Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amid a sea of newer buildings that make up Nairobi’s central business district, McMillan Memorial Library, the oldest of its kind ...

Walk into a library and you’ll feel it right away. It’s quiet but alive. People are reading, learning, applying for jobs, finding shelter, escaping for a moment into a story. No one’s selling anything ...

Sundance: Directors Maia Lekow and Christopher King commit to capturing the years-long effort to revive three libraries in Kenya after decades of neglect. “How to Build a Library” begins in 2017.

Shiro and Wachuka are two Nairobi women who attempt to transform the McMillan Memorial Library, a whites-only library until 1958, into a modern and vibrant cultural hub. Their attempts to navigate ...

The film has two charismatic protagonists, but directors Maia Lekow and Christopher King fail to render a complete portrait of their community. Shiro (a writer) and Wachuka (a publisher) are first ...

The former Sacramento News & Review building is seen on Del Paso Boulevard in July 2021. The Sacramento City Council is expected to approve a $7 million construction contract on Tuesday to convert the ...

His library foundation has told the I.R.S. that by the end of 2027 it expects to bring in just $11.3 million — not nearly enough for a traditional presidential library. By David A. Fahrenthold Shane ...