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The Book Chain in Anglophone Africa: A Survey and Directory
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Roger Stringer (ed.)

Oxford: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2002), ix, 273 pp.

"A valuable information resource that provides a country-by-country analysis of the “book chain” in 18 English-speaking Africa countries, together with an annotated directory of the major players that make up the book chain within those countries. Four introductory essays provide overviews of bo ... more

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Indigenous Publishing in Botswana: The Current Situation and the Way Forward

Samuel Ghile Bahta, Stephen M. Mutula

Information Development (East Grinstead), volume 18, issue 4 (2002), pp. 231-236

"Writing in local languages has a big role in eliminating illiteracy and creating a reading and writing culture, especially at early ages in one's life. The government of Botswana has an obligation to motivate local language publications by creating a conducive environment for this to happen. The Pu ... more

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Media, Democracy and Renewal in Southern Africa

Keyan Tomaselli, Hopeton Dunn (eds.)

Colorado Springs: International Academic Publishers (2001), 309 pp.

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Upgrading Book Distribution in Africa

Tony Read, Carmelle Denning, Vincent Bontoux

London: Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (2001), xx, 252 pp.

"This study is currently the most comprehensive survey of textbook distribution in sub-Saharan Africa. If offers a detailed survey and analysis of the key policy issues affecting book distribution in Africa today. The study was organized and co-ordinated by International Book Development Ltd. in Lon ... don, and Danaé-Sciences, a Paris-based consultancy company specialising in editorial support, training and written communication. It draws on a series of major case studies carried out in Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Uganda, together with mini case studies from Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Senegal, Tanzania and Togo, undertaken by book practitioners in these countries, most from the private sector. All of the case studies cover some common elements, including, for example, information on the national education system (including basic education statistics), and a discussion of the main players and mechanisms in the book distribution chain; they also review regional trade in books, and most case studies comment upon the impact of funding, agency investment, and government policies affecting national book development. In addition to the case studies, a useful feature is the inclusion of a fold-out chart “Critical issues on upgrading book distribution in Africa – A decision tree for policy-makers”, which shows the key options that policy makers need to consider in developing a national framework for textbook delivery. An extensive glossary of common terms and acronyms used in education, development and the book trade, completes the volume. The survey concludes “there is already a policy change underway among a number of governments and funding agencies in their approaches toward national textbook distribution. This change is more apparent in Anglophone than in Francophone countries and is by no means universal even in Anglophone countries. But the reaction against the inefficiencies, the lack of a service culture and the typically high cost operations of state centralist policies is now almost ten years old.” It also notes that times are changing, and that senior government officials in many countries now openly acknowledge and welcome the increasing involvement of the private sector in educational book provision activity." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1515) more

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Public Libraries in Africa: A Report and Annotated Bibliography

Aissa Isaak (comp.)

Oxford: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2000), vi, 199 pp.

"The synthesis of literature quoted in the bibliography and the country reports portrays the public library movement in Africa as being very weak, with numerous problems regarding financial constraints, lack of human resources, outdated materials and poor use. The only sector of the African populati ... more

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So This is Democracy? State of the Media in Southern Africa 1999

Raashied Galant, Jeanette Minnie, Zach Wales (eds.)

Windhoek: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (2000), 252 pp.

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A Quick Guide to Laws and Practices That Inhibit Freedom of Expression in Botswana

Tachilisa Balule, Bugalo Maripe

Gaborone: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (2000), 62 pp.

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Books for Schools: Improving Access to Supplementary Reading Materials in Africa

Diana Rosenberg (ed.)

London: Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (2000), xii, 200 pp.

"The aim of this study was to examine some of the models through which the school population in Africa gain access to supplementary reading material, and to reach some conclusions which methods work best, and in which circumstances, and to recommend strategies that are affordable and sustainable. Gi ... more

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Handbuch Afrika in drei Bänden. Bd.1: Zentralafrika, Südliches Afrika und die Staaten im Indischen Ozean

Walter Schicho

Frankfurt am Main; Wien: Brandes & Apsel;Südwind (1999), 351 pp.

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The Role of Community Information Centres in the Educational Development of Namibia: Papers and Proceedings of the Seminar in Windhoek, 25 March to 3 April 1998

Kingo J. Mchombu, Alet E. Morais (eds.)

Bonn; Windhoek: German Foundation for International Development (DSE);Education, Science and Documentation Centre (ZED);Ministry of Basic Education and Culture (MBEC);University of Namibia (1998), 150 pp.

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Up in the Air? The State of Broadcasting in Southern Africa: Analysis and Trends in Six Countries

Aida Opoku-Mensah et al.

Lusaka; Harare: Panos Southern Africa;Weaver Press (1998), 143 pp.

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Media en democratisering in Zuidelijk Afrika

Berendien Bos, Ineke van Kessel, Petra Willemsteijn

Amsterdam: Nederlands Instituut voor Zuidelijk Afrika (NiZa) (1997), 64 pp.

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Report on the National Consultation Forum on the Development of Botswana's National Book Policy: Boipuso Conference and Exhibition Centre, Gaborone, Botswana, 6th-8th October, 1997

Gaborone; London: Ministry of Education;Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (1997), 81 pp.

"The report of a consultation forum which brought together 58 participants from book-related organizations and institutions in Botswana, and which was convened to identify the key issues in book development, the problems facing the book industries in Botswana, and the way forward to lead to the esta ... more

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Textbook Provision and the Feasibility of Cooperation Among SADCC Countries: Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Patricia Bolton (ed.)

Paris: UNESCO (1996), 85, 15 pp.

"It has become increasingly clear to those involved in textbook projects that textbook publishing should not be isolated from book publishing in general, but should be an integral part of it. A major Conference on Textbook Provision and Library Development in Africa, which took place in Manchester i ... 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.

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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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