Children’s Africana Book Awards
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.
The Center for African Studies at Howard University is the institutional base for the Awards.
Also check out The Children’s Africana Book Awards (CABA) Festival
1 Books Honored in 2016
Best Book: Older Readers (Nigeria)
Chicken in the Kitchen
by Nnedi Okorafor
List Price: $17.99Lantana Publishing (Sep 01, 2017)
Fiction, Hardcover, 32 pages
Target Age Group: Picture Book
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What would you do if you woke up one night to find the shadow of a giant chicken passing your bedroom door? Go and investigate, of course! When Anyaugo follows a giant chicken into her kitchen one warm night in Nigeria, she embarks on a fun-filled adventure where nothing is quite as it seems. Is the mischievous giant chicken a friend or a foe? More importantly, will Anyaugo be able to save the food for the New Yam Festival the next day?