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Kiarie Kamau, Kirimi Mitambo (eds.)

Henry Chakava (honoured person)

Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers (2016), xxvii, 288 pp.

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Shadows of War: A Social History of Silence in the Twentieth Century

Efrat Ben-Ze'ev, Jay Winter, Ruth Ginio (eds.)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2010), ix, 223 pp.

"Silence lies between forgetting and remembering. This book explores the ways in which different societies have constructed silences to enable men and women to survive and make sense of the catastrophic consequences of armed conflict. Using a range of disciplinary approaches, it examines the silence ... more

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Scholarly Publishing in Africa: Opportunities & Impediments

Solani Ngobeni (ed.)

Pretoria: Africa Institute of South Africa (2010), xxv, 378 pp.

"The proceedings of a conference held at the Africa Institute of South Africa in 2009, this is a major new collection of essays on the state of scholarly publishing in Africa, with a strong emphasis on the situation in South Africa. The conference was convened, and the papers published, in an attemp ... t to influence “policymakers and other relevant stakeholders in developing an enabling environment for scholarly publishing to thrive.” Containing a total of 26 papers – all of them, usefully, preceded by abstracts – content is arranged under seven sections: (i) The State of Research Publishing in Africa, (ii) The State of Scholarly Publishing in Africa, (iii) The Challenges of Book Distribution, (iv) The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Scholarly Publishing, (v) Alternative Publishing Models, (vi) The Politics of Peer Review in Scholarly Publishing, and (vii) Scholarly Publishing and Intellectual Property Development in Africa. While the majority of the contributors are from South Africa, other contributors include Kenyan veteran publisher Henry Chakava, James Currey of James Currey Publishers, Mary Jay, Chief Executive of the Oxford-based African Books Collective, and a number of academics from the West African region. The book is particularly strong in overviews of scholarly publishing in South Africa, covering both book and journal publishing. It offers some interesting discussions and fresh insights about alternative publishing and distribution models, with articles reporting about new initiatives and strategy approaches, and also including papers on the politics and practise of the peer review process, and on South African intellectual property rights. One or two papers, by academics from other regions of Africa, unfortunately are weak and poorly informed about the current state of scholarly publishing in Africa, for example citing literature that goes back to books and articles published in the 1970s and 1980s. However, the book can be seen as a useful companion to ‘African Scholarly Publishing Essays’, edited by Alois Mlambo, and published by African Books Collective in 2006." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2581) more

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Courage and Consequence: Women Publishing in Africa

Mary Jay, Susan Kelly (eds.)

Oxford: African Books Collective (2002), xii, 108 pp.

"An insightful collection of papers and personal accounts providing a picture of African women in publishing in Africa today, primarily in English-speaking Africa. The eleven contributors are all women who have made notable achievements and impacts in publishing in Africa, have headed publishing com ... more

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Community Publishing as a Process of Change

Kathy Bond-Stewart

In: Courage and Consequence: Women Publishing in Africa

Mary Jay; Susan Kelly (eds.)

Oxford: African Books Collective (2002), pp. 61-69

"Describes the activities and publications of the innovative Community Publishing Process in Zimbabwe in order to train 7,000 village community workers, the majority of whom were women. Through a community based, participatory process of publishing, the project aims to enable marginalized groups to ... more

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Marketing African Books Worldwide: The ABC Experience

Mary Jay, Ros Sherwin

In: Book Marketing and Promotion: A Handbook of Good Practice

Hans M. Zell (ed.)

Oxford: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2001), pp. 225-243

"A detailed account of the marketing methods and strategies employed by the Oxford-based African Books Collective, to promote and sell a very wide range of African-published books in the countries of the North. It describes the type of promotional materials produced, mailing lists and other marketin ... more

Coming of Age: Strides in African Publishing, Essays in Honour of Dr Henry Chakava at 70

Shadows of War: A Social History of Silence in the Twentieth Century

Scholarly Publishing in Africa: Opportunities & Impediments

Courage and Consequence: Women Publishing in Africa

Community Publishing as a Process of Change

Marketing African Books Worldwide: The ABC Experience