debut, Sumanguru: Sorcerer King of Sosso, with our students. Sumanguru Kanté was a thirteenth-century king of the … Continue reading #ReadingAfrica: Meet Naa-Adei Kotey
Today’s post comes to you from Judie Oron. Thirty-five years ago, I found myself huddling in the passenger seat of a run-down Ethiopian government taxi. We were parked beside a tiny kiosk in a dusty market town in the north of Ethiopia. I was negotiating payment for an Ethiopian child slave named Wuditu and I … Continue reading #WorldKidLit: Ethiopian Purchase
Today’s post comes to you from Maryaan Kimutai There is something interesting about growing up in Africa and reading about the rest of the world. Through books, we become familiar with places we have never visited, people we have never met and societies we have only encountered through the imagination of writers. We learn to … Continue reading #ReadingAfrica: Finding Africa in its Literature
Today’s post comes to you from Tayla Mocke Crossing Pages, Crossing Borders: An Exploration into the Movement of People, Stories, and Ideas #ReadingAfrica turns 10 this year! Catalyst Press launched the campaign back in 2017 because we wanted to celebrate just how vast and varied African literature really is. And every year since, more teachers, … Continue reading #ReadingAfricaWeek 2026 thanks to The Catalyst Press
Today’s post comes to you from Vashalice Kaaba Welcome, everyone, to Reading Africa Month at the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative! As Executive Director, I am delighted to welcome you to a month of discovery, conversation, and appreciation for African literature. Throughout November, we will celebrate the continent’s authors, publishers, and storytelling traditions, while also … Continue reading #ReadingAfrica: Stories That Remember: A Welcome to Reading Africa Week & Month
Today’s post comes to you from Sally Cameron The Gap on the Shelf It is remarkable how stories entwine us, often in the most unexpected ways. Whether it’s a librarian looking at a gap on a shelf or a mother writing the very books she wants her daughter to see, books have an incredible power to … Continue reading #IntYALitMonth: West African Mythology
Today’s post comes to you from Laura Simeon When it comes to international literature for young people, works by contemporary writers from Africa deserve more attention. While “young adult” as a publishing category isn’t as widely established in many countries as it is in the U.S. and U.K., there’s a pool of literary talent from across … Continue reading #IntYALitMonth: The Richness of African YA Fiction
Written by Habel Amolo Green Environment Through Reading Advocacy I am excited to share with you today the story of Professor Wangarĩ Maathai, a Kenyan Nobel Laureate who was passionate about preserving our environment, leading to her starting an environmental movement called the "Greenbelt Movement”. Wangarĩ authored several important books which showcase her big WHY … Continue reading #INTYALITMONTH: Wangarĩ Maathai
