2021.
For Mbife, 2020 was a rollercoaster and the peek of this incredible ride was the birth to a new book. Our Favourite Things is an unconventional book, one of a kind. It lacks dramatic ark, perfect artistic design and character development. Instead it offers glimpses of lives of millions of children and families all over the world. It creates emotional connections. It offers positive male parenting, challenges gender roles, introduces new contexts, cultures and foods for the reader.
The book is different but different is where Mbife excels.
Together with the incredible illustrator Sawyer Cloud we created a window into our lives and redefined the concept of home.
My first book Mangoes & Monkeybread was selected as Teachers Pick by the giants at Amazon which was truly a celebration. The book is available in English, Swedish , French and Wolof. Wolof being the one I am MOST proud of.
Given the extensive amount of work involved in running my business I often look to my center, my motivation and reason for writing and that remains my children.
So this 2021, pandemic or not, we will crowd-fund for a new book, a ballet book .
At the center of the story is my son and his love for ballet, how it matches his sisters and how this must be normalized. All children should enjoy dance without prejudice or judgement.
I will be working with Sawyer again and we cant wait to introduce some old friends and some new one to you this spring.
The book will be crowd funded with the official launch happening in February 2021. There will be exciting rewards for each donation.
And if that wasnt exciting enough we have one more exciting piece of news which will be shared on the 25th January 2021. All I can give is this tiny hint from my post on 26th February2019..
Announcement to be made 25th January 2021!
Thank you for walking this journey with us.
