Publishing and Book Development in Sub-Saharan Africa An Annotated Bibliography

Charting the growth of publishing in Sub-Saharan Africa for over three decades, this comprehensive annotated bibliography covers all segments of the book industry, book distribution, & retail book trade on the continent. Also treated are complementary aspects of book development such as authors & publishing, the role of the writer, & reading habits as well as specialized topics such as book assistance & donation programs, the book famine in Africa, & the acquisition of African-published materials. Based on Zell's extensive personal archive--gathered over a period of three decades & including a considerable amount of ephemera & other elusive materials--the bibliography contains some 1,500 entries from books, reports, papers in edited collections, periodical articles, World Bank book sector studies & similar documents, government & official publications, theses & dissertations, & grey literature. Citations are arranged in two major sections--Regional & Country Studies & Studies by Topic--& indexed by author, subject, & country.Zell, Hans M. is the author of 'Publishing and Book Development in Sub-Saharan Africa An Annotated Bibliography' with ISBN 9781873836460 and ISBN 1873836465.