"Describes eight mission presses in Ghana and surveys the history of the Christian presses in Ghana. It charts their establishment, achievements, relations with other publishers, and discusses the problems which they face." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 200
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8, nr. 1706)
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"A bibliography and union list of more than 500 Catholic mission journals containing material related to Africa, identifying their holdings in 85 North American locations, and with an indication of their sponsoring missionary order." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa,
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3d ed. 2008, nr. 1713)
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"Provides an insight into the early work of Lovedale Press in South Africa from 1823 onwards, when Lovedale was the focal point of the literate Christian culture that emerged among the Xhosa in the Eastern Cape region, and which up until the turn of the century concentrated on evangelical and educat
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ional texts. Describes the change in the press and its publication policies after R.H.W. Shepherd took charge of its operations in 1929, until his departure in 1950. Contains five case studies of editorial interference culled from the detailed records of the Lovedale Press. Peires contends that while the Lovedale Press undoubtedly published manuscripts in Xhosa which would otherwise never have been published, “the effective monopoly of the Lovedale Press [...] stifled the development of a meaningful vernacular historiography." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2132)
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"This edition of the review is entirely devoted to the press, radio and television overseas — Although the documents presented essentially concern East Africa and the references are almost entirely to English-speaking countries, the work as a whole constitutes a valuable contribution to knowledge
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about the press and communication media in Africa." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1786, topic code 070)
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