Biblioburro: the donkey library of Colombia

Curated & Moderated by:
Anna-Kynthia Bousdoukou

The SNF Dialogues travels to Colombia to meet Luis Soriano, the pioneer of an alternative kind of mobile library.

Culture

Politics

Society

Urban Life

When a schoolteacher in rural Colombia realized his students had never held a book in their hands, he decided to bring books to them. Twenty-six years later, his mobile donkey library – the now-famous ‘Biblioburro’ - is still going strong.

This story was produced as part of the SNF Dialogues podcast series “Beyond Books: The Many Lives of Libraries” created by Ares Kalandides.

Credits:
Featuring: Luis Soriano, Hayder Gonzalez, Luis Aragón
Animation: Alexia Barakou
Sound recordist: Andrés Roldán
Sound editing, design, translation & subtitling: Philippos Vardakas
Field production: Abraham Palacio
Production: Phoebe Fronista, Giolanta Ntamadaki, Celia Tsigka

Credits

Featuring: Luis Soriano, Hayder Gonzalez, Luis Aragón
Animation: Alexia Barakou
Sound recordist: Andrés Roldán
Sound editing, design, translation & subtitling: Philippos Vardakas
Field production: Abraham Palacio
Production: Phoebe Fronista, Giolanta Ntamadaki, Celia Tsigka