Fatou Keita's book, Le Billet de 10.000, is definitely one of the most popular in the libraries. What an awesome cover illustration. Click on the photo to see it in larger size. Photo: Madelyn Bagby.
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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
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