Deborah Ahenkorah

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 …

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Four South Africans Longlisted for the 2014 Golden Baobab Prizes

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 …

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