Project that collect books in the USA to ship them to different (school) libraries in Africa. Countries that received books so far: Botswana, Cameroon, Lesotho, Malawi, Nigeria, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. [editors ilissAfrica]
"Books for Africa" collects and ships books to Africa in order to "end the book famine" there. On their homepage you will find information on all their activities. [editors ilissAfrica]
"In 2008 the International Literature Festival Berlin launched the Literature for Africa Campaign. Our goal – over an intended period of ten years – is to facilitate the donation of books to libraries in Africa." You will find addresses of libraries in Africa that would be delighted to receive donations. Furthermore, you will find the programme of the 2008 festival with the focus on Africa and information about authors under "partcipants". [according to site editor’s information] ... [supplemented]
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]
Global Literacy Project, Inc. (GLP), is a nonprofit and tax-exempt organisation that runs projects against illiteracy in Africa, South Asia and the Caribbean. You will find information about their projects, about illiteracy statistics and other links. African countries that benefitted from the program up till now: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Swaziland. ... [editors ilissAfrica]
This blog gives you the hitherto most comprehensive information on the conference. The blog was first created for the "6th Pan African Reading For All Conference" (2009). You will find information concerning the conference, the programme and some fulltexts of papers presented at the conference. For the 7th conference see: http://www.pan-africanconference.ira-affiliates.org. See here, too, for a summary of the 6th and 4th conference: http://www.reading.org/downloads/international/6th_Panafrican_conference.pdf and http://www.ifla.org/files/literacy-and-reading/publications/fourth-pan-african-summary.pdf. ... [editors ilissAfrica]
"Worldreader.org’s mission is to make digital books available to all in the developing world". A pilot project was initiated in Ghana. The website offers you information and reports on the project. [editors ilissAfrica]
Programme and fulltexts of the papers pesented at the "World Library and Information Congress: 73rd IFLA General Conference and Council", which took place in Durban, South Africa, in 2007. As the conference took place in South Africa, you will find more papers from / about Africa (e.g. about Open Access). Nevertheless, all other conferences have papers on Africa, too, mostly gathered in a panel "Africa" or the like. See for "new website" >> "Annual Conference" >> "Past Conferences". Most papers are in English, for some you will find a translation in French or Spanish. ... [editors ilissAfrica]
EABDA's mission is to facilitate book trade by promoting the reading culture in East Africa and supporting the development of all functions of the book sector- from authorship to publishing, book marketing and distribution. [according to site editor's information]
The National Book Development Council of Kenya (NBDCK) is a non-governmental and non-profit Organization made up of a national membership network of stakeholders in both the private and public sectors who are involved in the promotion of literacy and a reading culture in one way or another. They include associations, research & learning institutions, Faith-Based Organizations, Community-Based Organizations, Government agencies and individuals. ... [according to site editor's information]