Literature for Africa
The international literature festival berlin (ilb) is instigating the international project “Literature for Africa”, which is intended to run for a ten year period.
The impetus for this project was also provided by Doris Lessing’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech in 2007, in which she stated: “As I sit with my friend in his room, people drop in shyly, and everyone begs for books. 'Please send us books when you get back to London,' one man says. 'They taught us to read but we have no books.' Everybody I met, everyone, begged for books.”
The presence of well-stocked libraries is often limited to larger African cities. However, smaller and mobile libraries lack the financial means to expand their stocks. They are often dependent on sporadic donations.
This campaign intends to incite publishers, private households and sponsors in western industrialised countries to send literary works – new or used – to libraries which appear on our website (www.literaturfestival.com), according to their needs.
Books must be sent directly to the libraries! Please inform the literature festival of the titles, authors and amount of books sent.
If you wish to make a donation or to help with the initiative, please write to us:
literature.for.africa@literaturfestival.com
or
internationales literaturfestival berlin
Chausseestraße 5
D-10115 Berlin
In anticipation of numerous donations and with best wishes, I remain your
Ulrich Schreiber
Director of the international literature festival berlin (ilb)
The following libraries would be delighted to receive donations:
Madagaskar
Bibliothèque municipale de la commune urbaine de Manakara
Avenue, 3 Manakara - Be
316 Manakara
Madagascar
Contact: Maminiaina Victoria Therese
Tel.: +261 33 11 722 31
farconsulting@yahoo.fr
Desired languages: Malagasy, French
Desired genres: Children’s literature, Fairy tales, Novels, Short stories
From countries: France, United Kingdom, Germany, USA
Bibliothèque Municipale
Rue du 26 juin
101 Antananarivo
Madagascar
Desired languages: Swahili, English, French
Desired genres: Children’s literature, Fairy tales, Poetry, Novels, Short stories
From regions: Africa: South Africa and East Africa, Francophone countries; Asia; Europe: France, Germany, Scandinavia
Bibliothèque du quartier Tranobe Volosar
Rue du l’EPP Volosarika Ambanidia
101 Antananarivo-Renivohitra
Madagascar
Desired languages: Malagasy, English, French, Portuguese
Desired genres: Children’s literature, Fairy tales, Drama, Poetry, Prose, Novels, Short stories, Essays
From countries: Madagascar, China, France, USA, Brazil, Australia
Firaisana VI°
Route du Majunga RN 4
101 Antananarivo
Madagascar
Desired languages: Malagasy, English, French
Desired genres: Children’s literature, Fairy tales, Drama, Poetry, Prose, Novels, Short stories, Essays
From countries: South Africa, Egypt, Senegal, Algerien, Japan, China, Vietnam, Taiwan, France, Sweden, Norway, Spain, United Kingdom, Germany, USA. Canada Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Kolumbien, Uruguay, Paraguay, Australia, New Zealand
Malawi:
Library of the Catholic University of Malawi
P.O. Box 5452
Limbe
Malawi
Tel: +265 (0)1 916 015 / 916 098
Email: info@cunima.net
Contact: Carmel Young, carmel.malawi@gmail.com
Desired languages: Chechewa, English
Desired genres: Children’s literature, Fairy tales, Prose, Novels, Short stories
From countries: Sambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Tansania, China, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Eastern and Western Europe, Canada, USA, Mexico, Central America, New Zealand, Australia, Solomon Islands, Indonesia, Malaysia
University of Livingstonia Library
P.O. Box 37
Livingstonia
Malawi
Tel.: +265 (0) 8524280
Contact: Dr. Augustine W. C. Msiska: unilia@malawi.net
Desired languages: English
Desired genres: Drama, Poetry, Prose, Novels, Short stories, Essays
From regions: Africa, Europe, North America
Mzuzu University Library
P. Bag 201
Mzuzu
Malawi
Tel.: +265 (0)1 320575
+265 (0)1 320722
Fax: +265 (0)1 320 497
Contact: Mrs Lizzie Malemia
Desired languages: English
Desired genres: Children’s literature, Fairy tales, Drama, Poetry, Prose, Novels, Essays
From regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Nordamerika, Lateinamerika, Australia
Zambia:
The Provincial Library, Zambia Library Service
Independence Avenue
Solwezi
Zambia
Tel.: +260 (0) 8-821564
+260 (0) 955205767
Contact: Mrs Beatrice Zanda; Joshua Chilumbu
Desired languages: Kikaonde, Jyanya, Bemba, Lozi, Tonga, English
Desired genres: Children’s literature, Fairy tales, Drama, Poetry, Prose, Novels, Short stories, Essays
From countries: Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, United Kingdom
Samuel Reuben Mwewa Public Library
Buntungwa Street
Mufulira
Zambia
Also: P.O. Box 40798
Mufulira, Zambia
Tel.: +260 (0) 955334388
Fax: +260 (0) 2411657
Contact: Muzi David Bwalya
Email: daviamuzi1@yahoo.com
Desired languages: English, French
Desired genres: Children’s literature, Fairy tales, Drama, Poetry, Prose, Novels, Short stories, Essays
From countries: South Africa, Japan, China, India, United Kingdom, Germany, USA, Australia
Senanga Branch Library
Mongu-Senanga Road
Senanga
Zambia
Tel.: +260 (0) 217230220
Contact: Chomba Happy
Desired languages: English
Desired genres: Children’s literature, Fairy tales, Drama, Novels, Short stories
From regions: Zambia, Nigeria, East Africa
South Africa:
Franschhoek Public Library
9 Reservoir Street West
Franschhoek, 7690
South Africa
Tel.: +27218088406
Fax: +27218088407
Email: library@stellenbosch.org
Contact: Madelein Koegelenberg,
madeleink@stellenbosch.org
Desired languages: Xhosa, Africaans, English
Desired genres: Children’s literature, Fairy tales, Drama, Novels, Short stories, Essays
From regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, Oceania
Tanzania:
E&D Readership and Development Agency – Soma
P.O. Box 4460
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
Tel.: +255 222772759
+255 754275347
Email: info.soma@infinet.co.tz
Contact: Demere Kitunga: demere.soma@infinet.co.tz
Godfrey Koko: kioko.soma@infinet.co.tz
Desired languages: Louma-Songhay, Hausa, English, French
Desired genres: Children’s literature, Fairy tales, Drama, Poetry, Prose, Essays
From regions: Niger, Europe
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