The Read Aunt Mzansi

I read an article in City Press a while ago by Zamayhira Peter   on how our Minister of Basic Education is looking to popularise reading where she and company saw it fitting to use public figures as ambassadors for this campaign. All this to say, if kids see those they look up to reading, they will be inspired and want to read. Maybe. With that said, I attended a panel discussion over the weekend at Wits (organised by the SLLM Council) and one of the questions that kept going around was on how pop culture can/does influence reading, and also how we can encourage a reading culture. Your girls Beyonce and Bonang were thrown in the mix a few times. You will remember Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's cameo appearance in the Flawless music video, and despite much criticism, From A To B might get folks reading beyond the stan perspective.    I will call myself a reading ambassador as well. I am an avid reader, I try encouraging those around me to read by sharing my reads with...