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2020 is a momentous year for Books For Africa, as we celebrate 50 million books shipped to Africa! Travel along with our 50 millionth book, “Kofi Loves Music,” as it makes its journey over land and sea, from Minnesota to Ghana.

Friend of BFA Rania Benromdhane used her time during the pandemic productively, running a club at her school in support of Books For Africa’s mission! Her work and interest in supporting BFA was recently featured in the “24 Hours of Harvard” program, put on by Harvard’s Office of the Vice Provost of International Affairs. Check out the section on Rania starting at 1:42:50!

BFA Executive Director Patrick Plonski was invited as a guest on the latest episode of Vector Global's podcast "Supply Chain Now: Logistics With Purpose."

WSB-TV 2 Atlanta recently covered Books For Africa's ongoing efforts to ship medical resources to health care workers on the African continent.

Books For Africa's hard-working Atlanta staff took time to talk with Tom Regan of WSB-TV Atlanta! Learn more about our origins and our mission to end the African book famine, and hear from members of our "volunteer army" about why volunteering at BFA is meaningful to them.

Check out this video from our sweet friends at Shining Hope For Communities in Kenya. We were happy to partner with them earlier this year in order to send books to their students in Kibera!