Please tell me whether this ever happened... a public library in Kumasi

The full story from April 2007 is here... there seems to be nothing online since then...

He spent restless nights mourning our throwaway culture until he hit upon an idea he was convinced had potential. He wanted to put together a library in Ghana with discarded books from Western.

Seven years later, Agyeman is set to officially open a 50,000-book public library in his hometown of Kumasi in central Ghana next month.

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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