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2023 Annual Report: Record Setting Four Million Books Shipped Highlights Books For Africa's 35th Anniversary

February 16th, 2024

Books For Africa has released its fiscal year 2023 Annual Report! Check out the news, success stories, and a selection of curated photo highlights from recipients.

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Book Signing - The Book King - March 1st, 2024

February 7th, 2024

Join Books For Africa's former Board President and author Rosemond Sarpong Owens with Founder Tom Warth on March 1st in Minnesota!

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Books For Africa Earns 2024 Guidestar Platinum Seal of Transparency

January 25th, 2024

Books For Africa has once again been awarded the Platinum Seal of Transparency, the highest level of recognition from Guidestar, the world’s largest source of information on nonprofits.

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BFA Supporter Brings Thousands of Books to Nigeria

January 17th, 2024

BFA supporter Tunji Adesesan has sent over 16,000 books to Nigerian schools and prison libraries over the past several years. Read more about how and why he's done it in our latest success story!

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Behind the Scenes: BFA's Partnership with Better World Books

December 15th, 2023

Better World Books is BFA's largest single supplier of university and library books, having shipped 14 semi trailer loads of books to us this calendar year alone! Go behind the scenes at our Georgia warehouse in this video to see where it all happens.

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Books For Africa Books Recipient Receives United Nations Award

December 13th, 2023

Abdullahi Mire, a native of Somalia who fled violence at the age of three with his mother and two siblings and spent 23 years in a refugee camp in Kenya, was recently named as this year’s Nansen Global Laureate, the UN Refugee Agency’s highest honor. 

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