List of Carnegie libraries in Africa


This is a list of Carnegie libraries in Africa. Although most of Carnegie's philanthropic efforts were aimed at North America and Europe, a handful of libraries are scattered in other English-speaking areas of the world.
The vast majority of the Carnegie libraries in Africa were concentrated in South Africa. The Carnegie Corporation of New York continues to fund library investments in nearly a dozen countries in Africa to this day; however, no buildings have been granted since 1917.
CommunityCountryImageDate
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Grant
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1CurepipeMauritius$8,765
2VictoriaSeychelles$9,740
3BarbertonSouth Africa$4,385
4BenoniSouth Africa$13,330
5GermistonSouth Africa$26,470Currently used as a restaurant
6HarrismithSouth Africa$9,825
7HopetownSouth Africa$4,850
8KrugersdorpSouth Africa$15,840
9MoorreesburgSouth Africa$7,290On Church Street, between the Dutch Reformed Church and Townhall.Currently used as a tourist information bureau for visitors to the town.
10MuizenbergSouth Africa$7,800Main RoadBecame a police station, now a police museum
11NewcastleSouth Africa$7,290
12PotchefstroomSouth Africa$12,175
13StandertonSouth Africa$7,300
14VryheidSouth Africa$7,300
Total$142,360