June 2007 Archives

Pan-African generosity!

Sikahatele and Lomian Djimtoloum are the parents of Sukie's best friend in Burkina, little Leontine... they were transferred out to Congo-Brazzaville (he works for WHO), but before they left they donated a bookshelf to one of the FAVL libraries. Thanks and good luck in your new home!

Reading and drawing in Ouagadougou






FAVL's Viviane Nabie participates in a small reading promotion event in OUagadougou, organized by Flavien Mare and called Dictee Vivante.

Chinua Achebe wins Booker Prize

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FAVL offers congratualtions to a great writer from Africa- if you have not already, pick up Things Fall Apart for a nuanced and compelling short novel.
Yes we are hiring another librarian for the Koumbia library. Here are the eight candidates taking a little entrance exam we cooked up. They are now doing oral interviews... well, some of them, and we look forward to another "animateur" of reading!


Rosemary and Bruce Harris are flying over to Dodoma this week to continue the work of establishing the Chalula library.

Planete jeune is wonderful children's magazine, very appropriate for an international audience and children in villages... but oh so expensive.... Five subscriptions, anyone?

FAVL Blog

Books, reading, and libraries relevant to Africa by Michael Kevane, co-Director of FAVL and economist at Santa Clara University.

Other contributors include Kate Parry, FAVL-East Africa director, Peace Corps volunteer Emilie Crofton, Krystle Austin, Elisee Sare, and Monique Nadembega.

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