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ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ worked with high-level partners such as Elsevier and the International Fund for Agricultural Development to build specialized agricultural libraries for farmers and smallholders on the continent. Learn more about these curated collections!

President Joe Biden's announcement Dec. 15 that he will support membership of the 55-nation ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½n Union in the Group of 20 nations (G-20) is a crucial step forward for the nations and people of ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½, as well as for the ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½n diaspora in America and around the world. Learn more in this op-ed article from the Minneapolis Star Tribune authored by BFA Board President Mike Essien and Past-President Jote Taddese!

Last year, 10 years after its start, Lamin Dibba's 1 Million Books for the Gambia project celebrated having shipped literally 1 million books, ranging from children's books to college texts, to the tiny ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½n country of 2.5 million. Learn more in this feature article from the Minneapolis Star Tribune!

In 2015, US and UK based teen entrepreneurs, Eline Asase, Azzarrée Uwhubetine, Amirrah Uwhubetine, and Sedinam Asase founded the Child2Child Book Foundation to help ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½n children improve English literacy through reading.

ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ Executive Director Patrick Plonski sits down with Jeff Bond as part of the "chat with leaders" podcast series. 

Leighton traveled to Ghana recently for the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Conference. During his trip, he was able to visit three organizations that received law libraries through the program: the Ghana Supreme Court, the Ghana Book Trust, and the Ghana Federation of Women Lawyers.