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. We collect, process and ship donated books, computers and educational resources to projects across Africa.
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Books2Africa is an international Non-Governmental Organisation (UK registered charity no. 1152599) whose mission is to promote a culture of recycling and to improve the quality of education in Africa, through the collection, processing, shipping and distribution of quality books, computers, and educational materials, that enable individuals, institutions, and communities to acquire knowledge and achieve their full potential in a globalised world.

05/11/2026

Tonbridge Grammar School raised over £800 for Books2Africa this year, and donated a pallet of books too.

Their librarian, Mrs Maloney, visited us with three Year 12 students. We sat down together to talk about reading, phones, and why you don't have to finish every book you start.

Their best tip for anyone who would like to read more: read a chapter, not a number of minutes. Chapters usually end on a cliffhanger, and before you know it you've read three.

Thank you, TGS, for every pound, every book and the textbooks coming our way next year.

Read the full conversation here: https://books2africa.org/tonbridge-grammar-school-conversation-about-reading/

04/11/2026

Our international volunteers don't spend all their time in the warehouse. As part of the International Volunteer Programme, fieldwork takes them out of Canterbury, to London and beyond.

If you'd like to join us, applications are open until 30 November. Apply on our website:
https://books2africa.org/international-volunteering-programme/

01/11/2026

Applications for our International Volunteer Programme are now open until 30 November.

Since 2018, volunteers from all over the world have joined Books2Africa in Canterbury for up to 12 months. They rescue books and computers from landfill, prepare them for schools and libraries across Africa, and go home with real experience of running an NGO and a plan to start something of their own.

We take up to 40 volunteers a year and review applications as they come in, so apply early. Everything you need to know, including eligibility, is on our website, and that's the only place to apply:
https://books2africa.org/international-volunteering-programme/

15/10/2026

Calling Black and African authors and publishers. Showcase your books at the upcoming London Book Fair 2027 as part of The Africa Stand. The Africa Stand helps African and Black authors, self-published authors and independent publishers exhibit, sell and distribute their books worldwide from the UK.

Register now due to limited availability.
https://books2africa.org/theafricastand/

Also, shout-out to former exhibitor and now Miss SA 2026 contestant Alia Khan Koumantarakis. You are already our beauty queen 👑.
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https://www.misssa.co.za/

11/10/2026

Honest thoughts about the Frankfurt Book Fair 2026.

It’s massive. In fact, it’s overwhelming! It’s like navigating an airport, no five. Five halls, each hall with three floors, and each floor rammed with people reminiscent of the London Underground. All there for one purpose, books!

Never have we seen so many young people gathered in one place, excited about books. Owning, reading and dreaming. Whoever said young people don’t read hasn’t been to the Frankfurter Buchmesse and the organisers of such a massive feat should be very proud!

Yet it’s this greatness that makes the near total absence of African books, authors and publishers so sobering and disappointing. “African countries - 3.1” the official programs directs you, but not a single African country to be found in Hall 3, Level 1. Why? The wrong question, nothing new. What can be done about it? That’s more exciting and where you and I come in.

Calling black and African authors to contact us and join The Africa Stand to exhibit your books under one banner, in London and in Frankfurt, every year. Never again shall it be said that a whole continent’s voice was missing when the world’s readers gathered to listen.

And you, dear reader, consider a black or African author when next you buy a book. Start here https://books2africa.org/product-tag/books/

09/10/2026

Little people, big dreams!
Congratulations to the GOAT Andres Lionel on his retirement from international football. You inspired millions not just with your divine talent but your unrivalled humility.

04/10/2026

What an experience to be at the Black British Book Festival and witness an explosion of black and African literature, poetry, culture and music.

The one thing you can do now to support this vital movement is to purchase a book that supports awesome publishers that ensure diverse voices are heard:

Also checkout books by Books2Africa Press here https://books2africa.org/product-tag/books/

26/06/2026

Goodman’s Academy was faced with the challenges of providing a library and ICT centres for its pupils, students and staff to improve their academics until Dr Isokari Francis Ololo came to the rescue and provided a library centre with books, as well as an ICT centre with laptops and desktops donated by Books2Africa.

Goodman's Academy received a shipment of 2,500 books and 25 computers. They were sponsored by the 1 Million Books Fund.

Read more about the Goodman's Academy and how to support projects similar at www.books2africa.org.

13/06/2026

The St. Theresa Girls’ College, Jos, aims to give holistic education to the girl child and equip her for life. We give them lunch after classes, keep them to read and study, and they go home at 5:00 pm. We express our appreciation to Coles-Medlock, who donated the books, and to Books to Africa, who made them available to us.

St Theresa Girls' College received 5,000 books. Their shipment was sponsored by the Coles Medlock Foundation. Thank you .

Read more about St Therasa's here: https://books2africa.org/st-theresa-girls-college-jos-nigeria/

05/06/2026

The Woodford Books Project is an initiative started in Lukasa, Zambia. Their aim is to improve the quality and variety of books in their primary and early years school library. We are pleased to confirm that Books2Africa delivered 4,590 books to the Woodford School in Zambia. Some feedback from the school included: 'We are very pleased with the quantity and quality of books we got. 4590 was the total that came on the pallet, and they are all of excellent quality.

This shipment was sponsored by the 1 Million Book Fund.

Read more about the Woodford Books Project here: https://books2africa.org/woodford-school-library-books-project-zambia/

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Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm

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