CABA 2024 Winners
The Winners of the 2024 Children’s Africana Book Awards are:
Best Picture Book
Egyptian Lullaby
by Zeena Pliska (Author)
Halem Aly (Illustrator)
Roaring Brook Press, 2023
Country of Topic: Egypt
by Zeena Pliska (Author)
Halem Aly (Illustrator)
Roaring Brook Press, 2023
Country of Topic: Egypt
Honor Picture Books
The Taste of Home
by Aminata Jalloh (Author)
Pervin Özcan (Illustrator)
Readers Inspired, 2023
Country of Topic: Sierra Leone
by Aminata Jalloh (Author)
Pervin Özcan (Illustrator)
Readers Inspired, 2023
Country of Topic: Sierra Leone
Sankofa a Culinary Story
by Eric Adjepong (Author)
Lala Watkins (Illustrator)
Penguin Workshop, 2023
Country of Topic: Ghana
by Eric Adjepong (Author)
Lala Watkins (Illustrator)
Penguin Workshop, 2023
Country of Topic: Ghana
Flipflopi
by Linda Ravin Lodding (Author)
Dipesh Pabari (Author)
Michael Machira Mwangi (Illustrator)
Beaming Books, 2023
Country of Topic: Kenya
by Linda Ravin Lodding (Author)
Dipesh Pabari (Author)
Michael Machira Mwangi (Illustrator)
Beaming Books, 2023
Country of Topic: Kenya
Best Chapter Books
Nearer My Freedom
by Monica Edinger
Lesley Younge
Zest Books, 2023
Country of Topic: Nigeria
by Monica Edinger
Lesley Younge
Zest Books, 2023
Country of Topic: Nigeria
All That It Ever Meant
by Blessing Musariri
Accord Books/Norton Young Readers, 2023
Country of Topic: Zimbabwe
by Blessing Musariri
Accord Books/Norton Young Readers, 2023
Country of Topic: Zimbabwe
Honor Chapter Book
Flying up the Mountain
by Elizabeth-Irene Baitie
Norton Young Readers, 2023
Country of Topic: Ghana
by Elizabeth-Irene Baitie
Norton Young Readers, 2023
Country of Topic: Ghana
Authors & Illustrators
Eric Adjepong
Halem Aly
Elizabeth-Irene Baitie
Monica Edinger
Aminata Jalloh
Linda Lodding
Blessing Musariri
Dipesh Pabari
Zeena Pliska
Lala Watkins
Lesley Younge