"Provides a history of one of the publishing products during British colonial rule: The Christian Messenger, a pioneering journal and newspaper (with text in English and in Ghanaian languages) founded by German and Swiss missionaries as a joint venture between the Methodist Church and the Basel Miss
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ion. Besides publishing this newspaper, the mission press also produced translations of the bible, published dictionaries, and commissioned textbooks on many subjects." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1708)
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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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