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The Politics of Publishing in South Africa

Nicholas Evans, Monica Seeber

London; Scotsville: Holger Ehling Publishing; University of Natal Press (2006), 300 pp.

"This is a major study on publishing in South Africa, providing an in-depth analysis of the book industry, reviewing its social and historical context, and examining its role as a strategic industry in South Africa's future development. With contributions by some of the country's leading book profes ... more

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Indigenous African Language Media: Practices and Processes

Phillip Mpofu, Israel Ayinla Fadipe, Thulani Tshabangu (eds.)

Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xxxxvi, 444 pp.

"The book contributes to the sparse academic literature on African and minority language media research. It serves as a compendium of experiences, activities and case studies on the use of native language media. Chapters in this book make theoretical, methodical and empirical contributions about ind ... more

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The Book Dash Manual

Book Dash (2020), 38 pp.

"We believe every child should own a hundred books by the age of five. In South Africa, that means giving 600 million free books to children who could never afford to buy them. Every day we lose, more children grow up unable to read and write well, and to enjoy the worlds that books open up. Every o ... more

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Publishing in African Languages: A Review of the Literature

Hans M. Zell

Zell Publishing Consultants (2018), 74 pp.

"This literature survey is an attempt to bring together some of the literature on an important and challenging, and one could well say neglected aspect of the African book sector, that of publishing in African languages, an area that greatly impacts literary production in many ways. It aims to make ... more

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Les défis de la promotion et de la distribution des livres en langues africaines. Actes du colloque, Conakry 27 au 28 novembre 2017 – INRAP, Donka

Aliou Sow

Conakry: Éditions Ganndal (2017), 22 pp.

"Le colloque poursuivait les objectifs suivants : dresser un état des lieux de l’édition et de la politique du livre en langues nationales dans les pays participants au colloque; exposer et discuter de la pertinence, de l’utilisation, et de la portée de certains alphabets introduits dans les ... more

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Needs Assessment: Strengthening Indigenous Academic and Digital Publishing in Tanzania

Oxford: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2017), 7 pp.

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Textbook Provision for All: Lessons Learned from the General Education Quality Improvement Project (GEQIP)

Girma Woldetsadik, Chandrani Raysarkar

Washington, DC: World Bank Group (2017), xiv, 40 pp.

"Ethiopia printed more than 78 million textbooks for 20.1 million students under GEQIP1. When the current reliance on development partners to provide teaching/learning materials comes to an end, these impressive gains can be sustained only if the Ethiopian government allocates adequate, predictable ... yearly financing from the treasury to do so. Based on the experience of GEQIP1, the average budget to sustain the provision of textbooks and teaching guides is estimated at 6–8 percent of the yearly recurrent budget for education (8–10 percent if supplementary materials are added). A second prerequisite for sustaining these gains is to develop an effective information management system to track national demand for textbooks in relation to supply and facilitate inventory control. To handle the complexities of international competitive bidding and maintain a strict timeline for routine delivery, the MoE should plan a robust capacity-building exercise that will help Ethiopia not only to manage textbook provision for larger linguistic groups but mainstream access to textbooks for minority groups as well. Lack of expertise and limited production facilities of local publishers and printers have required the government to resort to international alternatives, sometimes to the detriment of local enterprises. Given that it would be preferable to rely on local suppliers to produce teaching/learning materials of comparable quality to those produced internationally, a systematic effort is essential to scale up local capacity and enable the local printing industry to become competitive in supplying national requirements. As in many nations, Ethiopia’s weakest link in the textbook supply chain is the distribution system. Schools in rural and remote areas suffer the most. Restructuring the delivery system would ensure more timely distribution of teaching/learning materials from districts (woredas) to schools. Finally, students must be encouraged to bring their textbooks to school rather than keep them at home for fear of damaging them and incurring fines. Teachers, who are the primary facilitators of learning, must be trained in effective handling of textbooks and to play an active role in sensitizing families to the importance of using textbooks in the classroom." (Main findings, page xiv) more

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Implementing constitutional language provisions through the Indigenous Language Publishing Programme

Jana Möller, Beth le Roux

South African Journal of African Language, volume 37, issue 2 (2017), pp. 203-209

"The trade publishing sector in South Africa produces books primarily in English and Afrikaans, which is not representative of the spread of languages spoken in the country. In particular, there are very few books published for general readers in the local African languages. The Indigenous Language ... more

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Abya-Yala y el retorno del conocimiento de los pueblos

Leonela Cucurella, Carlos Vallejo

In: La presencia salesiana en Ecuador: Perspectivas históricas y sociales

Lola Vázquez, Juan Fernando Regalado, Blas Garzón, Víctor Hugo Torres, José E. Juncosa (coord.)

Quito: Sociedad Salesiana en el Ecuador; Universidad Politécnica Salesiana; Abya-Yala (2012), pp. 705-726

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Optimising Learning, Education and Publishing in Africa: The Language Factor. A Review and Analysis of Theory and Practice in Mother-Tongue and Bilingual Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Adama Ouane, Christine Glanz (eds.)

Hamburg; Tunis: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning; Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) (2011), 380 pp.

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Publishing in Indigenous Languages: Papers Presented at the Fourth Nigeria International Book Fair, 10-14 May, 2005

Lagos: Nigerian Book Fair Trust (2006), 167 pp.

"One in a series of collections from the Nigerian Book Fair Trust containing the opening addresses, keynote speeches, and papers presented at the Nigeria International Book Fair, held annually since 2002, each fair focusing on a special topic or topics. The fourth collection focuses on the topic “ ... more

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Isabelle Bourgueil (ed.)

Paris: L'Harmattan (2003), 239 pp.

"Ce numéro spécial de la revue Africultures, consacré à “Où va le livre en Afrique ?”, contient de nombreuses contributions sur divers aspects de l'édition, du commerce du livre, de l'état du livre et du lectorat en Afrique (principalement francophone). Il comprend également des articles ... more

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Changing Lives: Promoting a Reading Culture in Africa. Indaba 2001. Harare, Zimbabwe 4-5 August, 2001

Harare: Zimbabwe International Book Fair Trust (2002), 310 pp.

"The theme of the 2001 Indaba at the Zimbabwe International Book Fair was devoted to “Changing People’s Lives: Promoting a Reading Culture in Africa”, and this volume brings together 34 of the papers that were presented, together with a record of some of the discussions that took place followi ... more

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Educational Publishing in African Languages, with a Focus on Swahili in Kenya

Nathan Oyori Ogechi, Emily Bosire-Ogechi

Nordic Journal of African Studies, volume 11, issue 2 (2002), pp. 167-184

"This paper argues the case for more educational publications in Swahili as a good medium educational and national development. It acknowledges that education is not only a capital investment in the development of human resources but it also immensely contributes to the development of a nation. Howe ... 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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Toward Literate Societies: Publishing in Local Languages

Ingrid Jung

In: Educational Publishing in Global Perspective: Capacity Building and Trends

Shobhana Sosale (ed.)

Washington, DC: World Bank (1999), pp. 24-33

"An analysis of publishing in African languages in four countries of francophone Africa (Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Senegal), where the Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung (German Foundation for International Development, now part of GIZ), in cooperation with other agencies, has be ... more

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Publishing in African Languages: Challenges and Prospects

Philip G. Altbach, Damtew Teferra (eds.)

Chestnut Hill, Mass.: Bellagio Publishing Network (1999), 163 pp.

"A collection of essays on an important ongoing debate, the publication of material in indigenous languages. Three African publishers – Dumisani Ntshangase (Juta Publishers, South Africa), Victor Nwankwo (Fourth Dimension Publishing Company, Nigeria), and Mamadou Aliou Sow (Les Editions Ganndal, C ... more

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Cost-Effectiveness of Publishing Educational Materials in African Languages
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Maureen Woodhall (ed.)

London: Working Group on Books and Learning Materials Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) (1997), x, 131 pp.

"The five case studies on the cost-effectiveness of publishing educational materials in national and local African languages, published in this volume, were commissioned in 1996 on behalf of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) by its Working Group on Books and Learning ... more

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Des auteurs et des manuels: A propos une programme éducatif pour l’essor de l’édition scolaire en language nationales

Marie Châtry-Komarek

D+C: Développement et Coopération, issue 1 (1997), pp. 18-22

"Le rapport souligne la nécessité de développer des industries nationales de manuels scolaires prospères et de publier du matériel dans les langues africaines, en utilisant des exemples de livres produits par l'Institut national de documentation, de recherche et d'animation pédagogique de Niam ... more

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"Ediciones Abya-Yala" en Ecuador: ¿qué factores contribuyen al éxito de una editorial especializada?

Christoph Dietz

Information Bulletin (Catholic Media Council), issue 2 (1996), pp. 1-3

"Una de las editoriales más exitosas de Ecuador es "Ediciones Abya-Yala" (expresión cuna para referirse a América como "tierra en plena madurez"), una empresa especializada en etnología y antropología americanas. Hace veinte años, un misionero salesiano puso en marcha la iniciativa con una rev ... more

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