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World Book Day 2022

The 3rd of March was World Book Day 2022. All over the UK, kids (and in some cases teachers and parents!) went to school dressed up as their favourite characters from the books that they love to read. We had a lovely surprise when our friend Ndawana and Friends...

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Shona Months of the Year!

Download this activity sheet and see if you can find the months of the year in our word search! Good luck! Here’s some music for inspiration!

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Meet the rest of the Big Safari Five!

Hi, it’s Rhino again! I wanted to introduce you to the rest of the Big Safari Five! See us soon in “Tarirai’s Choice”, the new picture book from SP K-Mushambi, coming soon!

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Meet Rhino!

Hi, my name is Rhino, and I’m one of Tarirai’s friends! I live in the land of Tirivhu, and I love it here! Wait, do you know who Tarirai is? No? Well, you’ll meet him soon, when his book called “Tarirai’s Choice” comes out later this year! I’ll see...

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Google Doodle celebrates the mbira!

You may already know that Google, which is the biggest search engine int the world, often creates special images and games on their home page which they call “Doodles”. These doodles denote special celebrations, important days, birthdays and cultures from all over the world. On 21 May 2020, the...

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The Mysterious Melody on YouTube!

All 8 chapters of “The Mysterious Melody” have now been uploaded to YouTube! We hope you will head over and watch them, we had great fun making them! And we hope you are finding lots to do while you are at home. We’ll be posting other exciting things you...

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Exciting News! Watch us on YouTube!

Hello! We have some very exciting news for you! Over the next week, we will be releasing videos of The Mysterious Melody, being read by SP K-Mushambi! Click the link below to watch Chapter 1 – 5am – and, if your parents or carers agree, please subscribe to our...

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Back to School!

Not only is it the beginning of a new year, but 2020 is also the beginning of a new year! Naniso and Shinga are excited to be back at school, and they hope you are too! Here’s a video describing some of the things that they will learn about...

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African Inventor – William Kamkwamba

When he was a teenager living in a rural area in Malawi, William built a windmill which provided electricity for his families home. The windmill was made using spare parts and scraps that he found around his village. He got the idea by reading a book from his local...

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An Akan proverb

Bao says: ” I like this proverb. Not just because it talks about me, but also because it teaches us that we can learn from the knowledge and the experiences of other people, even people who may seem different from us. It is important to understand that other people...

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