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Published in ZORA

·Aug 22, 2019

How One Black Woman Started a Book Revolution in Benin

She stared down the obstacles to make reading material more accessible in West Africa — Ayaba Totin knew she had to leave France when her daughter, now seven, came home after her first day of kindergarten and told her that she didn’t want to be Black anymore. A classmate had said that her skin was ugly, called her names, and wouldn’t let her join games…

Africa

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How One Black Woman Started a Book Revolution in Benin
How One Black Woman Started a Book Revolution in Benin
Africa

7 min read

Joy Notoma

Joy Notoma

98 Followers

Joy Notoma is a writer/journalist based in Benin Republic. Her work is in Longreads, CNN, and Al Jazeera, among other publications. Follow her @joy_notoma.

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