Library Of Africa and The African Diaspora

Inside A Vast Library In Ghana That Celebrates The Works Of The African Diaspora

The Library of Africa and the African Diaspora is a place where literature becomes both archive and altar, and where the past, present, and future converge

Larada Lee-Wallace

“In a quiet neighborhood of Adenta stands a bright yellow house behind a tall black gate. Before entering, visitors are invited to pause and read The Tenderness Manifesto by Mbella Sonne Dipoko. It feels like a threshold ritual—an opening of heart and mind before stepping into the inner sanctum. Once inside, the space unfolds: shelves upon shelves of books by Black writers from across Africa and the diaspora, a high, open ceiling that lets light filter in, walls lined with framed portraits of thinkers and storytellers.

This is the Library of Africa and the African Diaspora. A place where literature becomes both archive and altar, where the past, present, and future converge in quiet communion.”

Thank you to former LOATAD resident, writer and activist, Larada Lee-Wallace, for this beautiful article about LOATAD on Essence.com.

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