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"Comment une œuvre littéraire accède-t-elle au rang de « classique » lorsque son auteur est issu d’Afrique subsaharienne francophone, l’une des zones les plus déshéritées du monde selon les standards culturels internationaux ? Si les noms de Léopold Sédar Senghor et d’Ahmadou Kouroum ... more
"This report arises out of five years of research and targeted advocacy on behalf of writers and journalists who have been censored or persecuted for their work in the People’s Republic of China. It presents PEN International’s findings, compiled by our international researchers and by our colle ... more

Publishing in Cambodia

Phnom Penh: Publishing in Cambodia Project, preliminary ed. (2002), 173 pp.

Beruf: Schriftsteller. Was man wissen muss, wenn man vom Schreiben leben will

Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag (2002), 159 pp.

The Ordeal of the African Writer

London: Zed Books (2001), 192 pp.
"This book is about the problems and obstacles that African writers still encounter in their attempt to get published. It is an interesting, informed, and well-documented study that combines writers’ own testimony (based on responses to questionnaires) and factual investigation in order to explore ... more

Indaba 99: Women's Voices. Gender, Books and Development

Harare: Zimbabwe International Book Fair Trust (1999), 296 pp.
"A collection of thirty-six papers, report-backs and discussions from the Zimbabwe International Book Fair Indaba 1999. The papers are grouped in four parts: those from the plenary sessions; Publishing; Writing; Research; and Access." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, ... more

The African Writers’ Handbook

Oxford: African Books Collective (1999), xxiv, 432 pp.
"This handbook is not only a very useful reference tool for writers, but also presents something of a benchmark volume on the sensitive and sometimes hotly debated issue of author-publisher relations. The book aims to provide all the answers African writers will want to know about publishing, how to ... more

Guide de publication scientifique

Dakar: Association des Rédacteurs et Editeurs Scientifiques d'Afrique Francophone (1991), 92 pp.
"Vise à aider les auteurs à se familiariser avec l'usage courant et les règles régissant la rédaction et l'édition d'ouvrages et de revues scientifiques. Explique les problèmes qui existent dans le secteur de l'édition scientifique et universitaire en Afrique francophone, dont l'un des plus ... more

Handbook for Designing and Writing Distance Education Materials

Bonn: Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung (DSE) (1989), 180 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 ... more