Naledi Yaziyo

Naledi Yaziyo

Naledi Yaziyo is the co-owner and curator at Rofhiwa Book Cafe, a bookstore in Durham.

Commentary A NC bookstore owner curates her book selection by focusing on the joys of Black childhood. (Shutterstock)
Commentary Why Children’s Books Centering Black Children Are So Important

For Banned Books Week, a North Carolina bookstore owner on raising a generation of Black children that see themselves on the page.

Naledi Yaziyo Naledi Yaziyo September 23, 2022 1:58 pm EDT

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