Read Africa Book Ambassadors

Expand Young People’s Perspectives on Africa

Become a Read Africa Book Ambassador!

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Vanessa Oyugi Center for African Studies, Howard University

Identify the Read Africa Book you want to adopt and promote.
Obtain your book from a library or bookstore.
Visit our social media pages to post your book comments and photos.

Love my book! Thanks.

Save the Date: Children’s Africana Book Festival, Saturday, October 8, 2016,
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.

Read Africa Book Ambassadors

: Andrea Pinkney, Author

: A.G. Ford, Illustrator

: Mubina Kirmani, Author

: Monica Edelman, Author

: Togbi Kumassah, Translator

: Anna Cottrell, Author

: Wheeler Winstead

: Naglaa Mahmoud

: Alem Hailu

: Sussie Okoro

: Robert Edgar Howard University

: Sarah Sharp Howard University

: Achai Mundang South Sudan

: Cheryl Hamlin Freeman

: Anike Robinson Books to Brushes Owner

Save the Date: Children’s Africana Book Festival, Saturday, October 8, 2016,
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.

Africa Access Review provides annotations and scholarly reviews of children’s and young adult books that focus on Africa. More than 100 African Studies scholars are members of our review team.
Children’s Africana Book Awards
Africa Access and the Outreach Council of the African Studies Association give annual awards for the best children’s and young adult books on Africa available for purchase in the US. More than 90 awards have been presented to authors and illustrators.
Read Africa invites young people to read great books on Africa.
Anansi Reads lists great picture books.
Sankofa Reads focuses on chapter books.
CABA Reads lists winners of the Children’s Africana Book Awards.