Elinor Sisulu, founder and Executive Director of Puku was pleased to receive the South African Literary Awards Chairperson’s Achievement Certificate and Trophy for outstanding work in the Children’s Literature space over many years as an author, advocate for indigenous languages and as an activist for inclusion in children’s access to books.
The prestigious ceremony was held in Potchefstroom after an insightful day of world-class presentations and authentic discourse regarding decoloniality and epistemologies of the Pan-African Literature spaces past and present on the 32nd Annual International Day of the African Writer as declared by the African Union. The Conference was hosted by Write Associates, endorsed by the National Department of Sports Arts and Culture at the North-West University. Key-note speaker at the Conference was the distinguished Mr Ibrahim Aya from Mali. The 11th International African Writer’s Day media release can be found here.
Elinor was delighted to have been recognised amongst such towering literary giants including Professor Pitika Ntuli, Dr Siphiwo Mahala, Sabata Mpho-Mokae and selected others doing the great work of progressing the discoverability of our African literature, languages and indigenous knowledge systems to their rightful place in the world.
