{"id":331,"date":"2010-10-04T14:17:29","date_gmt":"2010-10-04T18:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/outreach\/library-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T09:52:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T13:52:58","slug":"outreach-library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/outreach\/outreach-library\/","title":{"rendered":"A Public Lending Library for Teachers: The Teaching Africa Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Boston-area teachers: the Teaching Africa Library is a public library with books and teaching resources for your students. Come visit us!<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/africa\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-13-at-1.42.57-PM-650x304.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"304\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23587 size-medium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-13-at-1.42.57-PM-650x304.png 650w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-13-at-1.42.57-PM-1024x479.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-13-at-1.42.57-PM-768x359.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-13-at-1.42.57-PM-1536x718.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-13-at-1.42.57-PM-2048x957.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-13-at-1.42.57-PM-565x265.png 565w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Teaching Africa Library (TAL) is an extensive collection\u00a0of physical materials useful for teaching about Africa for all grade levels. Located at 232 Bay State Rd on the 4th floor, our collection contains adult and children\u2019s books, both fiction and nonfiction, as\u00a0well as movies, curriculum guides, clothing, country kits, and artifacts. There is on-street metered parking nearby, or the nearest MBTA &#8220;T&#8221; stop is BU East on the Green Line. First-time visitors to the library will receive a free educational poster and teaching guide ($20 value).<\/p>\n<p>All books, country kits and artifacts circulate for 4 weeks and all films circulate for 2 weeks.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.librarycat.org\/lib\/TeachingAfrica\" class=\"button\">Find books in our catalog here<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/outreach\/ordering\/\" class=\"button\">Order or borrow posters or DVDs<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/outreach\/teachingresources\/bu-african-artifact-map-teaching-ideas\/\" class=\"button\">Borrow Artifacts<\/a>\n<p>Email us at africa@bu.edu to make an appointment to come in!<\/p>\n<p>Additional resources are available through <strong>Boston University&#8217;s Libraries<\/strong>, which feature the renowned <strong>African Studies Library (ASL)<\/strong>! The libraries are generally open to the public.Information about current collections at the ASL is presented in this video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pRmoLZXOHmU&amp;t=5s\">African Studies Library: An Overview<\/a>.\u00a0Information about accessing resources at the ASL can be found in this document: <a href=\"\/africa\/files\/2021\/03\/ASL-Guide-for-Non-BU-Users-2021.pdf\">ASL Guide for Non-BU Users 2021<\/a><a href=\"\/africa\/files\/2010\/10\/sawaswaws.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/african-studies\/\" class=\"button\">Access the BU African Studies Library<\/a>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><\/span>Meet the Author - Virtual Interviews<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<h3>Ifeoma Onyefulu<\/h3>\n<p>Author of a number of award-winning children&#8217;s books, such as<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Ikenna Goes to Nigeria<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>and<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Here Comes Our Bride!<\/em>, Onyefulu expertly combines her passion for photography with her desire to spread representative portrayals of Nigeria to children around the world. In this video, Onyefulu discusses her motivations and intentions behind her books with staff at Boston University.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"475\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/px9-4X5Ae_k\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston-area teachers: the Teaching Africa Library is a public library with books and teaching resources for your students. Come visit us! The Teaching Africa Library (TAL) is an extensive collection\u00a0of physical materials useful for teaching about Africa for all grade levels. 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