Deborah Ahenkorah is passionate about reading, and about bringing African children compelling stories that will encourage a life-long engagement with books and literacy. “Imagine that of every 10 storybooks a British child reads, seven of them are from the United Arab Emirates, two are from China and just one book is by a British author …
Bontle Senne, Katherine Graham, Jayne Bauling and Mandy Collins have been longlisted for the sixth annual Golden Baobab Prizes for African children’s literature. 14 stories have been longlisted, selected from 210 stories received from 13 countries across Africa, with Ghana and South Africa earning four nominations each. Bauling and Senne are up for the Early …
The Golden Baobab Prizes for African children’s literature have revealed the 14 stories that made it onto their longlist for 2014. Selected from a total of 210 stories received from 13 countries across the continent, this longlist showcases some of the finest African writers and African children’s stories today. With four writers each, Ghana and …
Growing up in Ghana, as my friends and I sat around the front of the school in our brown and beige uniforms waiting for our parents to pick us up, our conversations would inevitably turn towards our favorite characters in books: The Wakefield Twins from Sweet Valley High and the girls from Babysitters Club. We …
Cape Coast, Ghana — August 31st, 2013 ABOUT THIS EVENT TEDxCapeCoastED would be held at the University of Cape Coast Campus on 31st August, 2013. The event is themed “broadening the frontiers of education”, and is aimed at aggregating the best ideas, projects and inputs needed to make education more responsive to Ghana’s needs. The …