“It was intensely painful”. I spoke to @NewStatesman about the story of #RhodesMustFall in Oxford and how we were attacked, silenced and dismissed in 2015. https://t.co/hjwckQodVE
I spoke to two of the original organisers of Rhodes Must Fall in Oxford, Professor Simukai Chigudu @SimuChigudu and Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh @SizweMpofuWalsh, about their experience of the first campaign in 2015.
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If you love children's books - watch this conversation between @EmilyDrabs of @Booktrust & @allicatski for the Lockdown Children's LitFest! There's so much wisdom here about what really gets kids reading, and some fab recommendations:
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Congrats to our partner @loratoauthor, MD of Marang a Mogau, author & translator, for her IBBY award of "quality translation" in Setswana of Mam' Sindiwe Magona's children's book, THE BEST MEAL EVER. The Setswana translation will now be on display in 7 libraries on 7 continents!
Mmaijoo! Mpuru o ne a faretswe, motsetse a ja ka seatla lebejana le ntse le le teng. Kgaratlho ya badiramoepong ya go kgaratlhela go okelediwa dituelo go nna R12 500 e ne e kukela le go tswa mo taolong.... https://t.co/cy31ECSAJv
Mokwadi o anela ka botshelo jwa moanelwamogolo mosimane Goitsemodimo fa a kgaratlha le boitshelo morago ga gore rraagwe a amege mo dikhuduegong tsa Marikana (Genre - Fiction)
Mokwadi: Kabelo Duncan Kgatea... https://t.co/tYJXESnwE9
Telling the story of poor minewoorkers who can not read or write their own names. Dikhutsana tsa Marikana is a story by Mr Kabelo Kgatea who worked at the Rustenburg platinum mines for 37 years. The man who... https://t.co/UZ4cNNyzbV
In countries with strong, viable book industries a range of dedicated incentive programs were put in place. There is no dedicated program SA. This is surprising, since we have a motor industry development plan, but do not consider books important.
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