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African Publishing from the Outside

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2022

Kelvin Smith
Kelvin Smith*
Affiliation:
Oxford Brookes University; Southern African Book Development Trust
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In his acceptance speech for the 1st ZIBF Award for Life-Long Contribution to the African Book Industry in Harare on 2nd August 2004, Henry Chakava made these comments, succinctly encapsulating a confident and optimistic view of a future direction for African publishing.

African publishing has come of age, and the challenge facing us now is to democratize the book so as to make it available, accessible and affordable to all our people. These are the challenges I must now place before our new generation of publishers. You must build on the foundations we have established, take advantage of the liberalized marketplace, and harness the emerging technologies to put African publishing squarely on the world map. (Chakava 2004)

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African Research and Documentation , Volume 100 , 2006 , pp. 3 - 10
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Copyright © International African Institute 2006

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Footnotes

Presentation at African Publishing and Writing: A one-day conference at the British Library Conference Centre 17 October 2005

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