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"This volume grew out of a seminar on scholarly publishing held in Arusha, Tanzania in 2002. It was originally announced for publication as The African Scholarly Writers and Publishers Handbook, as a sequel to the much acclaimed African Writers’ Handbook published by African Books Collective in 19 ... more

"Klaus Fiedler tells the story of the ‘Kachere Books series’ developed at the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Chancellor College, University of Malawi. Fiedler believes Africa has a lot to offer for academic publishing in Africa,“forget about the handicaps and look at the oppor ... more

"Financed by the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, this is a major and in-depth study of the problems and obstacles encountered by the Kenyan publishing industry in the manufacture, distribution, and marketing of their books. The first four of seven chapters provide the historical background and present ... more

"The objective of the two week long 1972 Dag Hammarskjold Seminar was to break away from traditional and theoretical concepts of information work in order to gain a practical insight into communication, especially as it applies to social and economic development. Fifty participants and lecturers fro ... more

African Scholarly Publishing Essays

A Community of Teaching and Learning, Research and Publishing

Publishing and Book Trade in Kenya

About Understanding: Ideas and Observations on Cross-Cultural Communication

Towards a New World Information and Communication Order

Film-Making in Developing Countries 1: The Uppsala Workshop

The Story of a Seminar in Applied Communication: The 1972 Dag Hammarskjöld Seminar on "Communication - an Essential Component in Development Work"

Applied communication in developing countries: Ideas and observations