"This wide-ranging dissertation examines the policies and practices of six sub-Saharan Africa university presses in five African countries (in Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe), to investigate how far the presses have adopted, and/or
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have adapted, their policies to suit the environment and special needs of Africa. The study examines the extent to which current constraints impede their publishing activities and publishing strategies. The author finds that there is “a serious absence of competition and cooperation between the presses surveyed”, lack of aggressive fund raising strategies, together with weak or non-existent policies for commissioning and list building, and without a clearly defined subject focus. The author also examines the various strategies adopted by the presses to adapt to the rapidly changing scholarly communications environment. In his conclusions he recommends the setting-up of a continent-wide consortium of African university presses, with each press “to operate as a Trust in order to enjoy autonomy as a private company, but be registered as a non-profit organization.” The author calls for more active collaboration among African scholarly presses (including joint publishing ventures, sharing of resources and expertise, reciprocal distribution, etc.); much stronger emphasis on the use of new technology, particularly print-on-demand; makes some suggestions regarding possible sources of funding for the presses, and recommends further research into the effect of ICTs on university press publishing in Africa." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2281)
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"This excellent manual is intended as a guide for running training courses or workshops for groups of writers, illustrators, editors and others involved in producing popular reading material. Divided into six chapters, the manual takes the reader t
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hrough various stages: how to develop a gender perspective; how gender is constructed socially, and how to develop a framework for analyzing gender. Illustrations are looked at for what they show, how they show it, and what they do not show. Developed in a series of workshops, the book is accompanied by a detailed checklist to analyze works for gender-sensitivity, a glossary of terms, and an annotated bibliography for those who wish to read further. The training modules have been designed for use in workshop situations, and are accompanied by a pack of laminated training cards in a cover pocket of the A4 format wire-bound book, which can be used in different combinations by trainers or for self-study purposes." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2411)
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"A collection of thirty-six papers, report-backs and discussions from the Zimbabwe International Book Fair Indaba 1999. The papers are grouped in four parts: those from the plenary sessions; Publishing; Writing; Research; and Access." (Hans
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M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2416)
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"Each year the Bologna Book Fair, the leading international showcase for children’s book publishing, honours a different “guest country” and its illustrators through special exhibits and events. At the 1999 Fair it was the turn of Africa, and this coincided with a competition and exhibition of
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the work of African illustrators. To mark the occasion, the French book promotion organization that co-ordinated the event, Les Amis de la Joie par les Livres – now La Joie par les Livres. Centre National du Livre pour Enfants – published a most attractive exhibition catalogue entitled Amabhuku (which means “books” in Zulu). The handsomely produced catalogue, in addition to containing full colour illustrations of the work of 34 African book illustrators, also includes a useful directory of 176 African illustrators with their full names and contact addresses, together with a directory of African publishers producing children’s books, arranged by country. In an introductory section (with text in French and English), three prominent African authors – Francis Bebey, Charles Mungoshi, and Véronique Tadjo – reflect on their experience of, and what it means to them, writing for children, and the six members of the jury also provide their own perspective on the topic of writing and illustrating for children." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1543)
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"Un aperçu complet et un rapport de situation sur l'état du livre et des industries du livre dans six pays d'Afrique francophone, dont deux en Afrique de l'Ouest : Côte d'Ivoire (Marie Agathe Amoikon & Omar Sylla) et Sénégal (Madieyna Ndiaye)
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; deux en Afrique centrale : Cameroun (David N'dachi Tagne) et Zaïre (Ntita Nyembwe) ; et dans deux pays du Maghreb : Maroc (Abdelkader Manaa) et Tunisie (Abdelkader Ben Cheikh). La première partie de l'ouvrage est constituée d'études par pays. Chaque étude commence par un bref rappel historique, puis passe en revue les différentes composantes des professions du livre : éditeurs (publics, commerciaux, éducatifs, universitaires, religieux, etc.), industries de l'imprimerie, bibliothèques et développement des bibliothèques, commerce de détail et distribution de livres, en identifiant les problèmes communs et en concluant par une évaluation des perspectives d'avenir. La deuxième partie de l'ouvrage présente une synthèse des études nationales, étayée par des graphiques et des tableaux, ainsi qu'une grande variété de données statistiques. La troisième partie contient une conclusion générale et une analyse de l'enquête par questionnaire utilisée dans le cadre de l'étude. Note : l'ancienne Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique (ACCT) fait maintenant partie de l'Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 362)
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"A collection of six papers that aim to fill a void in the current debate about copyright and, at the same time, to bring some balance to the debate by providing a number of perspectives from the developing world. These include a paper by Henry Cha
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kava “International Copyright and Africa: An Unequal Exchange” and one by Urvashi Butalia “The Issues at Stake: An Indian Perspective on Copyright”. Lynette Owen, Rights and Contracts Director at Longman’s, provides a perspective on copyright by that of a UK publisher." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1743)
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"The purposes of the present study are: (1) to examine the nature of the modernization process among peasants in one less developed country, Colombia, and (2) to determine the cross-cultural validity of these findings in other of the less developed nations. Peasants are important subjects of study b
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y social scientists because they constitute a majority of the population of most less developed nations. In this book modernization is viewed as essentially a communication process; modernizing message must reach the peasant via such communication channels as the mass media, change agents, or the villager's trips to cities. The methodological approach to theory construction in the present work is middle-range analysis. Data were gathered from peasants in six Colombian villages varying in degree of modernization; comparable data-gathering procedures and measures were used in two studies in India and one in Kenya in order to provide cross-cultural tests of generalization. Functional literacy was measured among the Colombian peasants by asking each respondent to read a six-word sentence in Spanish. Highly positive relationships were obtained between functional literacy scores and (1) self-defined literacy, and (2) years of formal education. These findings have been confirmed with data from a sample of 702 Indian peasants, whose responses lend cross-cultural credence to the conclusions." (ERIC databse)
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"L'emploi et la disponibilité des moyens audio-visuels varient en Europe d'un pays à l'autre — C'est pourquoi M. E. LUFT, auteur de la présente étude, a été invité à effectuer une enquête sur les besoins des pays en voie de développemen
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t en films et autres moyens audio-visuels utilisés dans l'enseignement — Les six pays dans lesquels il s'est rendu sont les suivants: Islande, Irlande, Italie, Grèce, Espagne et Turquie — Cette enquête avait pour objet de déterminer si le matériel existant — films de 16 mm., diapositives, films fixes, bandes magnétiques et disques — — était suffisant et conforme aux idées modernes — Une attention particulière a été portée aux possibilités d'utiliser plus largement et efficacement les auxiliaires audiovisuels dans ces pays économiquement, techniquement et industriellement moins favorisés." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1338, topic code 50)
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"Guide qui couvre la période 1960-64 pour les principaux ouvrages parus en français sur les problèmes généraux du sous-développement." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 2160, topic code 08)