Published in both a print version and in electronic format. Collates wide range of up-to-date information and facilitates access to an even wider array of information relating to African publishing and the book trade. Ring bound A4 format, UK. ZELL.

2001 0954102908 Rring-bound

This work was conceived as a sequel to the African Writers Handbook (African Books Collective, 1999). It is built on the debates emanating from a seminar on scholarly publishing in Africa held in Arusha, Tanzania in 2002, organised by the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, the African Books Collective and the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP). The seminar brought together scholars and publishers against a background of evidence of a revival of interest in higher education and scholarship in Africa after a long period of decline, and the new departures in scholarly publishing afforded by technology. This resulting collection of essays takes stock of the status of scholarly and academic publishing on the continent in the early years of the twenty-first century. 288pp, UK. AFRICAN BOOKS COLLECTIVE.

Essays that aim of placing Africanist librarianship in the context of a post-colonial information gap (the book and journal famine) in Africa, which has become almost unbridgeable in the last few decades. 242pp, USA. SCARECROW.

This study intends to update the earlier publication, The Economics of Publishing Educational Materials in Africa (Bgoya et al., 1997), and to incorporate new research and perspectives on public-private sector relations and the increasing importance of the local private sector in textbook provision. tracks the trend towards liberalisation and decentralisation in the book sector in many African countries in the 1990s, giving examples of different partnerships and practices underway in Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It shows how these liberalisation policies have resulted in tangible development gains in many countries: more and better quality local publish-ers and books; but that the shift towards decentralisation of provision has created new problems in terms of administration and accountability. 278pp, UK . ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION.

Ten African women relate their personal experiences of how and why they got into publishing, their successes and failures. Also includes an overview of women publishing in South Africa. BNS, 124pp, UK. AFRICAN BOOKS COLLECTIVE LTD, 0952126974

Examines the relationship between educational policy-makers and educational publishers, aiming to improve it by providing an understanding of the publishing process and the roles of the institutions and people within the publishing market. 147pp, UK. ASSOCIATION FOR THE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION.

2002 0797423354 Paperback

Looks at the publishing business in Africa in the context of on-going liberalisation in every area of social and economic life. BNS, 95pp, UK. UNESCO, 1901830160

From 1982 to 1995 there existed a unique 'meeting of the continents' the International Book Fair of Radical Black and Third World Books. Held in the UK, at first in London and then also in other parts of the country, the Book Fair brought together people from across the globe to participate in debates, forums, readings, musical events, films, plays, and other cultural productions as well as to browse through stalls from a multiplicity of publishers. The twelve Book Fairs celebrated enormous achievements of black people. This book gives a snapshot of key years in the development of the black population of Britain, and chronicles a period of tremendous change across the world. 560 pages, illustrated, UK. NEW BEACON BOOKS LTD.

Revised and considerably expanded second edition (originally published as PUBLISHING AND BOOK DEVELOPMENT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, London: 1995). An annotated bibliography with some 3000 entries on many aspects of change in the African book industry between 1980 and 2007, With an introductory essay by Henry Chakava. Indexes, 672pp, UK. ZELL.

Comprehensive survey of text book distribution in sub-Saharan Africa. analyses the key policy issues affecting book distribution in Africa, drawing on major case studies done in several African countries. BNS, 272pp, KENYA. ASSOC.FOR DEVELOPMT OF EDUCATION.

Examines the role gender plays in African Studies, and discusses the challenges and difficulties women scholars face in their efforts to produce and disseminate scholarly knowledge. notes, bib, index, ix, 170pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.