"Describes the activities of Books for Africa, a US book aid organization which ships nearly 750,000 books to Africa each year in an effort to fill empty shelves in Africa’s libraries. The largest proportion of books come from and go to schools and school libraries. Includes a short directory of other book donation organizations." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1423)