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South Africa Week at the Bulgarian National Library

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byClive Leviev-Sawyer

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South Africa Week at the Bulgarian National Library

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South Africa Week at the Bulgarian National Library

South African ambassador Sheila Camerer, left, and South Africa's National Librarian John Tsebe.

Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer

John Tsebe, National Librarian of South Africa, officially opened South Africa Week at the National Library in Sofia on June 1 2010.
 
The launch, hosted by South African ambassador Sheila Camerer and Boriana Hristova, Director the National Library Saints Kiril i Metodi, saw guests admiring the collection of a variety of South African books on display at the library.

The South Africa Week exhibition includes books and other material covering geography, tourism, history and politics, art, music and sport.
 
The event continues until June 11, the opening day of the 2010 Football World Cup, being hosted in South Africa.

The South African embassy in Sofia said that Tsebe will be in Sofia until June 4, holding meetings with Hristova as well as Bulgarian National Library officials to discuss areas of common interest. Participants in the launch hailed the event as deepening cultural relations between South Africa and Bulgaria.

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