CABA 2023 Winners
The Winners of the 2023 Children’s Africana Book Awards are:
Best Book for Older Readers
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| Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun by Tọlá Okogwu Margaret K. McElderry 2022 Country of Topic: Nigeria |
The Door of No Return. by Kwame Alexander Little Brown and Company, 2022 Country of Topic: Ghana |
Honor Books for Older Readers
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| How You Grow Wings by Rimma Onoseta Algonquin Young Readers, 2022 Country of Topic: Nigeria |
Children of the Quicksands by Efua Traoré Chicken House, 2022 Country of Topic: Nigeria |
The Kaya Girl by Mamle Wolo Little, Brown and Company, 2022 Country of Topic: Ghana |
Best Book for Young Children
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| Bottle Tops, The Art of El Anatsu by Alison Goldberg & Elizabeth Zunon (illus.) Lee & Low Books, 2022 Country of Topic: Ghana and Nigeria |
Lion Lights, My Invention that Made Peace with Lions by Richard Turere, Shelly Pollock and Sonia Possentini (illus.) Tilbury House, 2022 Country of Topic: Kenya |
Honorable Mention
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| Akie & Ebuka Got into Trouble by Uzoma Ezekwudo & Zulfikaar Rachman (illus.) Indie Blossom, 2022. Country of Topic: Nigeria |
On My Papa's Shoulders by Niki Daly Catalyst Press, 2022 Country of Topic: South Africa |
All Rise, Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa 1910-1948 by Richard Conyngham Catalyst Press, 2022 Country of Topic: South Africa |