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Photo: Mehdi Ben Temessek

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Mapping Literary Circuits with Bao Books in Tunis and Cairo

Addressing issues of access and art book distribution in the region, this hybrid space is bridging ideas across borders.

Tint Library Space. Photo: Haja Fanta

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Dispatches from Tint Library’s London Pop-Up

Following a series of community activations by the independent library in London, Haja Fanta highlights key titles from its diverse collection.

Inside the Library of AWARE in Paris. Photo: Keren Lasme.

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AWARE (Archives of Women Artists, Research & Exhibitions)

In this series, C& explores special book collections. This time, Keren Lasme shares her top five books from the queer-feminist space AWARE in Paris.

AWU Library. Photo: Keren Lasme.

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AWU Library

C& regularly takes a look into book collections holding rare publications. Keren Lasme chooses five books from the feminist library AWU in Dakar.

1st Circular Library, Foundation for Contemporary Art-Ghana, Accra. Photo: Abbey IT-A

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The Foundation for Contemporary Art – Ghana: 1st Circular Library, Accra

Adwoa Amoah, artist, curator, and co-director of FCA Ghana, asked regular visitors of the library to pick their favorite book.

Bushman Café, Abidjan

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Bushman Café, Abidjan

C& regularly takes a look into book collections holding rare publications. This time, Keren Lasme introduces five books she found in Abidjan.

1949 Library. Photo: Keren Lasme.

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1949, Abidjan

Keren Lasme introduces five books from 1949, Abidjan’s only library of women writers.

C& Office and Reading Room, Nairobi. Photo: C&

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C& Reading Room, Nairobi

V for 5 introduces five books from our C& Reading Room, that are rarer and often forgotten publications but nonetheless essential to the discourse.

Sa Sa Reading room. Photo: Serine Mekoun

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Sa Sa Art Projects Reading Room, Phnom Penh

Featured this time in connection with the project #weavingnetworks with documenta fifteen: Sa Sa Art Projects' reading room in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Diasporic Library. Photo: Serine Mekoun

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The Diasporic Library, Brussels

Take a look into libraries and collections holding some of the rarer and often forgotten publications - this time: The Diasporic Library, Brussels.

Sylvia Arthur in her Library in Accra. Photo: Serine Mekoun

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Library of Africa and the African Diaspora, Accra

C& regularly takes a look into rare book collections. This time, Serine Mekoun features the Library of Africa and African Diaspora in Accra.

Book of Dreams; photo: Serine Mekoun

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Café Congo, Brussels

Take a look into libraries and book collections holding some of the rarer…


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