The Children’s Literature Research Unit (CLRU) in conjunction with the South African Embassy to Rwanda recently organised and hosted an Exhibition of South African Children’s Books and the Global Twins Children’s Cultural Project in Kigali, Rwanda.

Rwanda is the second country on the continent where the CLRU has been involved with this project after the Cameroon in 2005.  The purpose of this project is to foster co-operation between primary schools in South Africa and Rwanda as part of the Global Twins project that entails the twinning of schools throughout the world.

The children then had the opportunity to write or draw something about their country for South African counterparts.

The project  forms part of the “People to people project” initiated by the South African Embassy in Kigali. The CLRU was keen to be involved as it has been trying for quite a while to expand its activities into other countries in Africa.

The visit was most successful  and will hopefully be the first step in fostering cultural relations and educational relations within the wider context on school level between Rwanda and South Africa.