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African Economies and Book Requirements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2022

S.M. Made
S.M. Made*
Affiliation:
University of Zimbabwe
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Extract

While there are common issues relating to publishing in all countries, there are a variety of special problems that affect Third World nations — among them African nations — in ways which differ from industrialised nations. Questions such as copyright, book distribution, and production problems are international in relevance but have a special meaning in the context of the Third World.

Publishing is one part of a range of book-related activities. While the problems of book publishers constitute the main focus of our discussion, a range of related issues from the role of authors to the impact of colonial-inherited systems of education — all these will from time to time enter into our discussion. As Albach and Rathgeber say, this is because publishing is a system of knowledge dissemination that is increasingly interdependent on other elements of the communications process.

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African Research and Documentation , Volume 32 , 1983 , pp. 1 - 7
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Copyright © International African Institute 1983

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Altbach, P.G. and Rathgeber, E. Publishing in the Third World: Trend Report and Bibliography. Praeger, 1980, p. 2.Google Scholar
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Nottingham, John Establishing an African publishing industry. A study in decolonization. African Affairs, Vol.68, No.271, April 1969, pp. 139–144.Google Scholar
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Chakava, Henry Publishing in a multilingual situation: the Kenya case. African Book Publishing Record Vol.3, No.2, p. 85.Google Scholar