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 ...

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.

Two documentaries premiering at Sundance this weekend are set thousands of miles apart — in Nairobi, Kenya and Texas, respectively – but at the heart of their stories is the same thesis: the ...

Working against the clock of government contracts and the hurdles of Kenyan bureaucracy, author Shiro Koinange and publisher Angela Wachuka turned an endeavor to renovate a decades-old library—once ...

How can one tackle the effects of colonialism on indigenous African people more than half a century after most nations on the continent got their independence? In "How to Build a Library," directors ...

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How can one tackle the effects of colonialism on indigenous African people more than half a century after most nations on the continent got their independence? In “How to Build a Library,” directors ...

The pressure to overconsume stuff is driving destructive resource extraction, pollution, and waste — all of which contribute to the climate and extinction crises. By challenging the consumerist ...