Garingani-wa-Garingani: How Firelight Stories Ignited My Lifelong Love of Reading
Before I knew how to hold a book, I learned to hold space for stories. Oral Story telling as a gateway to literacy Growing up in rural South Africa, my…
Your child doesn’t read, is it your fault?
We’ve all seen the stats: the 2030 Reading Panel found that 78% of South African children in Grade 3 cannot read for meaning in either English or their mother tongue.…
The Need for a Reading Culture in Rural South Africa
My Personal Experience with Limited Access to Books I was born and raised in rural South Africa. At 12 years old, I stepped into a library for the first time—and…