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The Experience of Publishing in Indigenous African Languages: A Survey of Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho and Kenya
Harare: African Publishers Network (APNET) (1995), 24 pp.
"This is a summary version of an important study commissioned by the IFLA Section on Library Services to Multicultural Populations and supervised by the African Publishers Network, which reviews the status of indigenous language publishing in seven African countries. Identifies African language mate
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The Entertainment Programme of Ndanda Mission Press: Its Contribution to Swahili Literature in Tanzania
Matatu: Journal of African Culture and Society, issue 13-14 (1995), pp. 339-352
"Assesses the “entertainment” programme of this Christian publisher’s books in Kiswahili, and its contribution in promoting writing in African languages. Includes a bibliography of the Press's Kiswahili publications." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 200
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The Book Today in Africa
Paris: UNESCO (1981), 210 pp.
"Sam Kotei’s book was one of the first major in-depth studies on the state of the book and publishing in Africa, in which the author looked back on a decade of special efforts to alleviate the “acute shortage of books” identified at the UNESCO meeting on books in Accra in 1968. The author note
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Lovedale Press: Literature for the Bantu Revisited
English in Africa, volume 7, issue 2 (1980), pp. 71-85
"Provides an insight into the early work of Lovedale Press in South Africa from 1823 onwards, when Lovedale was the focal point of the literate Christian culture that emerged among the Xhosa in the Eastern Cape region, and which up until the turn of the century concentrated on evangelical and educat
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The Book in Multilingual Countries: A Survey Based on the Proceedings of the Symposium on the Publication of Books in the Various Languages of Multilingual Countries
Paris: UNESCO (1978), 40 pp.
"Discussion of the creation, manufacture, distribution and promotion of books in indigenous languages in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Arab countries and Latin America. Appendixes include "Guidelines for the Promotion of Books in the Various Languages of Multilingual Countries" and a bibliogranhy." (Ele
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