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LOATAD featured on Essence.com
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…
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LOATAD named one of 150 libraries to visit before you die
The Library Of Africa and The African Diaspora (LOATAD) has been recognised as one of “150 Libraries to Visit Before You Die!” Published by Belgian publisher, Lannoo, the book features “the ultimate list of the world’s most beautiful libraries,” of which LOATAD is one, repping Africa along with 10 other libraries on the continent: “Discover…
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Apply to the 2026 West Africa Road Residency
Library Of Africa and The African Diaspora (LOATAD), in collaboration with the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity (UK), invites applications from writers and visual artists across West Africa for a landmark creative residency: an 18-day, 3,000-kilometre journey from Accra to Banjul and back, beginning April 2026. This is not a road trip. It is a…
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Announcing our 2026 LOATAD Black Atlantic residents
We are delighted to announce the recipients of our third and final LOATAD Black Atlantic Residency, supported by Hawthornden Foundation. Nine exceptional writers and thinkers from Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, the USA, and the UK will be in residence at LOATAD in Accra, Ghana, in 2026 to work individually and in…
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For Assata
The last weekend of October, we hosted a beautiful afternoon of reading and reflection with Noname Book Club in honour of Assata Shakur. Following a community reading of “Assata: An Autobiography,” a powerful text tracing the life, resistance, and legacy of Assata Shakur, we screened “Eyes of the Rainbow,” Gloria Rolando’s intimate documentary featuring Assata’s…
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Open Call: LOATAD Black Atlantic Residency 3
Applications are now open for the third and final iteration of LOATAD’s Black Atlantic Residency. Are you a writer of African descent based in: Does your work grapple with the complexities and nuances of what it means to be African/of African descent in the 21st century? Writers are invited to apply to be in residence…
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A message from Noor Salah H. Elfaki
We’ve come to the end of the 2025 LOATAD Black Atlantic Residency! It’s been a beautiful time of community and growth, and we’re grateful to all our residents for bringing their full selves to the experience. We’re sharing a powerful message from resident, Noor Salah H. Elfaki, which touched us deeply and which we hope…
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Introducing The Precious Gordon Collection at LOATAD
The Library Of Africa and The African Diaspora (LOATAD) is delighted to announce the acquisition of a new collection! Donated to LOATAD by elder Precious Gordon, The Precious Gordon Collection comprises of over 250 books, Black history calendars, and ephemera gathered over decades, representing a lifelong quest for knowledge and deeper understanding rooted in an Afrocentric perspective.…
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Announcing the 2025 LOATAD Black Atlantic Residents!
We are thrilled to announce the 10 writers from across Africa and the Diaspora who have been selected for the LOATAD Black Atlantic Residency 2025: African Solidarities supported by Hawthornden Foundation: First row, left to right: Roger Robinson, a globally recognised writer and performer, boasts an impressive array of accolades, including the T.S. Eliot Prize…
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Meet the judges of the 2025 LOATAD Black Atlantic Residency
We are pleased to announce the distinguished panel of judges for the LOATAD Black Atlantic Residency 2025: African Solidarities: MOLARA WOOD (Nigeria) is a writer, journalist and editor based in Lagos, Nigeria. Described as ‘one of the eminent voices in the Arts in Nigeria,’ she is widely published, and has an extensive catalogue of editorial…
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