{"id":20030,"date":"2021-10-27T11:46:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T15:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/?p=20030"},"modified":"2022-04-16T10:46:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T14:46:20","slug":"caba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/2021\/10\/27\/caba\/","title":{"rendered":"Children&#8217;s Africana Book Awards (CABA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Children&#8217;s Africana Book Awards<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/outreach\/teachingresources\/literature-language-arts\/childrens-africana-books-awards-caba\/\">Children\u2019s Africana Book Awards (CABA)<\/a> are presented annually to the authors and illustrators of the best children\u2019s and\u00a0young adult books on Africa published or republished in the U.S. Africa Access and the Outreach Council of the\u00a0African Studies Association (ASA) created CABA in 1991 to encourage the publication and use of accurate, balanced children\u2019s materials about\u00a0Africa.<\/p>\n<p>CABA has three major objectives (1) to encourage the publication of children\u2019s and young adult books that contribute to a better understanding of African societies and issues, (2) to recognize literary excellence, and (3) to acknowledge the research achievements of outstanding authors and illustrators.<\/p>\n<p>The awards are presented in three categories: Young Children, Older Readers and New Adult (books marketed to adults but suitable for mature teens).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/outreach\/teachingresources\/literature-language-arts\/childrens-africana-books-awards-caba\/\">Congratulations to the 2020 CABA Award Winners!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YnXLOCG5QOg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/africa\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-12-at-11.45.32-AM-650x387.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"519\" height=\"309\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18135 \" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Bibliographies &amp; Read-Alouds<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/outreach\/ordering\/handouts\/childbib\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Bibliography of African Children&#8217;s Literature<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/outreach\/ordering\/handouts\/historicalfiction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Historical Fictions Bibliography<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/africa\/files\/2013\/10\/Rain-Poems.pdf\">Rain Poems<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/outreach\/ordering\/handouts\/short\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Short List of Recommended Books for all Ages<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/outreach\/resources\/middle_lit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Middle School Literature<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCLBquMIehDL8Mv0ttSv6lzQ\">Sankofa Read-Alouds<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>This youtube Channel features hundreds of African and African American children&#8217;s picture books, read-aloud in their entirety. For teachers seeking to provide e-books to students who may not have access to libraries or may not be able to buy them, this is a most excellent resource to promote engagement with African and African American literature.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/caine-prize\">Audiobook Excerpts: The Caine Prize in African Literature<\/a> <\/strong>has a Soundcloud, with over 40 tracks of read excerpts from winners and shortlisted books.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Children&#8217;s Africana Book Awards The Children\u2019s Africana Book Awards (CABA) are presented annually to the authors and illustrators of the best children\u2019s and\u00a0young adult books on Africa published or republished in the U.S. Africa Access and the Outreach Council of the\u00a0African Studies Association (ASA) created CABA in 1991 to encourage the publication and use of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19361,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,6818],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20030"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19361"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20030"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21154,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20030\/revisions\/21154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}