For the Love of Africa: 5 AfroCentric Things Your Kids Will Love!
24th May, 2022 at 10:32AM
It's Africa Liberation week and to stir up African pride in your kids, here are 5 AfroCentric things we think they'd love!African Comic BooksIf you grew up reading U.S. or European comic books that had little to no positive representation of Africans like the problematic TinTin comics ,your kids don't have to go through that experience. Here are 5 African comic books they'll enjoy READ MOREKenyan DollsHalisi Africa, a Kenyan doll company believes in affirming children's self confidence in who they are by providing dolls that look just like them.Their range of dolls come in afros, locs, braids and cool Ankara dresses your kids will love. READ MOREKiswahili EdutainmentLooking for some homegrown edutainment for your children? Ubongo Kids, an interactive edu-cartoon that teaches math and science through fun animated stories and catchy songs in Kiswahili, is now offering FREE access to their Ubongo Kids ToolKit. READ MORELearning an Indigenous African LanguageIn Kenya, African indigenous languages are considered as mother tongues. Due to urbanization and intermarriages (and I'm not saying this is a bad thing), many Kenyan kids can only converse in either English or Kiswahili and the mother tongues are getting lost.It's advantageous to be multilingual and learning how to speak the mother tongue helps the next generation preserve their culture and heritage. Here's how you can help kids learn an indigenous African language. READ MORESocially Conscious Kids' Library and BookclubMatigari book club has a collection of child-friendly Pan-African non fiction books & novels, afro-centric colouring books and zines. Here, kids get to learn history lessons not taught in the curriculum. They discuss a book every fortnight and are also taught civic education. READ MORE
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