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Knowledge Dissemination in Africa: The Role of Scholary Journals
Oxford: Bellagio Publishing Network (1998), viii, 140 pp.
"A collection of papers on academic journal publishing and scholarly communication in Africa, which aims to provide a better understanding of the nature, role, current status, and future prospects of journals in the African context. Papers address issues such as the challenges of editing scholarly j
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The Challenge of the Market: Privatization and Publishing in Africa
Bellagio Publishing Network (1996), 114 pp.
"This collection of papers focuses on the transition from state to private sector publishing in Africa. Two overview evaluations draw attention to the fact that the road to privatization is not necessarily an easy one, and that there are costs as well as benefits involved. Four cases studies, from G
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Afrique, quel marché de la culture? La production et la diffusion des biens culturels et médiatiques de l'Afrique francophone subsaharienne
Paris: Haut Conseil de la Francophonie (1996), 182 pp.
"Examine la production et la distribution de matériel culturel et multimédia en Afrique francophone subsaharienne et l'impact des nouvelles technologies sur les réseaux de communication." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 378)
Development Directory of Indigenous Publishing
Harare: African Publishers Network (APNET) (1995), xii, 199 pp.
"Contains essays on aspects of indigenous publishing in various African countries, overviews on the state of publishing in specific regions, a directory of book trade publications and reference sources published in five African countries, plus two inventories of (i) African book development organiza
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L'information dans le monde: 206 pays au microscope
Paris: Éditions du Seuil (1989), 628 pp.
The African Book World and Press: A Directory = Répertoire du livre et de la presse en Afrique
London: Hans Zell Publishers, 4th ed. (1989), xxi, 306 pp.
"Annotated listings of over 4,600 libraries, publishers, booksellers, magazines and periodicals, and major newspapers throughout Africa." (commbox)
Making Broadcasting Useful: The African Experience. The Development of Radio and Television in Africa in the 1980s
Manchester: Manchester University Press; European Institute for the Media (1986), x, 306 pp.
"The second part grew out of the Symposium of Broadcasting Organization and Management held in 1984 at the request of UNESCO, The U.K. Overseas Development Administration, and the British Council, in which a group of directors of broadcasting organizations and permanent secretaries of ministries of
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News Out of Africa: Biafra to 'Band Aid'
London: Hilary Shipman (1986), 147 pp.
"Frederick Forsyth reveals how he resigned from the BBC to report from Biafra - and attack the British government. Jonathan Dimbleby describes the risks he took in filming 'The Unknown Famine' - which toppled an emperor. Mohamed Amin and Michael Buerk tell how their last-minute partnership in Ethiop
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The Book Trade of the World. Vol. IV: Africa
Munich: Saur (1984), 391 pp.
"The fourth and final volume of the Book Trade of the World, a series of books that aimed to provide a convenient reference tool to the world's publishing and bookselling industries, and to the institutions, organizations, and journals which are associated with them. The information on each country
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The African Book World and Press: A Directory = Répertoire du livre et de la presse en Afrique
London: Hans Zell Publishers, 3rd ed. (1983), xx, 284 pp.
"The editors attempt to provide "comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date information, in both English and French, on libraries, publishers and the retail book trade, research institutions with publishing programs, book industry and literary associations, major periodicals and newspapers, government a
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World Press Encyclopedia. Vol. 1
New York: Facts on File (1982), 641 pp.
"This is a survey of the state of the press in 180 countries, organized in four sections: Section I, "The International Press"; Section II, "The World's Developed Press Systems"; Section III, "Smaller and Developing Press Systems, " and Section IV, " Minimal and Underdeveloped Press Systems." Covera
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The African Book World and Press: A Directory = Répertoire du livre et de la presse en Afrique
London: Hans Zell Publishers, 2nd ed. (1980), xxiv, 244 pp.
The African Book World and Press: A Directory = Répertoire du livre et de la presse en Afrique
Oxford: Hans Zell Publishers (1977), xxvi, 296 pp.
Publishing in Africa in the Seventies: Proceedings of an International Conference on Publishing and Book Development Held at the University of Ife, Ife-Ife, Nigeria, 16-20 December, 1973
Ile-Ife: University of Ife Press (1975), 377 pp.
"The recommandations, summaries of the various sessions, and a selection of the papers read at this conference attended by more than 100 African writers, publishers, booksellers, librarians, printers, and teachers give a succinct account of the history and hopes of African publishing. Among topics d
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Broadcasting in Africa: A Continental Survey of Radio and Television
Deep Insights
Philadelphia: Temple University Press (1974), 453 pp.
"Head's knowledge of the structure of television worldwide is monumental, as is his ability to organize it into books. In Broadcasting in Africa 35 authors, including Head himself, have contributed essays which give a comprehensive picture of African broadcasting country by country, and the role whi
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A German-Sponsored Radio Training Center in Ethiopia
In: Broadcasting in Africa: A Continental Survey of Radio and Television
Philadelphia: Temple University Press (1974), pp. 290-91
"The most ambitious on-site training program sponsored in Africa by the Federal Republic of Germany ran from 1964 to 1970 on the premises of the Ethiopian Broadcasting Service in Addis Ababa. It offered a series of full-time radio courses, each lasting a whole year." (Page 290)
