Reading to Babies Campaign
March 17, 2019
Librarians from Goi and public health nurses from the Ada West District initiated a successful campaign to promote reading to babies.
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation features Goi’s Reading to Babies Campaign
May 2018
25th Anniversary Parade, Accra
November 2015
Participants (750!) walked, danced, and sang along a 25 km parade route. Georgina, a Nungua library participant wrote, “It was an exercise of a lifetime!”
Library Theatre Festival
August 2012
Our annual Festival under the leadership of Martin Adjei Legend showcases the talents of Ghana’s youth. It features drumming, dancing (cultural and contemporary), and theatre.
The Forbidden Sacrifice by Martin Adjei Legend
August 2010
Performers from the Kathy Knowles Theatre Company Ltd. staged this play at the Nima Centre. Eric Rose and Tyler Sainsbury of Canada generously provided leadership.
Khadijah’s Story, A Life Transformed by Literacy
2002 and revised 2010
Following this recording, Khadijah Yaa Forkor, a literacy learner, entered Accra’s Ringway Junior High School and successfully completed JHS 3 or a Grade 9 equivalent.
The Orphans of Qumbu by Michael Williams
December 2009
Performers from the Kathy Knowles Theatre Company Ltd. staged this production at the Nima Centre. Martin Adjei Legend and Canadian Sophie Knowles directed this opera.
A Library Song
April 2009
Massawudu Zakari, a 12-year-old library member, wrote the lyrics for this music. His group – The Lucky Ones – performed the song in an Accra recording studio.
A Volunteer’s Experience
November 2006
Kay Harrell from Kinston, North Carolina, travelled to Ghana. This video records her experience.