I am a Namibian children’s author, early literacy advocate, and the founder of Temba Kids Hub.
I am a passionate early literacy advocate, working closely with under-resourced early childhood development centres and enabling the distribution of thousands of copies of my books to children in informal settlements and rural areas.
My early professional background is in the tourism sector, where I worked as a human resources executive. With the birth of our son, I stepped away to focus on motherhood, which also led to a change in my career.
In 2019, I began volunteering at under-resourced Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres and kindergartens in the informal settlements of Windhoek, reading to children, assembling and distributing library boxes, and supporting early literacy activities.
Children in these communities have limited access to books and age-appropriate learning materials. This lack denies them the opportunity to imagine beyond their immediate environment. Their story resonates with my own experience, growing up in a small village in northern Namibia with no access to story books.
My interactions with the children and my own childhood experiences inspired my first publication, My Children’s Picture Atlas of Namibia, which was produced with the support of Development Workshop Namibia, with thousands of copies distributed to ECD centres across the country. Since then, I have authored many more children’s books.
Alongside my publishing work, I advocate for the importance of early literacy and access to books for all children, through storytelling /read-aloud sessions, parent’s workshops and development of learning resources.
Several of my books including Children’s Picture Atlas of Africa, The Treasure Hunt, Beautifully Different are available on all major book-selling international platforms and in different languages.
Temba Kids Hub
In November 2025, I established Temba Kids Hub a social enterprise, to expand this work, focusing on the creation of locally relevant storybooks and early literacy materials that support imagination, learning, and promote access to books in early childhood.