Winners of the 2023 Children’s Africana Book Awards are:
Best Books for Young Children
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| Bottle Tops The Art of El Anatsui Alison Goldberg & Elizabeth Zunon (illus.) Lee & Low Books, 2022 |
Lion Lights |
Best Books for Older Readers
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Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun Tọlá Okogwu |
The Door of No Return Kwame Alexander |
Honor Books for Older Readers
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| How You Grow Wings
Rimma Onoseta |
Children of the Quicksands
Efua Traoré |
The Kaya Girl
Mamle Wolo |
Honorable Mention
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| Akie & Ebuka Got into Trouble
Uzoma Ezekwudo & Zulfikar Rachman (illus.) |
On My Papa’s Shoulders Niki Daly |
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