Friends of African Village Libraries

A site devoted to thoughts about books, reading, and libraries relevant to Africa mostly by Michael Kevane, co-Director of Friends of African Village Libraries, a small 501(c)(3) non-profit devoted to helping village and small community libraries in Africa. I am also an economist at Santa Clara University. Other frequent contributors are Kate Parry, FAVL-East Africa director, and Anne-Reed Angino, FAVL networker extraordinaire! For more information see the FAVL website, http://www.favl.org

Thursday, February 07, 2008

Mark your calendars- we will be at CIES in New York March 18, 2008

Kate and I will be presenting in a panel at CIES meetings... more info is here.

Complementing Formal Education: Village Libraries in Africa
March 18, 1:30-3:30
Group Number: 125
Session Time Block: 2.4
Session Type: Panel
Chair(s) Kim Parry, City University of New York

Presenter 1 A. B. K. Kasozi, National Council for Higher Education
The Uganda Higher Education System and the Lack of a Reading Culture
Presenter 2 Kate Parry, City University of New York
The Promotion of Reading in Rural African Populations
Presenter 3 Valeda Dent, Rutgers University
One Book at a Time: Libraries in Village Communities
Presenter 4 Michael Kevane, Santa Clara University
Rural Students are Doing Fine: Reading and Schooling Attitudes in Burkina Faso
Discussant 1 John Paige, Congregation of the Holy Cross