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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.

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Participatory Development Communication: A West African Agenda

Guy Bessette, C. V. Rajasunderam (eds.)

Ottawa; Penang: International Development Research Centre (IDRC);Southbound (1996), 154 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

The International World of Electronic Media

Lynne S. Gross (ed.)

New York: McGraw-Hill (1995), xi, 368 pp.

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Making Books Available and Affordable: Proceedings of the First Annual National Conference on Book Development, Held at the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, April 25-29, 1994

Ezenwa-Ohaeto

Awka: Nigerian Book Foundation (1995), 136 pp.

"The papers from a conference organized by the Nigerian Book Foundation, which examined four possible solutions to overcome some of the formidable problems faced by the Nigerian book industries: (i) book subsidy schemes, (ii) self-sufficiency in materials for book production, (iii) exploitation of n ... more

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Repertoire des radios privees et locales en Afrique de l'Ouest

Badara Faye (ed.)

Dakar: Panos (1995), 153 pp.

Communication Efficiency and Rural Development in Africa: The Case of Cameroon

Emmanuel K. Ngwainmbi

Lanham, Md.: University Press of America (1995), xiv, 181 pp.

Somalia, Rwanda, and beyond: The role of the international media in wars and humanitarian crises

Edward R. Girardet, Andrea Bartoli, Jeffrey Carmel (ed.)

Geneva: Crosslines Global Report;Italian Academy for Advanced Studies at Columbia University (1995), 218 pp.

"Based on a forum, "War and peace in Somalia", held at Columbia University on February 16, 1994, this is an expanded and updated perspective with essays and first-person accounts by some of the original participants." (https://search.worldcat.org)

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Les médias de la haine

Renaud de la Brosse

Paris: La Découverte (1995), 165 pp.

Burundi, le venin de la haine: Etude sur les médias extrémistes

Barnabé Ndarishikanye, Jean-François Dupaquier

Reporters Sans Frontières (1995), 88 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

Rwanda: L'impasse? La liberté de la presse après le génocide

Paris: Reporters Sans Frontières (1995), 53 pp. + annexes

The Book in Nigeria Today: Some Current Issues

Festus A. Adesanoye

Ibadan: Sam Bookman Educational and Communication Services (1995), 175 pp.

"A collection of essays, by the [then] Director of Publishing at Ibadan University Press, on various aspects of the book situation in Nigeria, which have previously been published in various journals and magazines or as chapters in books. The essays cover topics such as books in national development ... more

Military Regimes and the Press in Nigeria, 1966-1993: Human Rights and National Development

Chris W. Ogbondah

Lanham: University Press of America (1994), 191 pp.