IFRA is a regional research centre financed by the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The department in Nairobi seeks to support research in and about east Africa (esp. Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) in the field of social science and humanities. You have free access to the full text documents of the "Les Cahiers d'Afrique de l'Est" (starting number 17) and "Mambo - La lettre d'information de l'IFRA". IFRA also provides a list of libraries in East Africa and France. ... [editors ilissAfrica]
Information about a project that builds libraries for children - especially for disadvanteged ones. The project began opening libraries in Zambia and plans to move on to other African countries. [editors ilissAfrica]
Homepage of the School for librarians, archivists and documentalists at the University Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal. The site offers information on the curriculum, on events and conferences, sometimes including fulltexts or abstracts of papers given, a list of theses completed at EBAD since 1984 and more. [editors ilissAfrica]
The extensive holdings of the British Library for Development Studies have been built up since 1966 and constitute Europe's most comprehensive research collection on development issues. Subjects include economics, education, environment, gender, health, politics, rural development, social development, and trade. ... [According to the site editor's information]
Site of an organisation that runs library projects in several African countries (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Tansania, Uganda). You will find information on their projects, voices of readers in the libraries, and a blog which deals with interesting questions evolving around reading culture, books etc. in Africa. [editors ilissAfrica]
This NGO supports the creation of community libraries in Uganda in order to encourage literacy, reading culture and education. You will find some literature references, some interesting articles, and a "Manual for Village Librarians". [editors ilissAfrica]
"The World Report series is a biennial report series that reports on the state of the world in terms of freedom of access to information, freedom of expression and related issues." You will find a country-oriented map interface and a question-oriented interface. The report will give you information on the amount of libraries in a specific country, on internet users and other things.
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Tanzania Library Services Board (TLSB) has the task to promote, establish, equip and develop libraries, information centres, and documentation centres in Tanzania. This includes the School of Library Archives and Documentation Studies (SLADS) and the project of a Children’s Multimedia Resource Centre. You will find a lot of information and news on libraries etc. in Tanzania, including the addresses of regional libraries. ... [editors ilissAfrica]