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CABA Awards 2010

Winners 2010

CABA Awards 2009

Photos from the Children's Africana Book Awards Ceremony, Sat. Nov. 7, 2009, National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC

CABA winner Katie Smith Milway is interviewed at the International Reading Association (Download the podcast)

Video of Chimamanda Adichie

"The Danger of a Single Story"
Chimamanda Adichie discusses stereotypes about Africa in this video)

Articles

• I Didn't Know There Were Cities in Africa, Teaching Tolerance, Fall 2008

Book Links

• Africa Book Centre.
  Suppliers of books from and about Africa. Based in England, ABC ships to most places in the world.

• African Media Program.
  Michigan State University offers an on-line comprehensive reference guide to approximately 10,000 films,
  videos, and other audiovisual materials concerning Africa. It includes film and video productions made in
  Africa and around the world.
  
  
• Baobab Prize
  The Baobab Prize is an annual international literary award established to encourage the writing of African
  literature for a youth audience.  Its mission is to identify the African literary giants of the next generation
  and produce classic African stories that will be appreciated for years to come.
  

• Books for Africa, Books from Africa, IBBY'S Virtual Exhibition
  This virtual exhibition from the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) is envisaged
  as source of information for quality African children’s books produced for teachers, researchers, parents
  and for all those interested in children’s literature.
  
  

• Masifunde Sonke "Lets Read Together"
  South Africa Partners promotes children’s literature from the
  new South Africa. All books are written and illustrated by South Africans, exhibit literary excellence,
  and incorporate themes of justice, hope, and renewal. For each book purchased in the United States,
  SA Partners donates a book in the purchaser's name to a school in South Africa. 
  
  
• Puku : Children's Literature in southern Africa
  
  

• Sankofa: A Journal of African's Children's and Young Adult Literature
  Sankofa’s primary objective is to disseminate information on African children’s and young adult literature;
  recognize common inaccuracies, stereotypes, and biases in books set in Africa; provide readers with in-depth
  book reviews and scholarly articles on emerging trends in African and African diaspora literatures; and stimulate
  a global conversation on the comparative patterns in the representation of children in literature.

Updated 2/10/10