Episode 5 - On the Best South Africa Reads with Bookamoso Book Club
The word Bookamoso is derived from the Setswana word bokamoso which means future. With the extra ‘o’, Bookamoso has come to mean ‘our future in books’. The purpose of the Bookamoso Book Club is to establish reading as a fundamental building block to South Africa’s progress, through the acquisition and sharing of knowledge found in books.
Hear from Omphile Raleie founder of the South African online book club movement Bookamoso. We talk about how to start a book club, the rich literary community in South Africa, how it’s OK to take time out to rest, the importance of being kind to oneself, and how reading enables us to taste life twice.
She also drops a treasure trove list of South African books that need to make it into your to-read pile – See list below.
Omphile Raleie
Connect with Omphile:
Facebook (Omphile Raleie), Instagram (@OmphileRaleie) and Twitter (@OmphileRaleie)
List of Books:
Alice Walker – The Color Purple
Lerato Mogoatlhe – Vagabond: Wandering through Africa through faith – published by BlackBird Books. Playlist:
A Vagabond Experiment (Lerato Mogoatlhe inspired SPOTIFY playlist)
Keletso Mopai – If You Keep Digging – published by BlackBird Books: blackbirdbooks.africa
COOKBOOK: Mogau Seshoene – The Lazy Makoti’s Guide to the Kitchen: www.thelazymakoti.com
Book Clubs mentioned: Bookwormers GP; Literary Alliance Book Club; Inception Book Club
James Murua’s African Literature Blog www.jamesmurua.com
Sifiso Mzobe – Young Blood and recently, Searching for Simphiwe (published by Kwela Books)
Lorato Trok – Author and translator: recent books – Against the Odds: The Story of Rosina Sedibane Modiba (published by Gecko Publishers) and Mosidi (children’s book) http://www.siyafundaonline.co.za/product/mosidi/
Ethnikids – ethnikids.co.za (Children’s online bookstore)
Ask A Parent – https://www.askaparent.co.za