About the Nairobi Office
Mission
Established in 1966, the Library of Congress Office in Nairobi, Kenya acquires and catalogs publications in all subjects except clinical medicine and technical agriculture, from commercial, government, and nontrade sources in 30 sub-Saharan countries: Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo (D.R.), Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia , Reunion, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Publications are acquired not only for the Library of Congress, but also for more than 30 institutions that participate in the African Cooperative Acquisitions Program (AfriCAP). Participants are primarily U.S. university libraries.
The Nairobi office catalogs all monographs and new serial titles that are acquired, and maintains files on all issues of newspapers and other serials that are received in Nairobi.
Last Updated: March 18, 2025
