Books For Africa's 2025 Fundraiser, featuring H.E. David Kerich, Ambassador of Kenya to the U.S., will be held May 23. Registration is free! Click here to register.
May 23, 2025
Breakfast: 9:00-10:00 a.m.
Luncheon: 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Midland Hills Country Club
2001 Fulham St
Roseville, MN 55113
Books For Africa remains the largest shipper of donated text and library books to the African continent, shipping over 62 million books to all 55 countries on the African continent since 1988. Last year alone, Books For Africa shipped over 1.6 million books, valued at over $16 million, to 31 African countries. Approximately one million digital books were also shipped on 357 computers and tablets. Over $2.2 million was raised to ship these books to partners across Africa.
To learn more about groups currently fundraising to ship books to specific African countries, view the Projects page.
To learn more about the Girls Empowerment Collections, BFA Publishing, Law & Democracy Initiative, Agricultural Libraries, or French Books view the Special Initiatives page
Books For Africa is a simple idea, but its impact is transformative. For us, literacy is quite simply the bridge from misery to hope.
— Kofi Annan, former U.N. Secretary-General
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