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In our latest Library Highlight the spotlight is turned on These letters end in tears. This debut novel of Cameroonian writer Musih Tedji Xaviere, tells the love story of two women. The Highlight sheds light on LGBTQ+ life in Cameroon, and the country’s publishing industry.
On 30 June the SCOLMA Conference 2025, entitled Through the Generations: Youth, Ageing and African Studies Collections, took place in Oxford. It was a day filled with discussions around the role of the youth in the future of African collections. The African Library’s Pepler Head visited the conference.
From 21 to 28 September 2025, the annual world championships for road bicycle racing is being held in Kigali, Rwanda. It is the 98th edition of the UCI road World Championship and the first edition to be hosted in Africa.
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