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List of Carnegie libraries in Africa, the Caribbean, and Oceania


This is a list of Carnegie libraries in Africa, the Caribbean, and Oceania. 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.

There are six Carnegie libraries in the Caribbean region spanning six countries.

There is a single Carnegie library in Suva, Fiji's capital, funded by the philanthropist with a $7,300 grant ($187,636 today) on December 13, 1907.

The money for Carnegie libraries in the Dominions (the contemporary term used for former colonies such as Australia, New Zealand and South Africa within the British Empire) was administered from New York. Eighteen libraries were provided in New Zealand. The table below details the libraries.


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