Rancho Santa Fe’s Bela Gowda is doing her part to share the love of reading with students a world away through the African Library Project. At 15 years old, Bela has been working for the Africa ...

A message from God gave an Ohio woman the push to establish libraries in her hometown in Ghana. More than 10 years later, an Ahwatukee Foothills resident has joined the nonprofit Books for Africa ...

The Brooklyn Museum has announced two new appointments to the Curatorial Affairs team. Ernestine White-Mifetu has been appointed Sills Foundation curator of African Art, and Abigail L. Dansiger has ...

When he came to New York to study photography five years ago, he found a trove of images of life in Africa, past and present, in the archives of the city’s libraries, galleries and museums. Here he ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb is a huge supporter of Black History Month and lessons that introduce young people to the lives and work of national ...

In its first exhibit on the “diversity and excellence” of African literature, Doe Library invites visitors on a tour of literature across sub-Saharan Africa. More than 50 people attended the launch to ...

ALLENDALE, Mich. — On Wednesday afternoon, a handful of people were hard at work inside the Allendale Public Schools district office, sorting hundreds of books donated by the community. For years, the ...

In a quiet neighborhood of Adenta stands a bright yellow house behind a tall black gate. Before entering, visitors are invited to pause and read The Tenderness Manifesto by Mbella Sonne Dipoko. It ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Dr. Jesse Esparza periodically visits the African American Library at the Gregory School, which falls under the Houston Public Library's system. Growing up, he hardly ...

A local group with the goal of constructing a public library near Monrovia, the capital city of the West African country of Liberia, got one step closer with a recent visit to the future building site ...