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Role Models Help Book Club Inspire Children of Nigeria
The Rainbow Book Club was born in 2004, as part of the R.E.A.D (Rainbow Education for Advancement and Development) Africa Foundation.The group decided to capitalise on the fact that young people are inspired by role models – resulting in the very successful initiative of getting leaders to read to children.
Key figures in society read to school children (often dramatising the stories) and interact with them on an informal level. They talk about the book they’ve read and share their own experiences and love of books. The children are invariably enthralled and inspired to keep on reading. Celebrities reading to children is a concept that has been used in other countries around the world, but Rainbow has pioneered the scheme in Nigeria. Role models that have been involved in the club include the Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka; Governor Amaechi of Rivers State; Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State; and Dora Akunyili, the Minister of Information.
The Rainbow Book Club hosts Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, author of I Do Not Come To You By Chance on Sunday, June 6.
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- I Do Not Come to You by Chance by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
EAN: 9781401323110
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