Just as you say, there are those who want to "declutter their houses or homes" and to forward the books with a minimum of strain and without having to worry whether the books arrived or not. I was going to send my entire Islamic collection to Osogbo, was getting unnecessarily worried if they would arrive at all ( and not disappear on the way to their intended destination) but at the last minute was told that they prioritise books in Arabic and not these kinds of guys or indeed my own special interest ( Shia Islam ...
The proposed Toyin Falola Library Foundation should achieve its aims, and in addition to Ojogbon's many contacts and tremendous reach, hopefully he could tap into the generosity of some of these rich men who I'm sure would be more than willing to donate to such a good cause….
Mr.Cornelius Hamellberg is a great idea you put forward about those on this platform donating their books. maybe we should formalise it as The TOYIN FALOLA LIBRARY FOUNDATION or the USA AFRICA LIBRARY FOUNDATION.the name would help to open doors,and we could use those on this platform to reach out to others to declutter their houses or homes. i am just thinking about the number of retired professors around the world donating their books to Africaand then we build a virtual shipping company to deliver the ooks to libraries the lenghth and breadth of Africa, we have to do some sorting.this may be done by volunteersOn Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 12:34 PM Cornelius Hamelberg <cornelius...@gmail.com> wrote:Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth,
Such a big word: Philanthropy
Here's a definition of Philanthropist according to the Devil's Dictionary
As it has been written, "Your elders shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions"
Here's something, a kind of vision of how it could be in Nigeria, a vision that should move you deeply as it did me.
I might be going off on a limb here, but I think that we ( august members of this series) can all contribute our widow's mite to the essentially non-reading generation that's nonetheless hungry, and thirsting for knowledge!
How many hundreds of books have we not bought, read, thrown away, or discarded? Collectively, enough to fill a few libraries. Yet, how many of us have read all of Ojogbon Falola's works, and the vast output of so many other essential books, in the departments of poetry, philosophy, facts, and fiction? Apart from the limited time at our disposal, and a lack of inclination, another reason could be that we are not all billionaires like Elder Obi the leader of the Nigerian Labour Party, and this means that some of the book prices / our heart's desires and all that music that's not available at "affordable prices" are simply out of reach for us the common folk, the lumpenproletariat. But all these essential works could be made freely available in libraries scattered throughout Nigeria, like mosques, churches, schools, petrol stations, restaurants, drinking parlours, banks…
N.B., I say " Elder Obi" considering that the retirement age in France is 62, which means that if he was a Frenchman, he should be looking forward to retiring as a youth leader by the 19th of July this year…
Always a valuable resource: https://www.britannica.com/
On Thursday, 13 April 2023 at 10:53:43 UTC+2 Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth wrote:The Top Library Philanthropists in inAfrica;, Emeka Offor, Tony Elumelu,, Buratai et al
Chief Emeka Offor the andrew carnegie of Africa, donated a staggering 30 milion dollars worth of books to higjher education in nigeria. chief Afe babalola the father of Africa ,recently donated 10 milion pounds to Kings college London for the Afe Babalola transformation centre. is is believe a bulk of the sum would be going to library development.
then we have Tony elumelu, chairman of UBA, united bank for Africa, you have the UBA foundation, donating books, Lt General Tukur Buratai ex chief of army staff donated 1000 books to his primary school and then set up a Think Tank which is believed to have an extensive library
from wikipedia we learn john Wood co-founded Room to Read in 2001 with Dinesh Shrestha and Erin Ganju. Operating in 20 low-income countries, the organization focuses on increasing literacy and gender equality in education. Its programs develop literacy skills and a habit of reading among primary school children, and support girls to complete secondary school with the relevant life skills to succeed in school and beyond. Over 25 million children have benefitted from the organization's programs.[1 #london #development #education #transformation #bank #africa #nigeria #school--
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