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The Challenge of Indigenous Education: Practice and Perspectives
Paris: UNESCO (2004), 283 pp.
"Traditional indigenous education and its structures should be respected and supported. Our knowledge has not been written down by us – on the contrary: we dance it, we draw it, we narrate it, we sing it, we practise it. There is a need for a deeper understanding of what knowledge and learning are
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Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications, Volume 1, A-E
New York: Academic Press (2003), 25, 618 pp.
Indigenous Publishing in Botswana: The Current Situation and the Way Forward
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
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The Book Chain in Anglophone Africa: A Survey and Directory
Deep Insights
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
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Media, Democracy and Renewal in Southern Africa
Colorado Springs: International Academic Publishers (2001), 309 pp.
Upgrading Book Distribution in Africa
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
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Public Libraries in Africa: A Report and Annotated Bibliography
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
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So This is Democracy? State of the Media in Southern Africa 1999
Windhoek: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (2000), 252 pp.
Books for Schools: Improving Access to Supplementary Reading Materials in Africa
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
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Handbuch Afrika in drei Bänden. Bd.1: Zentralafrika, Südliches Afrika und die Staaten im Indischen Ozean
Frankfurt am Main; Wien: Brandes & Apsel; Südwind (1999), 351 pp.
Up in the Air? The State of Broadcasting in Southern Africa: Analysis and Trends in Six Countries
Lusaka; Harare: Panos Southern Africa; Weaver Press (1998), 143 pp.
Media en democratisering in Zuidelijk Afrika
Amsterdam: Nederlands Instituut voor Zuidelijk Afrika (NiZa) (1997), 64 pp.
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
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Textbook Provision and the Feasibility of Cooperation Among SADCC Countries: Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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
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Popular Publishing for Environmental and Health Education: Evaluation of Action Magazine
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
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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, 4th ed. (1989), xxi, 306 pp.
"Annotated listings of over 4,600 libraries, publishers, booksellers, magazines and periodicals, and major newspapers throughout Africa." (commbox)
