Freedom Libraries

Freedom Libraries
Author: Mike Selby
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2019-10-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1538115549

This book delves into how Freedom Libraries were at the heart of the Civil Rights Movement, and the remarkable courage of the people who used them. As the Civil Rights Movement exploded across the United States, numerous libraries were desegregated on paper only, and there was another virtually unheard of struggle— the right to read.

Apartheid in South African Libraries

Apartheid in South African Libraries
Author: Jacqueline Audrey Kalley
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780810836051

South Africa will be dealing with the legacy of apartheid for generations. Dr. Jacqueline Kalley has had the foresight and vision to document the experiences of black library users during South Africa's years of apartheid, focusing her studies on the second half of the twentieth century, when apartheid reached its zenith. Apartheid in South African Libraries is an in-depth study of the effect of apartheid on public, provincial, and community library services in South Africa. With a high degree of accuracy and objectivity, Dr. Kalley documents the past record and experiences of black libraries. She masterfully integrates the numerous aspects of this complicated subject including historical, legal, and resource concerns. A historical introduction helps provide background and context for the work, and an index, bibliography, and photographs round out the book.

Between Sisters

Between Sisters
Author: Adwoa Badoe
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2010-09-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1554981891

A poignant and frank novel set in Ghana, told from the point of view of a disarmingly forthright teenaged girl. When sixteen-year-old Gloria fails thirteen out of fifteen subjects on her final exams, her future looks bleak indeed. Her family's resources are meager so the entire family is thrilled when a distant relative, Christine, offers to move Gloria north to Kumasi to look after her toddler son. In exchange, after two years, Christine will pay for Gloria to go to school. Life in Kumasi is more grand than anything Gloria has ever experienced. She joins a youth band at church and Christine has even promised to teach her to read. But Kumasi is also full of temptations -- the owner of a popular clothing shop encourages her to buy on credit, and the smooth-talking Dr. Kusi offers Gloria rides in his sports car. Eventually Gloria is betrayed by the people around her and is disillusioned by her new life. But in the end she decides who she can trust, and draws on her own considerable inner resources to put the bad experiences behind her. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6 Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.

African Libraries

African Libraries
Author: Adolphe O. Amadi
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 1981
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Narratives of (Dis)Engagement

Narratives of (Dis)Engagement
Author: Amanda L. Folk
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 81
Release: 2022-08-09
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0838949932

Librarianship is still a predominantly white profession. It is essential that current practitioners as well as those about to enter the field take an unflinching look at the profession’s legacy of racial discrimination, including the ways in which race might impact service to users such as students in school, public, and academic libraries. Given the prevalence of implicit and explicit bias against Black and African American people, authors Folk and Overbey argue that we must speak to these students directly to hear their stories and thereby understand their experiences. This Special Report shares the findings of a qualitative research study that explored the library experiences of Black and African American undergraduate students both before and during college, grounding it within an equity framework. From this Report readers will learn details about the study, which focused on the potential role of race in the students’ interactions with library staff, including white staff and staff of color; gain insight into Black and African American users’ perceptions of libraries and library staff, attitudes towards reading, frequency of library usage, and the importance of family; understand the implications of the study’s findings for our practice and for librarianship more broadly, including our ongoing commitment to diversifying the profession; and walk away with recommendations that can be applied to every library and educational context, such as guidance for developing an antiracist organization and more equitable service provision.

Narratives of (Dis)Enfranchisement

Narratives of (Dis)Enfranchisement
Author: Tracey Overbey
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 89
Release: 2022-08-09
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0838949924

This first Special Report in a two-volume set on Black and African Americans’ experiences in libraries provides an overview of their historical exclusion from libraries and educational institutions in the United States, also exploring the ways in which this legacy is manifest in our contemporary context. A compelling call to action, it will serve as the beginning of many conversations in which librarianship reckons with its racist past to move towards a more equitable future. Still a predominantly white profession, librarianship has a legacy of racial discrimination, and it is essential that we face the ways that race impacts how we meet the needs of diverse user communities. Identifying and acknowledging implicit and learned bias is a necessary step toward transforming not only our professional practice but also our scholarship, assessment, and evaluation practices. From this Special Report, readers will learn the hidden history of Africa’s contributions to libraries and educational institutions, which are often omitted from K-12, higher education, and library school curricula; engage with the racist legacies of libraries as well as contemporary scholarship related to Black and African American users’ experiences with libraries; be introduced to frameworks and theories that can help to identify and unpack the role of race in librarianship and in library users’ experiences; and garner practical takeaways to bring to their own views and practice of librarianship.

Africa Since Independence

Africa Since Independence
Author: Paul Nugent
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 624
Release: 2004-09-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780333682739

This is a genuinely comparative study of the different trajectories and experiences of independent African states. It addresses the differential legacies of British, French, Portuguese, Belgian and Spanish colonialism as well as the unique qualities of imperial Ethiopia and Liberia. Paul Nugent analyses boundary problems, the reshaping of territorial structures and the contrasting ideological paths followed by civilian and military regimes. The book ends with a look at the interplay between structural adjustment, ethnicity, democratization and the impact of NGOs. A state-level perspective is balanced by a sensitivity to popular culture.

African Libraries

African Libraries
Author: Glenn L. Sitzman
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 512
Release: 1988
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library

Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
Author: Carole Boston Weatherford
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1536220639

“A must-read for a deeper understanding of a well-connected genius who enriched the cultural road map for African Americans and books about them.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Amid the scholars, poets, authors, and artists of the Harlem Renaissance stood an Afro–Puerto Rican named Arturo Schomburg. This law clerk’s passion was to collect books, letters, music, and art from Africa and the African diaspora and bring to light the achievements of people of African descent through the ages. A century later, his groundbreaking collection, known as the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, has become a beacon to scholars all over the world. In luminous paintings and arresting poems, two of children’s literature’s top African-American scholars track Arturo Schomburg’s quest to correct history.

Libraries in East Africa

Libraries in East Africa
Author: Anna-Britta Wallenius
Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute
Total Pages: 236
Release: 1971
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9789171060518