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African Youth Languages: New Media, Performing Arts and Sociolinguistic Development

Ellen Hurst-Harosh, Fridah Kanana Erastus (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xv, 255 pp.

"This book showcases current research on language in new media, the performing arts and music in Africa, emphasising the role that youth play in language change and development. The authors demonstrate how the efforts of young people to throw off old colonial languages and create new local ones has ... more

Langues et médias en Afrique noire francophone: Analyse (socio) linguistique et didactique

Louis Martin Onguéné Essono

Paris: Connaissances et savoirs (2017), 347 pp.

"Langues et médias en Afrique noire francophone est une contribution très précieuse qui se focalise sur cet aspect tout à fait négligé de l'analyse des mutations médiatiques africaines contemporaines : les transformations de la langue. Elle ouvre une réflexion sur ce que la manipulation de l ... more

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Searching for Sharing: Heritage and Multimedia in Africa

Daniela Merolla, Mark Turin (eds.)

Open Book Publishers (2017), 149 pp.

"In a world where new technologies are being developed at a dizzying pace, how can we best approach oral genres that represent heritage? Taking an innovative and interdisciplinary approach, this volume explores the idea of sharing as a model to construct and disseminate the knowledge of literary her ... more

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African Languages in a Digital Age: Challenges and Opportunities for Indigenous Language Computing

Don Osborn

Cape Town; Ottawa: HSRC Press;International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2010), xvi, 150 pp.

"This book is the result of several years of observation, analysis, consultation and synthesis of the adaptation of ict s to local languages in Africa. The goal of the Pan Africa Localization project led by Don Osborn was to closely track the progress of ict s in African languages and clearly identi ... 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

Publishing and Book Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Annotated Bibliography

Hans M. Zell, Cécile Lomer

London: Hans Zell Publishers (1996), x, 409 pp.

"Contains over 2,200 entries covering books, serials, reference sources, reports, papers in edited collections, book-sector studies and similar documents, and periodical articles drawn from literature published in over 360 journals and magazines. Most entries have a short annotation. Supplementary v ... more

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Revue Africaine de Communication Sociale, Vol 1, Nr. 1;African Journal of Social Communicaton, Vol 1, Nr. 1

Kinshasa: Faculté des Communications Sociales (1996), 320 pp.

Revue Africaine de Communication Sociale. Vol 1, nr. 2

Kinshasa: Faculté des Communications Sociales (1996), 270 pp.

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A Guide to Catholic Bible Translations. Vol 2: Africa

Piet Rijks

Stuttgart: World Catholic Federation for the Biblical Apostolate (WCFBA) (1989), 583 pp.

A Thesaurus of African Languages: A Classified and Annotated Inventory of the Spoken Languages of Africa

Michael Mann, David Dalby

London: Hans Zell Publishers (1987), 325 pp.

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Mass Media and the African Society

Jerry Domatob, Abubakar Jika, Ikechukwu Nwosu (eds.)

Nairobi: African Council for Communication Education (ACCE) (1987), 388 pp.

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Research Priorities in African Literature

Bernth Lindfors (ed.)

Oxford; München: Hans Zell Publishers;Saur (1984), 222 pp.

Afrikanische Schriftsteller im Gespräch

Karsten Garscha, Dieter Riemenschneider

Wuppertal: Peter Hammer Verlag (1983), 128 pp.