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In 1998 I arrived with my husband Mikael to work on a linguistic survey in the Tete Province of Mozambique. Through our contact with the local Nyungwe people, we were determined to support the development of the Nyungwe language and
When I moved to Tete, Mozambique, in 1998 it was a sleepy town that most people avoided in the hottest part of Mozambique’s interior. The Nyungwe people there were not very interested in writing and reading in their language. Things
The accomplishments of Little Zebra Books in the last eight years are worth celebrating. Since 2013, this small charity has produced more than 1,000,000 books for children in Africa. We’ve commissioned world-class artists to produce more than 50 illustrated books
You believe in mother tongue literacy! You know it is important. But have you ever thought about why? If you learned to read in the language you already KNOW and USE every day, you have personal experience that it works!
In August 2020, we launched an online course for young South Africans interested in learning about children’s book illustration. One of our current artists, Steph Simpson, is teaching the course to an enthusiastic group of 12 young people. One of