"Financed by the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, this is a major and in-depth study of the problems and obstacles encountered by the Kenyan publishing industry in the manufacture, distribution, and marketing of their books. The first four of seven chapters provide the historical background and present an overview of publishing in Kenya. Subsequent chapters deal with education, culture and publishing, the special problems of the book industries, and a concluding chapter contains a number of recommendations how some of the problems of the industry might be tackled, and which will need to be addressed by the government, NGOs and donor agencies, book industry professionals, and the general public. The volume also contains a substantial amount of statistical and other data collected during the preparation of the study, and a series of appendixes list major publishers and active booksellers in Kenya." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 607)