Freda Narh News Today

Imagine someone DMing you on Instagram, asking if you would be interested in selling hand-woven baskets. Imagine the person was from Bolgatanga (known as Bolga) in West Africa. Imagine the person sends you the baskets purely on faith and trusts you will pay if you decide to keep them. That is what happened to Freda Narh, owner of Mateko’s Portico. Narh was shocked—and immediately smitten. “I was not expecting baskets to show up at my door, but they did, and I was in love,” she says. “I...

OXFORD – University of Mississippi alumni and co-authors Samuel and Freda Narh are on a mission to create childrens books that introduce diverse cultures and spark meaningful conversations.

Meet the Authors: Samuel and Freda Narh to launch new book The Columbus Dispatch • Samuel and Freda Narh: The Central Ohio authors will launch their new picture book, “A Kite For Melia,” in an outdoor storytime hosted by Cover to Cover Books for Young Readers at 11 a.m. Saturday. The event, which will include a miniature kite-building activity for the family, will take place at the Mallway Park, 2096 Arlington Ave., next to the Cover to Cover store and in front of Jones M...