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Towards More Understanding: The Making and Sharing of Children's Literature in Southern Africa

Isabel Cilliers (ed.)

Cape Town: Juta (1993), 255 pp.

"A useful resource book for teachers, writers, illustrators, educators and academics concerned with children's literature. Includes chapters on the development of indigenous children's literature for a culturally heterogeneous society and offers ideas on how to market children's books, and, at the s ... more

When People Play People: Development Communication Through Theatre

Zakes Mda

Johannesburg; London: Witwatersrand University Press;Zed Books (1993), 250 pp.

"Based on Mda's experience in Southern Africa, the book shows how drama and theatre can be used effectively in social development. Mda argues, that communication should be democratized, that it should increase participation and promote equity and self-reliance. If theatre is to play a role in the de ... more

African Literatures in the Eighties

Dieter Riemenschneider, Frank Schulze-Engler (eds.)

Amsterdam: Rodopi BV (1993), 281 pp.

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Glatteis in Afrika: Radio 4 - eine Projektgeschichte

Helmut Bredigkeit

Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (1993), 35 pp.

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Women's Experiences in Community Media

Women in Action (Isis International, Quezon City), issue 4 (1993), 41 pp.

"In December 1991, upon the initiative of the London-based World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) in collaboration with Isis International in Manila and the International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC) based in New York, the concept of the Women Empowering Communication global conferenc ... e was crystallized. Now, over two years later, and after several planning meetings and preparatory work, the global conference. Women Empowering Communication in Thailand is a reality. Isis International, in addition to its principal role as a co-organizer, wanted to make a tangible contribution to the conference. Thus we bring to you this issue of Women in Action, a collection of articles on women's experiences in community media from the regions of Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Latin America and the Pacific. The conference participants constitute representatives of women's networks, alternative media, grassroots groups, the academe and other disciplines. It seems only fitting that we share with them how individual women and women's groups have creatively expressed themselves in various media forms in the community setting. In fact, we have featured some of the participating groups in the conference such as Video SEWA, Sistren Theatre Collective, and Cine Mujer. These women have set inspiring examples of how we can utilize varying media expressions not only to attain, self-empowerment but also to improve the portrayal of women in media. They have shown us the similarities in the lives and struggles of women all over the globe, despite cultural and geographical boundaries. What is even more encouraging is that these women's voices come from the community. They have successfully explored in very creative ways the use of low cost media such as song, dance, street theater, drawings, posters, puppetry and flipcharts. There are many other women's groups who have done some very good work in community media such ; as FIRE (Feminist International Radio Endeavour), a feminist radio program in Costa Rica and the East Sepik Documentation Project in the Pacific. We also acknowledge the value of traditional forms of expression such as arpilleras and tapestries, woven stories on cloth by women in Chile, Peru and the Philippines and the khanga, a piece of cloth used as a communication tool by women in Africa.. What we have presented here is but a microviewing of women's experiences in community -media. In bringing this to the Women Empowering Communication conference, we join in the gathering of women i communicators who will enrich us with the breadth and depth of their experiences in media." (Editorial) more

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Coordination of Information Systems and Services in Namibia: Papers of the Seminar Held in Windhoek 25 February to 5 March 1993

Andree-Jeanne Tötemeyer, Johann Loubser, Alet E. Marais (eds.)

Bonn and Windheok: German Foundation for International Development (DSE);Education, Science and Documentation Centre (ZED);Ministry of Education and Culture Windhoek, Namibia;University of Namibia (1993), 250 pp.

Africa Film & TV 93

Harare: Z Promotions (1993), 176 pp.

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Policy and Regulations of Social Communications Commission of Uganda Episcopal Conference

[Kampala]: Uganda Episcopal Conference (1993), 16 pp.

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The Difficult Art of Book Aid: An African Survey

Carol Priestley

Logos: The Journal of the World Book Community, volume 4, issue 4 (1993), pp. 215-21

"A résumé of the author's Book and Publishing Assistance Programs: A Review and Inventory. Examines the book needs of Africa, and evaluates the impact of donor-supported publishing and book development programmes in Africa. Contends “if donor support is to lead to long-term sustainable publishin ... more

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The area of learning is fast approaching a grand climax

Fransie Rossouw

Quarterly Bulletin of the South African Library, volume 48, issue 2 (1993), pp. 57-61

"Describes the activities of the first Wesleyan mission press in South Africa." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1722)

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Popular Publishing for Environmental and Health Education: Evaluation of Action Magazine

Terry Russell, Steve Murray

Liverpool: Liverpool University Press (1993), viii, 237 pp.

"Action Magazine is a non-government donor-funded project based in Harare, which produces a magazine for schools targeted at top primary level using a 'popular publishing' format - with comic book elements, fun and games features, cartoons, etc. - to present health and environmental science material ... more

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The Book Trade and Publishing in Mozambique

Colin Darch

African Book Publishing Record, volume 19, issue 1 (1993), pp. 9-12

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Readings on Publishing in Africa and the Third World

Philip G. Altbach (ed.)

Buffalo, NY: Bellagio Publishing Network;State University of New York at Buffalo, Comparative Education Center and School of Information and Library Studies (1993), 212 pp.

"A selection of some of the best analytical writings on African and Third World publishing and book development. Contains 12 contributions on publishing in Africa, most reprinted from The African Book Publishing Record, including some individual country studies." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & R ... more

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UNDA Directory 1993

Colm Murphy (ed.)

Brussels: UNDA (1993), 183 pp.

Zambia Book Sector Study

Canadian Organization for Development through Education (CODE)

Booksellers and Publishers Association of Zambia (1993), 25 pp.

"Provides an insight into the changing book situation in Zambia and highlights the shortage of books in general and books for children in particular. Asserts that the industry has a solid base upon which to build." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 11 ... more

African Publishers Networking Directory and Names & Numbers 1993/94

Oxford: African Books Collective (1993), 60 pp.

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Ethik im Journalismus: Dokumentation

Birgit Hagen, Ute Hagen, Daniela von Heyl, Jamack Motamedi, Judith Pfeiffer

Köln: Deutsche Welle Ausbildungszentrum (DWAZ) (1993), 99 pp.

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The Growth of Media in the Third World: African Failures, Asian Successes

William A. Hachten

Ames: Iowa State University Press (1993), 129 pp.

Primary Textbook Publishing in Zambia

Martin Ferns

Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (1993), 16 pp.

"A report on the national seminar on primary textbook publishing organized by the Educational Materials Unit, Ministry of Education, Zambia." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1185)

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