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“The Books for Africa Jack Mason Law & Democracy Initiative is a truly remarkable and visionary endeavor,” said Donna Gollmer, director of ABA Publishing. “The opportunity to join Thomson Reuters in supporting Books for Africa by providing court systems, bar associations, women’s legal organizations and law schools across Africa with essential law books is a powerful way to support both the Rule of Law and access to justice.”

Read about Books For Africa's 35th anniversary gala, get updates on projects in Malawi and South Sudan, and more!

Books For Africa was honored to host Peace Corps Director Carol Spahn in Minnesota on Friday, November 3rd, 2023, for discussions at the MINN Summit, and at a Books For Africa reception hosted by Thomson Reuters and Humphrey School Dean Nisha Botchwey.

Three groups of volunteers from International Hotel Group (IHG), a total of 36 people on three shifts, sorted books in Books For Africa's Georgia warehouse. Read more about their experience, and why they found the volunteer work so rewarding!

At Books For Africa, we have just concluded our eighth year in a row of enhanced post-shipment feedback surveys! Check out the 2023 results infographic to see what our recipients had to say, and read about more feedback from some recent Kenyan visitors.

Books For Africa’s 35th Anniversary Gala on Wednesday, September 13, at the Depot at the Renaissance Hotel in Minneapolis, was an inspiring and highly successful event attended by more than 350 supporters from around the country and around the world!