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Take a look into libraries and book collections holding some of the rarer and often forgotten publications, which are nonetheless essential to the discourse on both sides of the spectrum.

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Eclectic living room with a large plant, full bookshelves, a stereo system, and unique wooden furniture on a round jute rug.

Seed Archives: Thabo Weaves a Cocoon for Listening

A black bookshelf displays books, greeting cards, and African-inspired decor, with a white wall above featuring various framed art and prints.

Seed Archives: Celebrating African and Caribbean Design and Culture in London

C& América Latina Magazine

A spacious, brightly lit white room with an industrial ceiling, sparsely furnished with wooden tables, bookshelves, colorful stools, and leather seating, including a backgammon game.

Maktaba Room: Annotations on Art, Design, and Diasporic Knowledge

Librería Ireti, Havana, Cuba

Librería Ireti, Havana, Cuba

C& América Latina Magazine

A fanned display of art books with Arabic script and graphic designs, on a rough concrete surface.

Mapping Literary Circuits with Bao Books From Tunis to Cairo

Dispatches from Tint Library’s London Pop-Up - Contemporary And

Dispatches from Tint Library’s London Pop-Up

AWARE (Archives of Women Artists, Research & Exhibitions) - Contemporary And

AWARE (Archives of Women Artists, Research & Exhibitions)

AWU Library - Contemporary And

AWU Library

Negras imagens − Formação a partir do acervo IMS

Negras imagens − Formação a partir do acervo IMS

C& América Latina Magazine

The Foundation for Contemporary Art – Ghana: 1st Circular Library, Accra - Contemporary And

The Foundation for Contemporary Art – Ghana: 1st Circular Library, Accra

Bushman Café, Abidjan - Contemporary And

Bushman Café, Abidjan

1949, Abidjan - Contemporary And

1949, Abidjan

C& Reading Room, Nairobi - Contemporary And

C& Reading Room, Nairobi

Sa Sa Art Projects Reading Room, Phnom Penh - Contemporary And

Sa Sa Art Projects Reading Room, Phnom Penh

The Diasporic Library, Brussels - Contemporary And

The Diasporic Library, Brussels

The Black Library, Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico

The Black Library, Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico

C& América Latina Magazine

"I Have Gathered These Images, Not Just for Me, but for You"

"I Have Gathered These Images, Not Just for Me, but for You"

C& América Latina Magazine

Ndinomholo Ndilula: mASCUliN(I)TY

Ndinomholo Ndilula: mASCUliN(I)TY

Library of Africa and the African Diaspora, Accra - Contemporary And

Library of Africa and the African Diaspora, Accra

Café Congo, Brussels - Contemporary And

Café Congo, Brussels