The Book Chain in Anglophone Africa: A Survey and Directory Also published by INASP Issak,Aissa(comp.)PublicLibrariesinAfrica:AReportandAnnotatedBibliography ,2000. Adeya,CatherineNyaki InformationandCommunicationTechnologies(ICTs)inAfrica:A ReviewandSelectAnnotatedBibliography,1990–2000 ,2001. Zell,HansM.BookMarketingandPromotion:AHandbookofGoodPractice ,2001. The Book Chain in Anglophone Africa A Survey and Directory edited by Roger Stringer International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) ©InternationalNetworkfortheAvailabilityofScientificPublications(INASP),2002 Allrightsreserved. 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Firstpublished2002 ISBN 1 902928 11 3 PublishedanddistributedbyINASP 27ParkEndStreet,Oxford,OX11HU,UnitedKingdom Telephone:+44(0)1865249909; Fax:+44(0)1865251060 E-mail:<[email protected]> Website:<http://www.inasp.info> CoverdesignbyJohnAldridge AldridgePress,24ThorneyHedgeRoad,LondonW45SD,UnitedKingdom E-mail:<[email protected]> Website:<http://www.aldridgepress.demon.co.uk> DesignandtypesettingbyTextPertise P.O.BoxMP 651,MountPleasant,Harare,Zimbabwe E-mail:<[email protected]> PrintedandboundinGreatBritain byAntonyRoweLtd.,Chippenham,Wiltshire iv Contents MapofAfrica,showingthecountriesincludedinthesurveyanddirectory ........................................................ vi Foreword,byCarolPriestley........................................................................................................................................... vii Preface ................................................................................................................................................................................viii Part One: An Overview of the Book Chain in Anglophone Africa TheDynamicsofBookandLibraryDevelopmentinAnglophoneAfrica byPaulTiyambeZeleza ............................................................................................................................................... 3 AnglophonePublishinginAfricaasSeenbyaFrancophoneBookProfessional byMamadouAliouSow ............................................................................................................................................... 8 LibraryandInformationServicesinAfrica byDianaRosenberg ....................................................................................................................................................10 InitiativesinSupportofAfricanPublishing byCarolPriestley ........................................................................................................................................................13 SelectedWorksontheBookChaininAnglophoneAfrica byAnnePowellandRogerStringer .........................................................................................................................15 Part Two: Country Surveys of the Book Chain in Anglophone Africa Botswana, byRatanangMotlhabane ............................................................................................................................23 Cameroon, byRosemaryM.ShafackandKivenCharles .........................................................................................27 Eritrea, byAssefawAbraha ............................................................................................................................................31 TheGambia, byAbdouMbye .........................................................................................................................................35 Ghana, byAnabaA.Alemna ..........................................................................................................................................41 Kenya, byCephasOdini ..................................................................................................................................................45 Lesotho, byNthabisengTaole ........................................................................................................................................50 Malawi, bySteveS.Mwiyeriwa .......................................................................................................................................53 Namibia, byEllenNamhilaandWernerHillebrecht ..................................................................................................56 Nigeria, byChinyereNwoga...........................................................................................................................................62 SierraLeone, byOliverHarding ....................................................................................................................................68 SouthAfrica, byFrancoisHendrikz ..............................................................................................................................72 Swaziland, byMakanaMavuso ......................................................................................................................................83 Tanzania, byAlliA.S.Mcharazo ..................................................................................................................................87 Uganda, byIsaacKigongo-Bukenya ..............................................................................................................................90 Zambia, byVitalicyChifwepa.........................................................................................................................................94 Zimbabwe, byStanleyNyamfukudza ...........................................................................................................................98 Part Three: Directory of Selected Organizations in the Book Chain in Anglophone Africa ContentsoftheDirectory ............................................................................................................................................ 104 Botswana .......................................................................................................................................................................... 107 Cameroon ........................................................................................................................................................................ 115 Eritrea ............................................................................................................................................................................... 125 TheGambia ..................................................................................................................................................................... 130 Ghana ............................................................................................................................................................................... 136 Kenya ................................................................................................................................................................................ 147 Lesotho............................................................................................................................................................................. 155 Malawi .............................................................................................................................................................................. 160 Namibia ............................................................................................................................................................................ 168 Nigeria .............................................................................................................................................................................. 179 SierraLeone ..................................................................................................................................................................... 187 SouthAfrica .................................................................................................................................................................... 192 Swaziland......................................................................................................................................................................... 203 Tanzania .......................................................................................................................................................................... 212 Uganda ............................................................................................................................................................................. 219 Zambia .............................................................................................................................................................................. 232 Zimbabwe .......................................................................................................................................................................