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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.

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.

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.

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…

Book page of Made in Mali. Photo: Luciane Ramos-Silva

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Acervo Àfrica, São Paulo

C& regularly takes a look into rare book collections. Luciane Ramos-Silva went to the the library of the Africa Collection in São Paulo.

The Outpost – Issue 7: The Possibility of Finding Home, 2017. Magazine. Courtesy of Townhouse Gallery

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Townhouse Gallery, Cairo

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Stuart Hall Library Part II, Iniva, London

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Stuart Hall Library Part II, Iniva, London

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New Culture magazines (Courtesy of CCA, Lagos)

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CCA Lagos

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TRANSITION Magazines © Bookstop Sanaa Art Library

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Bookstop Sanaa Art Library, Dar es Salaam

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La Boîte à Idée

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La Boîte à Idée, Dakar

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Miniatures, Youssouf Amine Elalamy Editions Hors'Champs, 2004.

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L’appartement 22, Rabat

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

The library at the Contemporary Image Collective (CIC) in Cairo. © Mohamed El Maymouny

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Contemporary Image Collective, Cairo

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

Medu Art Ensemble Newsletter, Volume 3, Number 2, 1981

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Keleketla! Library, Johannesburg

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

Stuart Hall Library Part I, Iniva, London

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Stuart Hall Library Part I, Iniva, London

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

 


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