We’re going Behind the Book on the Reed, Write, & Create podcast with Sylvia Arthur, founder of the Library of Africa and the African Diaspora (LOATAD), a private library in Accra, Ghana. Learn how and why Sylvia decided to turn her personal library into a “shrine” to her literary ancestors, and open the doors to everyone.

In honor of National Librarian Appreciation Day, check out these four Black librarians whose work merits special recognition, from a Marvel superhero, to the hero who decolonized the Dewey Decimal system. These Black librarians deserve all the praise.