Pan-African generosity!

Sikahatele and Lomian Djimtoloum are the parents of Sukie's best friend in Burkina, little Leontine... they were transferred out to Congo-Brazzaville (he works for WHO), but before they left they donated a bookshelf to one of the FAVL libraries. Thanks and good luck in your new home!

Reading and drawing in Ouagadougou

FAVL's Viviane Nabie participates in a small reading promotion event in OUagadougou, organized by Flavien Mare and called Dictee Vivante.

Chinua Achebe wins Booker Prize

FAVL offers congratualtions to a great writer from Africa- if you have not already, pick up Things Fall Apart for a nuanced and compelling short novel.

Who will be the next Burkinabe idol... er librarian

Yes we are hiring another librarian for the Koumbia library. Here are the eight candidates taking a little entrance exam we cooked up. They are now doing oral interviews... well, some of them, and we look forward to another "animateur" of reading!

Flashlights solar powered in Sumbrungu, Ghana

Work beginning in Tanzania, Chalula library

Rosemary and Bruce Harris are flying over to Dodoma this week to continue the work of establishing the Chalula library.

Nyariga... a next in library in Ghana? We hope so.

What every library in Francophone Africa should have

Planete jeune is wonderful children's magazine, very appropriate for an international audience and children in villages... but oh so expensive.... Five subscriptions, anyone?