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Podcast: Beautifully Unbalanced Podcast
Episode: Yeve Chitiga Bridging The Gap For Diversity in Children's Literature
Description: From Lawyer to children's book author Yeve Chitiga is not new to challenges. Yeve is a multi talented native of Zimbabwe, Public Speaker, and founder of Philisa Creatives, a media company that celebrates and amplifies African Heritage. In this amazing conversation Yeve shares her journey as well as the struggles she faced after having her 1st child and looking for books that represented her heritage. Black and African only make up 5.8% of authors. With these statics Yeve decided she would do something about it. She wrote her first children's book My First Book Of Shona & Ndawana Words that re...