AfLIA is managed under the general guidelines of the Constitution and the Bye-Laws. The governing body of the Association is the Council, which shall have power to act on behalf of the Association, in all matters except those reserved in the constitution to members at an Annual or Special General Meeting. In addition, there shall be Committees and Sections of the Association as provided in the Bye-laws.
The constitution can be downloaded from the link: AfLIA Constitution
Policies
AfLIA has a set of policies that create the right working envronment and ensure that the values of the organisation is upheld in all of its activities.
These policies are listed below. Click on each to download:
The Governing Council is made up of :
- President
- Vice President
- Immediate Past President
- One elected representative from each of the five regions of Africa- Central, East, North, South, West
- One elected representative from Portuguese speaking Africa
- One elected representative from French speaking West Africa
- Chairpersons of the Sections
- Executive Director
The Library Type Sections are :
- National Library Associations
- Academic Libraries
- Public /Community Libraries
- National Libraries
- Special Libraries / Information & Documentation Centres
- School libraries
- Library and Information Education / Training Institutions
- National Library Consortia
- Libraries in Diaspora

Ms. Chama Mfula Chair, Parliamentary Libraries

Mrs. Cecile Coulibaly Chair, Library Consortia

Prof. Ismail Abdullahi Africans in Diaspora

Mrs. Nthabiseng Kotsokoane Chair, IFLA Africa Section (co-opted)

Ms. Doreen Appiah Secretary to the Council
Officers of Library Type Sections 2019 - 2021
- Academic & Special Libraries
- Library Education & Training Institutions
- National Libraries
- National Library Associations
- Public & Community Libraries
- Library Consortia
- Parliamentary Libraries

Ms. Nyarai Chibanda
Chairperson

Oluwaseun David Adepoju
Vice Chairperson

Barbra Alago Abila
Secretary

Souleymane Sogoba
Publicity Secretary

Dr. Ayodele Alonge
Chairperson

Andiswa Mfengu
Vice Chairperson

None
Secretary

Ms. Sarah Negumbo
Chairperson

Paul Mamman
Vice Chairperson

Marylyn Henrie
Secretary

Raymond
Amanyabyoona
Publicity Secretary

Mrs. Comfort Asare
Chairperson

Shadreck Ndinde
Vice Chairperson

Aggie Mwanza
Secretary

Eustache Sitaki
Publicity Secretary

Mrs. Neemat Abdulrahim
Chairperson

Wenceslas Mahoussi
Vice Chairperson

Peter Balaba
Secretary

Katrina N. Shikuni
Publicity Secretary

Mrs. Cecile Coulibaly
Chairperson

Eric Nelson Haumba
Vice Chairperson

None
Secretary

None
Publicity Secretary

Ms. Chama Mfula
Chairperson

Adama Kone
Vice Chairperson

Harriet Nalusiba
Secretary

Muyoyeta Simui
Publicity Secretary