As part of our Black History Month celebrations, best-selling and award-winning children's author from Oakville, Ekiuwa Aire, will be visiting primary classrooms across our Board to teach students and staff more about Nigerian culture and traditions!
Ekiuwa is an author with Our Ancestories, a publishing company that focuses on sharing a positive narrative on African History. Born in Nigeria, Ekiuwa writes stories that provide all students with a means to connect with and learn from pre-colonial African figures.
To learn more about Ekiuwa, click here!
"Ekiuwa was amazing! She started with a presentation on African culture and history and then went over the process of creating her book before she read to us. Then there was lots of time for questions after."
Megan Knights-Sandhu, Library Technician at St. Andrew Catholic Elementary School
"It was wonderful! She gave a great presentation on African history as well as current traditions. The kids really enjoyed listening to her book and had a never-ending stream of questions for her. They started asking for her books immediately."
Stephanie Pope, Library Technician at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Elementary School
"We had Eki yesterday and she was fantastic! Our teachers cannot say enough about her presentation!"
Serena Winegarden, Library Technician at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Elementary School
