“When children see themselves in books, it validates them…and they want to explore.” – Farida Ladipo-Ajayi

🇳🇬 Imagine being a child who seldom has a book at home, never steps inside a library, and rarely finds a story that reflects your life, culture, or dreams.

➡️ Without these opportunities, entire generations risk losing not only literacy skills, but also the self-belief to imagine a bigger future.

📚 In Nigeria, countless children in underserved areas grow up surrounded by barriers to literacy.

Without stories that reflect them, many never discover the joy, curiosity, and confidence that books can spark.

💡 But change is possible — and it’s happening NOW.

Meet Farida Ladipo-Ajayi, founder of The Bookworm Café in Lagos, a grassroots literacy movement transforming reading culture for Nigerian children.

From running book clubs that make reading irresistibly fun 🎲📖 to championing African authors so kids see themselves in the stories they read ✍🏾🌍, Farida is proving that today’s readers are tomorrow’s leaders.

🎧 Listen to this inspiring episode of The Storyteller’s Shelf Podcast and discover how one woman’s mission is changing lives, one book at a time @thebookwormcafe8428

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