“Emusoi” by Kasia P.

A few days ago I met Kasia P., author “Dogodogo”, at her book launch for her newest book “Emusoi”. Her books contain true stories of Tanzanian children who struggle for access to clean water and education. These books are meant as readers for African as well as First-World children in order to teach literacy and raise awareness. It was a characteristically wet, rainy and cold English evening. Kasia put us all in check when she opened the event by saying, “I was going to be very English and apologize for the rainy weather today, but I can’t do that because Tanzania hasn’t had rain for three years.” Her words and her works remind us that all too often we take simple things like rain and access to education for granted.