Publishing & Book Culture in Africa: A Repository of Selected Resources

The repository aims to provide quick access to key literature about the many aspects of book culture, and publishing and book development in Sub-Saharan Africa generally, and at the same time provide a of mapping of the past. This initial selection provides access to over 900 critically annotated records (published through to the end of February 2022.) While not all of them could be considered as seminal, or offer significant analytical depth, many are contributions to the literature that are interesting, insightful, timely, or even provocative, and hence their inclusion here. The emphasis is on fairly recent studies (2000-2021), and those that, for the most part, are accessible online. A selection of earlier studies and documents on the African book industries (1960-1999) have also been included, with an emphasis on those now available online. A good number of these – mainly articles and studies published in journals – have now become available in digital formats, while some others (books, collections, or conference proceedings) that are now long out-of-print, should still be accessible in major academic and university libraries.