"The proceedings of an important seminar sponsored by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation of ACP-EU/CTA held in the Netherlands in November 1992 that brought together some 60 professionals from the book industries in 22 countries. The seminar examined the obstacles facing the
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technical book in Africa, and how to breathe new life into African publishing. The proceedings are divided into three sections: (i) 'The Challenge' contains four papers delivered at the plenary session; (ii) 'Suggestions' is a summary of the joint deliberations of the seminar participants, presenting the strategic and practical recommendations in three parts; and (iii) presents profiles of all participant organizations on the basis of completed questionnaires." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2338)
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"Describes the activities of the first Wesleyan mission press in South Africa." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa
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, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1722)
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"A report on the national seminar on primary textbook publishing organized by the Educational Materials Unit, Ministry of Education, Zambia." (Hans M.
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Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1185)
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"Provides an insight into the changing book situation in Zambia and highlights the shortage of books in general and books for children in particular. Asserts that the industry has a solid base upon which to build." (Hans
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M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1176)
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"Provides the background and details on curriculum and textbook development, publishing and textbook production, marketing, sales and distribution, and the financing of textbook production." (Hans M
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. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1221)
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"The final report of an investigation in linguistic studies initiated by the Mozambican Ministry of Education. Provides an interpretation of how school materials, curriculum design, and teaching methodologies incorporate and adapt to the multilingual reality in Mozambique." (
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Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 704)
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"A selection of some of the best analytical writings on African and Third World publishing and book development. Contains 12 contributions on publishing in Africa, most reprinted from The African Book Publishing Record, including some individual country studies." (
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Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 214)
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"Reviews the role, relevance and affordability of technical publications in an African situation. The authors puts forward strategies for developing and financing the indigenous publishing industry, and makes a number of suggestions for creating a market for technical publications in Africa." (
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Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2336)
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"A review of a number of UNESCO /UNDP-supported studies on textbook provision in four Southern African countries, and reports about an interregional consultative meeting held in Harare in August 1993 to consider these studies. Also sets out the recommendations and plans for action put forward at tha
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t meeting." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1883)
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"A handbook for all those involved in donated book programmes. Aims to eliminate the practice of book “dumping”, thus ensuring that all donated book programmes are demand-led and that they take into consideration the expressed needs and interests of those who will be using these resources. Inclu
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des profiles of the organizations that participated in the Dialogue of Partners Workshop." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1391)
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"A résumé of the author's Book and Publishing Assistance Programs: A Review and Inventory. Examines the book needs of Africa, and evaluates the impact of donor-supported publishing and book development programmes in Africa. Contends “if donor support is to lead to long-term sustainable publishin
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g, it has to assist the selling of books as well as the making of them." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1408)
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"Provides a detailed analysis of the state of textbook provision in Malawi at all levels of education. Discusses the development of curriculum and textbooks, the management of publishing and textbooks, marketing, sales and distribution, the finance of textbooks, and ends with recommendations for imp
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roving the provision of textbooks in Malawi." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 665)
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"A useful resource book for teachers, writers, illustrators, educators and academics concerned with children's literature. Includes chapters on the development of indigenous children's literature for a culturally heterogeneous society and offers ideas on how to market children's books, and, at the s
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ame time, how to create and sustain a reading culture among young readers." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1564)
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"There are very few books on copyright in Africa, and this one provides a good general overview of the principles of copyright in all its dimensions. It includes sections on duration of copyright, copyright protection, rights of authors (and those in the performing arts), and procedures for copyrigh
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t registration. The author – a barrister, who was formerly the Acting Copyright Administrator in Ghana – draws on a number of case histories and examines individual cases of copyright infringement. There is also a description of the work of the Copyright Society of Ghana (COGSA), now CopyGhana." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1746)
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"Published shortly after the ending of apartheid, this was an important collection containing 17 papers by educationists and publishers. It offered fresh insights, and a comprehensive analysis of how South African textbooks are produced, and suggests ways in which the industry could transform itself
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in order to provide more, better, and cheaper books for South Africa's post-apartheid education system. The book concludes with a list of twelve recommendations "A Vision for Educational Publishing in South Africa", setting out a framework and a range of guidelines that might govern the practices of educational publishing in South Africa, and it would be interesting to compare this vision with the reality today, almost ten years later." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1036)
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"The papers from a 1983 symposium on 'Culture and the Book Industry in Nigeria', although not published until ten years later. Arranged in three parts, it contains 16 papers on various aspects of the state of the book in Nigeria in all its dimensions: writing and authorship, orality, literacy, reade
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rship, library development, academic publishing, and book distribution. It is preceded by an introduction, and an eloquent keynote address delivered at the symposium by Jibril Aminu, entitled "Books into Peoples." The collection also contains some papers on author-publisher relations, publishing in Nigerian languages, and production and distribution of scholarly journals." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 780)
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"Action Magazine is a non-government donor-funded project based in Harare, which produces a magazine for schools targeted at top primary level using a 'popular publishing' format - with comic book elements, fun and games features, cartoons, etc. - to present health and environmental science material
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in a manner which is attractive and easily accessible to children. The magazine was distributed to every school in Zimbabwe and, more recently, to some other countries in the Southern African region. This evaluation assessed the use of the magazine in Zimbabwe and in Botswana. Issues examines included children's visual literacy and appreciation of the health education messages, as well as the broader impact of health and environment science information on schools, children and the wider community, especially the remote and disadvantaged rural communities." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2014)
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"Traces the history, influences and experiences within the historical and socio-economic framework of British book development activities, and the evolution of its policy." (Hans M.
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Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1377)
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"Quantifies the extent of Canadian assistance that has been given to support and encourage book supply in the Third World, and reviews the experiences of three different approaches in order to focus on the lessons that have been learned." (Hans
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M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1384)
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"Examines the major characteristics, strengths, weaknesses and impacts of two American-sponsored programmes that had a considerable impact on book and library development in the Third World between 1950 and 1970; one organized by Franklin Book Programs Inc. and the other by the Central Book Activiti
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es Unit of the Agency for International Development." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1373)
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