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Ghana Library Board
The Ghana Library Authority, established in 1950 as the Ghana Library Board, was the first public library service in sub-Saharan Africa. The public library movement in Ghana began in 1928, as a personal effort of the then Anglican Bishop Orfeur Anglionby of Accra. In 1946, the Aglionby Library Management Committee worked with the British Council Advisory Committee towards library development in the then Gold Coast. In 2018, His Excellency President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo appointed a Ghanaian Social Entrepreneur, Mr Hayford Siaw as GhLA Chief Executive Officer. In May 2021, the Authority was shortlisted for the LBFbr>International Excellence Awardsin the 'Library of the Year' Category. History The public library movement in Ghana began in 1928, as a personal effort of the then Anglican Bishop Orfeur Anglionby of Accra who succeeded in building a small library at the Bishop's House with book donated by church members in England for reading and borrowing by the public. The work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. These include West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, and Southern Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa, African countries and territories that are situated fully in that specified region, the term may also include polities that only have part of their territory located in that region, per the definition of the United Nations (UN). This is considered a non-standardized geographical region with the number of countries included varying from 46 to 48 depending on the organization describing the region (e.g. UN, WHO, World Bank, etc.). The Regions of the African Union, African Union uses a different regional breakdown, recognizing all 55 member states on the continent - grouping them into 5 distinct and standard regions. The term serves as a grouping counterpart to North Africa, which is instead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nana Akufo-Addo
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ( ; born 29 March 1944) is a Ghanaian politician who has served as the president of Ghana since 7 January 2017. In 2020, he was re-elected for his second term, which will end on 6 January 2025. Akufo-Addo previously served as Attorney General from 2001 to 2003 and as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2007 under the Kufuor-led administration. He was elected as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) chairman on 7 September 2020. He was re-elected for a second term as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Chairman on 2 February 2021. He ended his term on 3 July 2022. Akufo-Addo first ran for president in 2008 and again in 2012, both times as the candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He lost on both occasions to National Democratic Congress' candidates: John Evans Atta Mills in 2008 and John Dramani Mahama in 2012. After the 2012 general elections, he refused to concede and proceeded to court to challeng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Book Fair
The London Book Fair (LBF) is a large book-publishing trade fair held annually, usually in April, in London, England. LBF is a global marketplace for rights negotiation and the sale and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and digital channels. History In 1971, Lionel Leventhal organised The Specialist Publishers’ Exhibition for Librarians, with 22 exhibitors displaying titles on tabletops. Subsequently, now with business partner Clive Bingley, the scope and influence of the event grew and began to encompass bigger and more general publishers. In 1975, the initials LBF made their first appearance when the fair was renamed SPEX'75: The London Book Fair. By 1977 SPEX had been dropped and the title London Book Fair was born. Until 2006 the London Book Fair had been held at the Olympia exhibition centre, but it moved to the ExCeL Exhibition Centre in London's Docklands that year. Due to generally unfavourable feedback from attendees over the new location, such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Aglionby (bishop)
John Orfeur Aglionby (16 March 1884 – 15 May 1963) was Bishop of Accra during the second quarter of the 20th century. Educated at Westminster and The Queen's College, Oxford, Aglionby was ordained in 1911 and began his career with a curacy at Holy Trinity, South Shields. In 1915, Aglionby joined the Royal Army Medical Corps as a Private hurch Times obituary, 24.5.1963and, six months later, was interviewed by the Chaplain-General for a commission in the Army chaplaincy. He was noted as 'Tall, Quiet, fairly good' and, although he was strongly Anglo-Catholic in a chaplaincy preferring Evangelicals, he was appointed and posted to France. His Military Cross was gazetted on 4 June 1917. His brother, William, also an army chaplain, would be awarded a MC in January 1918. In 1917, John was appointed Vicar of Monkwearmouth and remained there until 1924 when he became Bishop of Accra. Aglionby was a strong supporter of establishing a library service in Ghana. He volunteered his own book c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Council
The British Council is a British organisation specialising in international cultural and educational opportunities. It works in over 100 countries: promoting a wider knowledge of the United Kingdom and the English language (and the Welsh language in Argentina); encouraging cultural, scientific, technological and educational co-operation with the United Kingdom. The organisation has been called a soft power extension of UK foreign policy, as well as a tool for propaganda. The British Council is governed by a Royal Charter. It is also a public corporation and an executive nondepartmental public body (NDPB), sponsored by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Its headquarters are in Stratford, London. Its Chairman is Stevie Spring and its Chief Executive is Scott McDonald. History *1934: British Foreign Office officials created the "British Committee for Relations with Other Countries" to support English education abroad, promote British culture and fight the rise o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eve Evans
Evelyn "Eve" Alice Jane Evans CBE (born 22 March 1910, date of death unknown) was a British librarian who founded libraries in Ghana and elsewhere. Life Evans was born in Coventry in 1910. She worked for the local public library service from 1927. In 1933 she had become a fallow of the Library Association and in 1935 she was in Ann Arbor working at the library of the University of Michigan. She returned to Coventry and she was at the Public Library until 1941. From 1945 she was working in the Gold Coast as the librarian for the British Council. In 1946, John Aglionby, Bishop of Accra donated £1000 of his own money to found the Ghana Library Board. She was promoted to the Gold Coast Library Board in 1949 and served in that capacity for just a year, when it was recognised by statute. She was able to start the first library service and she became the first Chief Librarian in the Gold Coast; and in time she was the first Director of Library Services. She was an advisor to UNESCO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evelyn Evans
Evelyn "Eve" Alice Jane Evans CBE (born 22 March 1910, date of death unknown) was a British librarian who founded libraries in Ghana and elsewhere. Life Evans was born in Coventry in 1910. She worked for the local public library service from 1927. In 1933 she had become a fallow of the Library Association and in 1935 she was in Ann Arbor working at the library of the University of Michigan. She returned to Coventry and she was at the Public Library until 1941. From 1945 she was working in the Gold Coast as the librarian for the British Council. In 1946, John Aglionby, Bishop of Accra donated £1000 of his own money to found the Ghana Library Board. She was promoted to the Gold Coast Library Board in 1949 and served in that capacity for just a year, when it was recognised by statute. She was able to start the first library service and she became the first Chief Librarian in the Gold Coast; and in time she was the first Director of Library Services. She was an advisor to UNESCO a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayford Siaw , Illinois
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Hayford may refer to the following people: * Adelaide Casely-Hayford (1868-1960), Sierra Leonean author and activist * Harrison Hayford (1916-2001) Melville scholar. * Jack W. Hayford (born 1934), American pastor * John Fillmore Hayford (1868–1925), American geodesist * J. E. Casely Hayford (1866–1930), Fante journalist, author and politician * J. E. S. de Graft-Hayford (1912–2002), British-born Ghanaian Air Force Commander * Justin Hayford (born 1970), American singer, pianist and AIDS activist Hayford may also refer to the following places: * Hayford (crater), on the Moon * Hayford Park, Bangor, Maine * Hayford Junction, railroad yard in Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planned Parenthood Association Of Ghana
The Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG) is a volunteer-based non-governmental organization affiliated to International Planned Parenthood Federation, established in 1967. It provides Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services in Ghana. PPAG has a team of 103 staff, over 1,000 volunteers, 300 peer educators, 551 community-based distributors (CBDs) and a youth wing call Youth Action Movement(YAM) with 810 membership of young people. PPAG also delivers services and programmes through 1,356 service points, including 11 permanent clinics, 54 mobile clinics and over 1,000 community-based service points (CBSs). A comprehensive sexuality education manual for young people titled “KnowItOwnItLiveIt” has been launched with a call on parents to intensify sex education among their children to minimise sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and teenage pregnancy Teenage pregnancy, also known as adolescent pregnancy, is pregnancy in a female adolescent or young adult under th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winneba
Winneba is a town and the capital of Effutu Municipal District in Central Region of South Ghana. Winneba has a population of 55,331. Winneba, traditionally known as ''Simpa'', is a historic fishing port in south Ghana, lying on the south coast, east of Cape Coast. The current member of parliament is Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin. History From pre-colonial times through the establishment of the British colony the Gold Coast, (Effutu) Winneba served as a port town. Fort Winneba was built here. The people of Winneba ( Efutu) were led by their fearless spiritual leader and warrior, Kwamena Gyarteh Ayirebi-Gyan with the support of a large youthful militia called the Asafo Groups made up of both men and women. He ensured that his people were well protected from external attacks by other migrating families, clans, diseases or want of food. Industry and culture The main industries of Winneba are fishing and services. It is known for the Aboakyer deer-hunting festival in Winneb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electronic Information For Libraries
Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) works with libraries worldwide to enable access to digital information for people in developing and transition countries. They are an international not-for-profit organisation based in Vilnius with a global network of partners. Founded in 1999, EIFL began by advocating for affordable access to commercial e-journals for academic and research libraries in Central and Eastern Europe. EIFL now partners with libraries and library consortia in more than 60 developing and transition countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. Their work has expanded to include other programmes that enable access to knowledge for education, learning, research and community development. History EIFL began as eIFL.net in 1999 as an initiative of the Open Society Institute (OSI), a private grant-making foundation that is part of the Soros Foundation network during the time that publisher Frances Pinter was head of its international publishing programme. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Asamoah-Hassan
Helena R. Asamoah-Hassan (born 1950s in Cape Coast) is a Ghanaian librarian who is the present Executive Director of African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA), the Board Chair for the Ghana Library Authority and the Secretary General of African Regional Memory of the World Committee Career She is the immediate past University Librarian of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). President of the Ghana Library Association from 2002 to 2006, and the first president of the African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA). She served as the Chairperson of the International Advisory Committee for UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme 2013 – 2015. A member of the IFLA Governing Board 2010 - 2012 and the Chairperson of the Management Committee of the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Ghana (CARLIGH) as well as a founding member from March 2004 to 2013 Education Her education started at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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