"The proceedings of the 19th Congress of the International Board on Books for Young People, 9-14 October 1984, held in Nicosia, Cyprus. Includes contributions from all over the world, including papers on children’s book publishing in Africa." (Hans
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M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1686)
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"The earliest version of the bibliography, superseded by the 1996 volume, lists titles by topic and region, and includes author, subject, geographical indexes. Cites 685 references, and includes an introductory essay in English and French. It is now also available online, and contains a number of ci
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tations of early literature no longer included in the present work." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 181)
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"Réflexion sur le statut du livre en Afrique et analyse des nombreuses difficultés rencontrées lors de l'écriture, de la publication et de la distribution de livres en Afrique. L'auteur, qui est un éditeur togolais de premier plan, soutient avec force que la production de livres est une entrepr
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ise culturelle vitale, et exhorte les détenteurs du pouvoir à renforcer l'industrie du livre en Afrique." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 375)
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"The fourth and final volume of the Book Trade of the World, a series of books that aimed to provide a convenient reference tool to the world's publishing and bookselling industries, and to the institutions, organizations, and journals which are associated with them. The information on each country
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is contributed by a leading authority in the field and is presented under 35 thematic headings. The African volume contains an extensive introductory essay by Hans Zell, and an index to all four volumes in the series, compiled by Caroline Bundy. While now inevitably very dated, the books is still useful as source showing the historical development of the book trade in African countries, from the earliest times up to the period of the early 1980s." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 318)
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"The editors attempt to provide "comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date information, in both English and French, on libraries, publishers and the retail book trade, research institutions with publishing programs, book industry and literary associations, major periodicals and newspapers, government a
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s well as commercial printers, throughout Africa, South Africa excepted for the last name group." In all, 4,621 institutions and organizations are represented. Data varies according to the type of organization or institution and completeness and accuracy also vary because, the editors tell us, 45 percent of addresses failed to update their entries or retum the questionnaire. These cases are indicated with a dagger or asterisk. Even so, it provides a formidable amount of information. Librarians proved the best respondents; consequently data about libraries is more likely to be the most complete. Arrangement is alphabetical by country. Appendixes include a subject index to special libraries and to periodicals and magazines, and listings of book clubs, awards and principal dealers in African books in Europe and the U.S. Text is in English and French." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 1127)
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"A companion volume to Ralph Staiger’s “Roads to Reading” (1979), now inevitably rather dated, but still provides helpful guidelines and strategies for planning successful reading campaigns." (Hans M.
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Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2223)
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"A basic guide, still useful but now somewhat dated, to both national and international copyright systems, written for authors, editors and publishers in developing countries. Includes a special section with advice on publishing agreements." (Hans
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M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1760)
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"The final report of a regional seminar on reducing the costs of school textbooks in Africa, which took place in Bujumbura, Burundi in 1983, and focussed on raising the awareness of government organizations about textbooks, what measures should be taken regarding the importation of textbooks, the ma
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nufacture and distribution of textbooks, training in the book industry, and regional cooperation. There are contributions from several countries including Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Guinea, Madagascar, Niger, Togo and former Zaïre." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1877)
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"One of a series of background materials prepared for the World Congress on Books held in London in 1982. Deals with the various stages of textbook publishing, which is the mainstay of the book industry in most less developed countries. Discusses the difficulties faced by both government and private
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sector textbook publishing organizations, and examines methods of overcoming these difficulties." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 236)
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"A UNESCO mission report to assist the Government of Zambia in the establishment of a National Council for Book Development; to advise the government on the objectives and functioning of such a Council, to assist in the drafting of the Council's constitution and advise on its staff and budget; and t
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o assist in the preparation of a detailed work plan of the Council as well as its administrative and management plan." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1184)
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"A UNESCO mission report whose purpose was to assist the Sierra Leone Ministry of Education in the review of existing facilities for the preparation, production, printing and distribution of textbooks in Sierra Leone (particularly those for primary schools); identify any inherent weaknesses and reco
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mmend appropriate solutions; and to assist the setting up of a National Book Development Council, and preparing its administrative and management plan in order for it to become operational." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 919)
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"One of a series of national monographs on the state of books and reading in a number of countries, in order to provide book professionals and the interested public with detailed surveys of matters relating to authorship, publishing, material production and distribution of books and reading. This mo
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nograph by the Managing Director of Heinemann Educational Books (East Africa) sets out the position of the book in Kenya: language policies, authorship, publishing and printing, distribution, training and the legal and institutional framework for publishing. Now inevitably rather dated, but still useful as an overview of the emergence of indigenous publishing in Kenya." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 591)
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"Contains the working papers, contributions submitted by participants, and the final report of the Regional Meeting of Experts on National Book Strategies in Africa, which was held in Dakar in February 1982. It opens with a working paper submitted by the UNESCO Secretariat on National Book Strategie
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s in Africa, followed by general overviews of the state of the book and publishing in Africa, and studies on book development and book policies in Benin, Congo (Brazzaville), Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania. Now inevitably very dated, but still useful for historical background on the development of the book industries in several African countries." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 322)
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"Report of a UNESCO mission to advise and assist in the establishment of a three-year degree course in book publishing at the University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana [now Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology], as well as exploring the possibility of creating a “Regional
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Centre for Training Personnel in Book Publishing” as a future development of the course." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2433)
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"Sam Kotei’s book was one of the first major in-depth studies on the state of the book and publishing in Africa, in which the author looked back on a decade of special efforts to alleviate the “acute shortage of books” identified at the UNESCO meeting on books in Accra in 1968. The author note
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s that progress was uneven and that many of the problems identified in 1968 still remained, although African publishing had generally made “impressive strides”. The author surveyed the available literature, questioned writers, publishers, printers, libraries, bookshops, national book development councils, and interviewed book industry professional in several African countries in order to produce this overview of the situation in the 1970s and 1980s. Concludes with an examination of the future prospects of the book industry in Africa. Kotei’s book remains a seminal study, not least for purposes of comparison as it relates to the growth of the African book industries since the 1980s." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 290)
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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.
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Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1713)
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"Prefaced by a brief study on the situation in Kenya, thereafter provides an overview of the book industries in Africa generally, and then focuses on the situation in Tanzania, including a detailed history of Tanzanian publishing and the major players up to the period ending 1979." (
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Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1138)
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"Presents an overview of the problems and prospects of publishing in the Third World and includes a fairly comprehensive bibliography. In two parts, the first discusses major trends in the literature on publishing in the Third World and the second is the bibliography, listing books and journal artic
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les in French, English, Spanish and German arranged by country, region and by subject, with cross-referencing. Cites 969 references." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 170)
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