"This is a summary version of an important study commissioned by the IFLA Section on Library Services to Multicultural Populations and supervised by the African Publishers Network, which reviews the status of indigenous language publishing in seven African countries. Identifies African language mate
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rial available from each country and its publishers; examines the development of the orthographies of each language and its implications for language utilization and publishing; and also looks at support structures in various countries, i.e. indigenous language literature bureaux, book development councils, book trade and library associations, authors' groups etc. The full report was never published, but extracts from it, covering the situation in four African countries (Ghana, Kenya, Togo, Zimbabwe), have been published in APNET's African Publishing Review, authored by Martins O. Fajemisin." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2099)
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"An analysis of African children’s and young adults literature, primarily from West Africa, especially Nigeria. Seeks to shed light on the aspects and genres of the literature and African cultural assumptions – especially those about love and marriage– as well as aspects of social conduct, and
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traditional values. Focuses chiefly on the writing, rather than on publishing aspects of children’s books." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1656)
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"On January 18, 1995, groups of people in 71 countries met to monitor the news of the day as reported on radio and television and in newspapers. They focused their attention on stories about women and by women. The results of that world-wide study have now been released in a report co-ordinated by M
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ediaWatch Canada called 'The Global Media Monitoring Project: Women's Participation in the News." This is a study guide to that report. It is designed so that it can be used by groups or individuals who do not have the full report." (Back cover)
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"The first section brings together a selection of writings by British and French experts in the media and on immigration issues. The second part deals with the policies of Europe's public and private television companies, and the programmes they make about minority communities." (Publisher descripti
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on)
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"In response to the lack of information on gender bias in existing textbooks in the countries of the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth Secretariat commissioned three major studies of primary school textbooks: one in the Caribbean, one in Asia, and one in Africa, the latter undertaken by Wanja Thairu (K
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enya). The major findings of these studies are reported in this volume, which also includes further sections on “Inclusive and gender sensitive language”, “Guidelines for textbook writers and producers”, and “Suggestions for teachers and teacher educators”. The final section is an “Evaluation guide”, which presents a tool for the evaluation of gender bias in textbooks and other learning materials. Also includes a bibliography." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2375)
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"An attempt “to map a history of feminist or women's publishing in what is known as the Third or Southern World”, and a study of the challenges which women publishers face in developing countries. Examines feminist publishing in the North, South and Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the
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Pacific. Also discusses the economics of publishing for women's presses, and marketing and distribution. States that women's presses “often find themselves pulled in two quite contrary directions: attempting to be successful in the marketplace, and balancing this with an adherence to feminist politics”; and “trying to strike a balance with publishing for social change in difficult trading conditions, and retaining financial stability at the same time." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2373)
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"Esta publicación es una introducción de fácil lectura a los principios básicos del debate en grupo y ofrece a los moderadores consejos concretos para organizarlo." (commbox)
"Fempress was founded in 1981, in Mexico, by two Chi lean women living in exile who were passionately convinced that the media are powerful tools to challenge culturally-rooted social injustice. We felt that the people fighting to overturn the legendary culture of machismo in Lat in America needed a
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fai r and inspirational magazine on every newsstand; one that would ref lect the real problems facing women. Naturally, this was not an immediate possibility. A quick market study exposed the mechanisms by which, even today, it is virtually impossible for alternative media to survive unless it can cover some of its costs by carrying advertisements. Needless to say, advertising acts against women’ s emancipation almost by definition; and any quest for a profound social change involves swimming against the tide. As pioneers of this now well-known women’ s media network, we reached out for international co-operation and trimmed the project down to realistic proportions that excluded the news-stands and the general public but focused instead on strengthening what was then a small and inarticulate Lat in Amer ican women’ s movement." (Introduction)
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