Library
Two recent additions to our library, Teaching World Epics and Soundjata Keïta, La femme-buffle, provide an opportunity to take a closer look at the Sundiata epic, which tells the story of the founder of the Mali Empire in the early 13th century. These two acquisitions are the subject of this month's Library Highlight.
On 19 June 2026, the annual meeting of the ELIAS network took place in the African Library. Nearly 30 participants from African libraries, museums, archives and universities across Europe and Africa attended, making it an interactive and engaging event.
On 27 August 1943, the South African writer Sindiwe Magona was born. She grew up in Gugulethu, a Cape Town township, and worked as a domestic worker while completing her secondary education by correspondence. Magona later graduated from the University of South Africa. She writes autobiographies, novels, short stories and poems.
