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Communication Policies and Human Rights in Third World Countries: Towards a Human-Rights-Based Framework for Communication Development Policies

Ank Linden

Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam, Doctoral Thesis (1998), xvi, 295 pp.

Publishing and Book Trade in Kenya

Ruth Makotsi, Lili Nyariki

Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers;Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (1997), xvi, 172 pp.

"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

Press Freedom and Communication in Africa

Festus Eribo, William Jong-Ebot (eds.)

Trenton, New Jers.; Asmara (ER): Africa World Press (1997), xx, 362 pp.

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Democratising Communication? Comparative Perspectives on Information and Power

Mashoed Bailie, Dwayne Winseck (ed.)

Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press (1997), xiv, 450 pp.

The Extended Pulpit: Church-Media Alliance in Kenyan Politics

M. Ole-Ronkei

In: Democratising Communication? Comparative Perspectives on Information and Power

Mashoed Bailie (ed.)

Cresskill, NY: Hampton Press (1997), pp. 287-307

Democratizing Communication? Comparative Perspectives on Information and Power

Mashoed Bailie, Dwayne Winseck (eds.)

London: Hampton Press (1997), xiv, 450 pp.

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Publishing in Africa: One Man's Perspective

Henry Chakava

Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers;Bellagio Publishing Network (1996), 182 pp.

"A collection of articles by one of Africa's most prolific commentators on the African publishing scene, bringing together his writings on diverse topics, such as autonomous publishing, book marketing and distribution, author-publisher relations, regional cooperation, the World Bank and African publ ... more

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Father Kizito's Notebook

Renato Kizito Sesana

Nairobi: Koinonia Media Centre (1996), 218 pp.

The Intra-African Book Support Scheme and Publishing and Library Supply in Kenya and Tanzania

Alli A.S. Mcharazo, Anthony Olden

New Review of Information and Library Research, issue 2 (1996), pp. 179-194

"The Intra-African Book Support Scheme (IABS) was set up in 1991 to support African readers and publishers through improving the distribution of African-published materials to libraries in Africa. The recipient-request led scheme was launched by African Books Collective and Book Aid International, a ... more

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Dynamics of Communication and Cultural Change: The Role of Networks. Proceedings of the First World Culturelink Conference, Zagreb, June 1995

Biserka Cvjeticanin (ed.)

Zagreb: Culturelink (1996), 341 pp.

The Conscience of Society: The Social Teaching of the Catholic Bishops of Kenya (1960-1995)

Rodrigo Mejía (ed.)

Nairobi: Paulines Publications Africa (1995), 240 pp.

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Development Directory of Indigenous Publishing

Carol Priestley (comp.)

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 ... more

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Who Rules the Airwaves? Broadcasting in Africa

London: Article 19;Index on Censorship (1995), 155 pp.

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Drama and Theatre: Communication in Development. Experiences in Western Kenya

Loukie Levert, Opiyo Mumma (eds.)

Nairobi: Kenya Drama Theatre and Education Association (KDEA) (1995), 116 pp.

"This is a booklet with expenences of drama and theatre practices in Western Kenya. Practices that have in common that they were — in one way or another— aiming at development at a “grassroots” level. Something else they have in common is that these expenences are only known by a limited num ... more

Censorship in Kenya: Government Critics Face the Death Sentence

London: Article 19 (1995), 33 pp.

International Book Publishing: An Encyclopedia
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Philip G. Altbach, Edith S. Hoshino (eds.)

London; Chicago: Fritzroy Dearborn Publishers (1995), xxvi, 736 pp.

"The first part [...] deals with [...] topics as copyright protection, desktop advances, the role of the editor, multinational publishers, scholarly publishing, best-sellers, and more. Major essays explore the nature and impact of the new technologies, changing patterns of readership, scientific pub ... more

The Experience of Publishing in Indigenous African Languages: A Survey of Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho and Kenya

Martins Olusegun Fajemisin

Harare: African Publishers Network (APNET) (1995), 24 pp.

"This is a summary version of an important study commissioned by the IFLA Section on Library Services to Multicultural Populations and supervised by the African Publishers Network, which reviews the status of indigenous language publishing in seven African countries. Identifies African language mate ... more

Mass Media in Sub-Saharan Africa

Louise M. Bourgault

Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana University Press (1995), 294 pp.

"Bourgault investigates three principal influences: the pre-colonial legacy of the oral tradition, the presence of an alienated managerial class, and the domination of African nations by systems based on political patronage. The first two chapters provide the theoretical framework. Subsequent chapte ... more