I. TOWARDS BUILDING LITERATE COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA
Towards a Reading Society / Pai Obanya
II. PROMOTING A CULTURE OF READING: GENERAL ISSUES
Destroying the Reading Culture A Way Backwards: A Beginner's Guide to Millennial Ignorance / Tony Marinho
The Concept of the Children's Reading Tent as Practised in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe / Agrena Mushonga
Portable Libraries as Vehicles for Literacy Development: A Library Service to Pupils and Prisoners in Nigeria / Virginia Dike
Mobilising Local Resources for Reading Promotion / Miriam Bamhare
What Are Students in Botswana's High Schools Reading? / Arua E. Arua and Mary Lederer
Cultivating a Reading Culture in a High School in Swaziland / Virginia Thontea Dlamini
Family Basic Education (FABE) in Uganda / Simon Kisira
Developing and Promoting Lifetime Reading Habits in Kenya: The Reading Tent Project and Njoro Reading Facility / Margaret Makenzi
Masifunde Sonke: Building a Nation of Readers in South Africa / Mandla Maseko and Beulah Thumbadoo
Reviving a Culture of Teaching and Learning Through Parents and Schools Learning Clubs / Letta Mashishi
III. PROMOTING A READING CULTURE: BOOK DEVELOPMENT
A Multipronged Approach to Promoting a Reading Culture: The East African Experience / James Tumusiime
Promoting a Reading Culture: The Children's Book Project Experience / Pillli Dumea
Association for Creative Teaching (ACT) as an Agent for Book Development in Cameroon / Patrick Mbunwe-Samba, Mike Nwana, N.M. Tangu, and Semuyeh Nyugab
Demystifying Science for Children Through Reading: The ELSSA Approach / Sam. T. Bajah
Girls and Literacy: Gender Issues in Textbooks for Primary School Children in Cameroon / Vivian Yenika
Publishing Cross-Border Languages: Problems and Prospects / Egido Mpanga
IV. LITERACY DEVELOPMENT FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS
Development and Uses of a 100 High-Frequency Sight Words Recognition List for Children With Reading Failure / Comfort N. Boison
Promoting Literacy Among the Visually Handicapped: The ANWAB Experience in Nigeria / Danlami Basharu
A Study in the Use of Creative Reading to Educate Gifted Students in Regular Schools in Gaborone, Botswana / Margaret O. Biakolo
Reaching Out With Literacy to the Youth in Crisis Areas: The Unique Experience of Karamoja, Uganda / Samuel Andema
Teaching Reading in a Special School for Mentally Retarded Children in Zimbabwe / Maureen Mnkandla
V IMPROVING READING INSTRUCTION
Building a Reading Culture in Communities Where Adverse Situations Thrive / Isaac A. Olaofe
The ADEA Compendium of Successful Reading Projects / Sizakele Shongwe and Carew Treffgarne
Using News on the Board to Develop Literacy in a Vacation Programme / A.E. Obot, E.P. Ntukidem, Bassey A. Okon, and Stella A. Ansa
Developing Literacy Through Reading the World and the Media / Stella Ansa, Bassey Ude Bassey, Eno Nta, and J.O. Okwe
The Karatu Workshops on Literacy and Development in Nigeria: A Participant's Experience / Wale Adegbite
Producing Materials in the Classroom: The Karatu Big Book Production Experience / Gabriel B. Egbe and Louisa E. Uwatt
Multiple Roads to Literacy / Yetta Goodman
Upgrading Reading Instruction Through Teacher Study Groups / Alis Headlam
Strategies for Sharing Books With African Children / Doris Walker-Dalhouse
Challenges to Reading Teachers in Multilingual Settings in South Africa / Lydia Abel
Developing an Appropriate Reading Assessment Programme for Developing Countries / O.A. Afemike
VI. THE CONCENTRATED LANGUAGE ENCOUNTER PROGRAMME FOR LITERACY SUCCESS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Concentrated Language Encounter: A Revolutionary Approach to Teaching Literacy / Saowalak Rattanavich
Literacy Development: Lessons Learned From a Pilot CLE Project in South Africa / David Donald, Janet Condy, and Jana Forrester
Lesson Learned From a Concentrated Language Encounter (CLE) Pilot Project in Nigeria / Charity Andzayi, Pita Deshi, Sarah Nengel, and Danladi Pyelshak
My Experience Using CLE to Develop Literacy Skills in Persons with Learning Handicaps / Nenrot Victor Gomwalk
VII. LITERACY INSTRUCTION IN THE MOTHER TONGUE
Improving Literacy in Primary Schools in Nigeria Through the Mother Tongue / Maria J. Aaron
Incorporating the Mother Tongue Into Special Education for Children With Reading Failure / Charity A. Andzayi
Mother Tongue Literacy in the Zambian New Breakthrough to Literacy Programme / Francis Sampa