Reading Drive for Africa Building Bridges of Hope Through Literacy

Why Africans don't read

11/25/2013

I was searching something online today and came across this debate that was posted online in 2005 on News BBC site. I am intrigued that the conversation about reading in Africa has been going on for a longtime. Many of the response were very interested. One thing that I found interesting is that no one talked about teaching children how to read in the schools. I would like to continue this conversation. What is your thought? Continue this conversation by responding to the questions below. You may want to read the original conversation.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4365958.stm

1. Does Africa lack a reading culture?
2. Why do you think Africa lacks a reading culture?
3. What do you think can be done to create a reading culture?

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Why literacy?

11/4/2013

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“Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and a building block of development, an essential complement to investments in roads, dams, clinics and factories. ….For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general, a basic human right.... Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential.”
― Kofi Annan “

The ability to have access to books in every classroom is a need for every child no mater the part of the world they live in.

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Why Africans don't read

Why literacy?

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