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From: Donald Osborn
List Editor: Kathryn Green <kgreen@csusb.edu>
Editor's Subject: FYI: _Development Dialogue_: "The Future of Indigenous Publishing in Africa
Author's Subject: FYI: _Development Dialogue_: "The Future of Indigenous Publishing in Africa
Date Written: Tue, 15 Dec 98
Date Posted: Wed, 15 Dec 1998 12:43:26 -0500

       <donaldo@bwc.org>

A recent issue of _Development Dialogue_, cover-dated 1997 (no.
1-2) is mainly devoted to a topic that may interest some readers
of H-Africa:

"The Future of Indigenous Publishing in Africa"

The material in this issue came out of the so-called "Arusha II"
seminar on the above theme held in Arusha, Tanzania in March 1996.

Partial contents of the issue:

"The Cultural Context of Publishing in Africa"               7
Benjamin William Mkapa, Pres. of the United Republic of Tanzania

"The Development & Future of Publishing in Africa: 12 Years after
Arusha I" 15
Walter Bgoya

"Book Marketing & Distribution: The Achilles Heel of African
Publishing"  39
Henry Chakava

"A Real Cultural Revolution" 61
Per I. Gedin

"The Future of Indigenous Publishing in Africa: A Seminar Report" 68

"The Future of Indigenous Publishing in Africa: Summary
Conclusions"  92

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