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Knowledge Production and Publishing in Africa
CODESRIA Bulletin (Dakar), issue 3-4 (2005), pp. 31-34
"The point is that Africa, whether South, East or West, is still dominated by Western publishers. They have been doing sterling work. But the fact that only a small section of locals have control over what is published has implications for the kind of material that is published." (GIZ Library Bonn)
From Papyrus to Print-Out: The Book in Africa Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Bibliophilia Africana 8 Conference Proceedings, Centre of the Book Cape Town, 11-14 May 2005
Pretoria and Cape Town: National Library of South Africa, Centre of the Book (2005), 297 pp.
"Loosely divided into three sections that focus on the past, the present, and the future, the papers in the proceedings of the 2005 Bibliophilia Africana conference offer a wide variety of contributions on the state of the book in Africa, and on topics such as promoting a reading culture, book and n
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Book Publishing in Nigeria
[no publisher] (2004), 4 pp.
"A short but succinct four page overview of the book publishing industry in Nigeria, which has been in steady decline since the 1980s: "At one stage, prospects for the book industry in Nigeria appeared rosy. The Federal Government established paper and pulp making industries, and an elaborate plan w
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Empowering Indigenous Publishers Through Collective Action: The African Publishers Network (APNET)
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Master Thesis (2003), 154 pp.
"This thesis examines the mission, strategies and activities of the African Publishers Network in its quest to empower indigenous publishers. The author probes the nature of publishing development in African countries, utilizing selected cases of anglophone countries as illustrations. Her analysis o
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Où va le livre en Afrique ?
Top Insights
Paris: L'Harmattan (2003), 239 pp.
"Ce numéro spécial de la revue Africultures, consacré à “Où va le livre en Afrique ?”, contient de nombreuses contributions sur divers aspects de l'édition, du commerce du livre, de l'état du livre et du lectorat en Afrique (principalement francophone). Il comprend également des articles
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Ein Buch ist ein Buch ist ein Buch ... der erfolgreiche Weg zum eigenen Sachbuch
Zürich: Orell Füssli (2002), 216 pp.
The Book Chain in Anglophone Africa: A Survey and Directory
Top Insights
Oxford: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2002), ix, 273 pp.
"A valuable information resource that provides a country-by-country analysis of the “book chain” in 18 English-speaking Africa countries, together with an annotated directory of the major players that make up the book chain within those countries. Four introductory essays provide overviews of bo
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Publishing in Cambodia
Phnom Penh: Publishing in Cambodia Project, preliminary ed. (2002), 173 pp.
The African Publishing Companion: A Resource Guide
Lochcarron, Scotland: Hans Zell Publishers (2002), 356 pp.
"Containing over 1,600 entries and extensively cross-referenced, this is a comprehensive albeit now dated documentation and information resource on African publishing and the book trade. Content includes (1) a directory of almost 700 African publishers’ email addresses and Web sites (where availab
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Courage and Consequence: Women Publishing in Africa
Oxford: African Books Collective (2002), xii, 108 pp.
"An insightful collection of papers and personal accounts providing a picture of African women in publishing in Africa today, primarily in English-speaking Africa. The eleven contributors are all women who have made notable achievements and impacts in publishing in Africa, have headed publishing com
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Register of African Publishing Consultants = Registre des consultants de l'edition Africaine = Registro dos consultants de editores africanos
Harare: African Publishers Network (APNET), 2nd ed. (2001), 117 pp.
"This register is arranged alphabetically by country, including complete contact details of the consultants, their educational background and qualifications, professional experience, and specialist areas of expertise." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr
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Du manuscrit au lecteur: Guide de l'editeur
Key Guidance
Bamako; Bonn: Editions Jamana; Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung (DSE) (2001), 183 pp.
The Ordeal of the African Writer
London: Zed Books (2001), 192 pp.
"This book is about the problems and obstacles that African writers still encounter in their attempt to get published. It is an interesting, informed, and well-documented study that combines writers’ own testimony (based on responses to questionnaires) and factual investigation in order to explore
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Now and in the Next Millenium, 1990s-3000 CE: Assessing Africa’s Scholarly Publishing Needs and Industry
Kampala: RA-Global Communications; JARP, 2nd and expanded ed. (2001), 250 pp.
"A collection of papers on various aspects of scholarly writing and publishing in Africa, mostly by African academics based in the diaspora." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2264)
Book Publishing in Nigeria
Ibadan: Stirling-Horden Publishers (2001), 245 pp.
Mass Media, Politics and Society in the Middle East
Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press (2001), x, 249 pp.
Distribution of Ideas: Book Production and Publishing in Egypt, Lebanon, and the Middle East
In: Mass Media, Politics and Society in the Middle East
Cresskill, New Jers.: Hampton Press (2001), pp. 159-173
The Electronic African Bookworm: A Web Navigator
Oxford: African Books Collective, 2nd revised ed. (2000), xii, 238 pp.
This extensive links section offers over 1,500 links, most with short descriptions, highlighting those Web sites and resources that are recommended as good starting points for African writers, scholars and the book professions in Africa. In addition it offers a substantial number of not Africa-speci
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