Once a whites-only enclave, the grand McMillan Memorial library is one of three in the Kenyan capital that have been transformed for the community Down a steep, narrow staircase, the basement of the ...

A Kenyan nonprofit is restoring iconic public libraries, leaving behind a segregated past and turning them into inclusive spaces. By Abdi Latif Dahir In 1931, the first library in Kenya’s capital, ...

Libraries in Nairobi, Kenya, are getting a makeover thanks to two women who are hoping to turn the page on the past – creating a new future both for the books inside the libraries and the communities ...

May. Nairobi Litfest with Book Bunk & Hay Festival returns. A joyful hub for writers & artists. Programme coming soon!

Sundance: Directors Maia Lekow and Christopher King commit to capturing the years-long effort to revive three libraries in Kenya after decades of neglect. “How to Build a Library” begins in 2017.

Two documentaries premiering at Sundance this weekend are set thousands of miles apart — in Nairobi, Kenya and Texas, respectively – but at the heart of their stories is the same thesis: the ...

Teachers and pupils of Nkaimurunya Primary School join project partners during the launch of a digital library pilot in Gataka slum, Nairobi, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. Learners at Nkaimurunya Primary ...

Designing a global design research project / by Philipp Heidkamp -- Participating in Cultural Library : intentions and motivations / by Johannes Hossfeld [and others] -- Previous Cultural Library ...

McIntosh Memorial Library of Viroqua will be hosting a program titled, “Refugee Status Awareness in Nairobi, Kenya.” The program will be held Friday, July 16, at 10:30 a.m. via Zoom. A link to the ...

Maia Lekow and Christopher King’s “How to Build a Library” may be more aptly titled, “How to Game the System.” This is not meant as derisive, but simply the reality faced as the documentary’s central ...