Children’s Africana Book Awards

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CABA 2024 Awards Luncheon
Saturday, October 26, 2024

Join us at our annual celebration in recognition of the outstanding winners of this year's Children's Africana Book Awards. We are hosting an awards luncheon from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library at Howard University. The winners will be available to sign books purchased at the luncheon via Loyalty Books. Luncheon tickets are $50.00 per person.

Registration required - buy tickets below.

Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library
501 W St. NW, Washington DC, 20059

The Library is located on Howard's campus between Bryant and W Streets, close to 4th Street NW. Parking is available in the Howard University parking lot located at 2235 8th Street NW. Metered parking is also available near the library.

The Children’s Africana Book Awards (CABA) are presented annually to the authors and illustrators of the best children’s and young adult books on Africa published or republished in the U.S. Africa Access and the Outreach Council of the African Studies Association (ASA) created CABA in 1991 to encourage the publication and use of accurate, balanced children’s materials about Africa. #CABAbooks

The Center for African Studies at Howard University is the institutional base for the Awards.

CABA has three major objectives:

to encourage the publication of children’s and young adult books that contribute to a better understanding of African societies and issues,
to recognize literary excellence,
and to acknowledge the research achievements of outstanding authors and illustrators.

The awards are presented in two categories: