About us

The African Information Centre was founded in 2005 by the African-Czech civic association Humanitas Afrika. It provides information on the African continent through library services and a variety of educational and cultural events for the general public. The centre is also a meeting point for the cultural dialogue between the Czechs and the Africans living in the Czech Republic.

AIC houses a growing collection of books, magazines, and audio-visual material about African countries dealing with a wide range of subjects; a majority of them written in English, with some publications also in Czech, French, and others in some African languages as well. The library currently contains around 1000 items.

The project of establishing the AIC would not have been possible without the kind support from the grant programme of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs for NGOs (The Czech Development Cooperation).

African update

Gabon and Equatorial Guinea beckon 2012 African Cup of Nations (Afcon)

January and February 2012 is football time in Africa. During these two months the continent will be showcasing, once again, one of the most festive and celebrated football tournaments in the world. The sixteen countries that made it through the qualifications will be parading the cream of their very best players, many of whom ply their trade in Europe and elsewhere outside the continent. All this will be happening live in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, co-hosts to the 28th Afcon edition which kicks off on 21st January in Bata (Equatorial Guinea) with the final on 12th February in Libreville (Gabon).More

Book of the month

How Rich Countries Got Rich...and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor

Erik S. Reinert

In this refreshingly revisionist history, Erik S. Reinert shows how rich countries developed through a combination of government intervention, protectionism, and strategic investment—rather than through free trade. Yet when our leaders lecture poor countries on the right path to riches they do so in almost perfect ignorance of the fact that our economies were founded on protectionism long before they could afford the luxury of free trade. How Rich Countries Got Rich… will challenge economic orthodoxy and open up the debate on why self-regulating markets are not the best answer to our hopes of worldwide prosperity.More

   
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African information centre

Ječná 2, 120 00 Prague 2

Opening hours

Tuesday, Thursday: 2 – 6 pm

Humanitas Afrika, občanské sdružení

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