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Books For Africa is pleased to support Global Minnesota in presenting the World Health Day Symposium on April 7th. This year’s theme is “Accelerating Health Equity by Design.”

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

BFA partner Better World Books is holding a fundraiser in March to raise $10,000 to send books to kids in Africa! Click to read more about how you can contribute with your purchase of books.

Books For Africa has released its FY 2021 Annual Report! Check out the news, success stories, and a selection of curated photo highlights from recipients.

Abdirahman Kahin has no trouble sleeping. You’d think the owner of Afro Deli would, considering how much he fits into his schedule. Aside from managing three — make that four in the spring — Afro Deli locations across the Twin Cities, Kahin recently sponsored the shipment of more than 110,000 books to Somalia and Djibouti through the St. Paul-based nonprofit Books for Africa.

Local students, the Alliance Française and Books For Africa have joined to collect and send French-language books to students in French-speaking Mali in West Africa.