Our Story

Our story at Thando Book Club.

Creating a platform to bring prominence to Female African Authors.

Thando Book Club is an online community of readers who come together to celebrate African female storytelling – past, present and upcoming through profiling African women writers, their work, and their impact on the collective narrative around our African identity and future. 

Why Female Authors?​

Our Story

Our Story

An Incomplete Story Without Women's Voices​

The Continent of Africa has over 50 recognized female writers. But the names of these women and their works remain largely unknown. Until we amplify the visibility of women writers and the stories they tell, our identity within our psyche as a people will never be complete, and incomplete identities lack agency and responsibility.

Championing The Need for Safe Spaces Online ​

The Thando virtual book club focuses on books written by African women in both the pre and post colonial era. It seeks to educate and inspire women readers by exposing them to voices that they are not used to hearing. Most importantly, it creates a space where women can hear voices similar to their own and stories that reflect themes from their own lives. 

Taking back the narrative by adding Value ​

Book clubs are gatherings of readers who meet with the express purpose of discussing an author’s work. This helps to build author brands and provide meaningful visibility for the work of authors as well. The book club presents a powerful opportunity for driving sales and online visibility to women writers who may have had limited resources for amplifying their voices and therefore have not had sufficient scope for fulfilling their potential. 

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Thando Book Club is part of the Thando Channel, a video on demand social media channel that broadcasts magazine content for African women. Both platforms are wholly owned by Queen Productions.

Welcome to the Thando Book Club! This platform is part of Thando Channel which is a video on demand channel that focuses on the African woman living & thriving in Africa and in the Diaspora! Celebrating all things #BlackGirlMagic

 

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Books connect us. With our  partners, we envision a society where more people read with each other in a world driven by the love of books and storytelling.

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