The Alliance Française de Lusaka has a fully fitted out library for both students and members. With just over 3,000 books in a 300 square meter space, the library can seat up to 30 people. We also have a Film corner with wireless headsets for up to 3 people .
Whether you want to study, look for information or have fun while learning, come over and enjoy this outstanding facility in a welcoming and truly contemporary space with Internet access in Kubelenga.
Our team will assist you in searching for documents and recommend works to read. The Media Library also serves as a special meeting place where events for children and adults are regularly held. Our Media Library houses thousands of physical documents in French, available for perusal as well as borrowing. Specialized French learning and teaching material is also a part of our collection. The Kubelenga digital library offers its members a selection of digital resources including newspapers and magazines. Only students and members of Alliance Française de Lusaka have borrowing privileges and access to the library: Kubelenga
March 2025Book Recommendations
Le cid
‘A hero who awakens must have the splendour of a rising sun’, wrote the year Le Cid premiered. Rodrigue and Chimène are about to be married, but their fathers have a serious quarrel: as a result of a rivalry, the Count, Chimène’s father, slaps Don Diègue, Rodrigue’s father.
Un jour il m’arrivera un truc extraordinaire : One day something extraordinary will happen to me
Small, thin and pale, Elias is 13 years old but looks 10. He spends his time inventing stories and extraordinary adventures, which he then scribbles down in a notebook. His parents are separated and he lives most of the time with his mother and her new boyfriend, a certain Franck, whom he doesn’t like very much. For some time now, he has been dreaming of flying like a bird.
La chute du Roi: The fall of the King
Countless walls run across the surface of the planet to separate the privileged from the deprived. Humpty Dumpty has surrounded his kingdom with a high palisade fence. On his land, the sun caresses the wild flowers. On the other side of the fence, darkness reigns. The peasants lead a hard life of labour.