Lorato Trok

Executive Director, Nal'ibali

Lorato Trok is Executive Director of Nal'ibali.

Nal'ibali is South Africa's largest reading-for-enjoyment campaign, running reading clubs, storytelling programmes and multilingual reading materials. Trok is an early literacy specialist with more than twenty years in the field and the author of several children's books.

In the job

  1. Trok was appointed to South Africa's Eminent Persons Group, which helps guide the country's National Dialogue process. Source

Education

Studies in teaching and librarianship, then creative writing and editing

Sources

  1. nalibali.org
  2. africabrief.substack.com

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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