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We regret that The Electronic African Bookworm: A Web Navigator previously at this page is no longer available. 

The pages have been replaced by two new information sources from Hans Zell Publishing: The African Publishing Companion: A Resource Guide (published February 2002, out-of-print), and the
The African Studies Companion: A Guide to Information Sources (print and online, online access bundled with print), a new 4th revised and expanded edition of which was published in May 2006. 

While these publications are not free, we offer
below a small selection of links to organizations, networks, and associations that support African publishing and book development. 
 

Some organizations and initiatives supporting  African publishing and book development


These pages offer links to agencies, organizations, book trade professional associations, book promotional bodies, and others supporting the book sector in Africa. It also includes links to the major book donation programmes, as well as organizations that have been supportive of publishing and book development in Africa by means other than material assistance, for example networks of librarians and Africanist library groups. A number of book fair sites and journals are included as well. 

Last updated: November 2007


The Academic and Non-Fiction Authors' Association of South Africa
http://www.anfasa.org.za 

The Africa Book Centre Ltd 
http://www.africabookcentre.com 

Africa Review of Books
http://www.codesria.org/Links/Publications/Journals/
africa_review_books.htm
  

Africana Librarians Council (ALC)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/amed/afs/alc/ 
and at 
http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/africa/ALC/

Africana Libraries Newsletter
http://www.indiana.edu/~libsalc/african/aln/alnindex.html 

African Books Collective Ltd (ABC)
http://www.africanbookscollective.com 

African Journals Online
http://www.ajol.info

African Publishers Network (APNET)
http://www.apnet.org/

African Review of Books
http://www.africanreviewofbooks.com  

Afrilivres. Livres d'Afrique et des Disasporas
http://www.afrilivres.com/ 

Afro-Asian Book Council
http://www.aabcouncil.org/servlet/acHome  

Association Culture et Développement
http://www.culture-developpement.asso.fr/ 

Association for the Development of Education in Africa. 
ADEA Working Group on Books and Learning Materials
http://www.adeanet.org/workgroups/en_wgblm.html  

Bellagio Publishing Network Secretariat
http://www.bellagiopublishingnetwork.com/

Biblionef South Africa
http://www.biblionefsa.org.za/ 


Book Aid International 
http://www.bookaid.org 

Book Development Centre (part of the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council)
http://www.nerdcnigeria.org/book.html 

Book Link
http://www.booklinkweb.co.uk/ 

BookLinks (latest issue)

http://www.bookaid.org/resources/downloads/
booklinks/BookLinks_7.pdf


BookPower
http://www.bookpower.org 

Books Abroad
http://www.booksabroad.org.uk/ 

Brother's Brother Foundation
http://www.brothersbrother.org/ 

Cairo International Book Fair/General Egyptian Book Organization
http://www.egyptianbook.org.eg/En/  

and http://www.egyptianbook.org.eg/ar/bookfair/

Cape Town Fair (14-17 June, 2008)
http://www.capetownbookfair.com/ 

Centre Africain de Formation à l'Edition et à la Diffusion (CAFED)
http://www.capjc.nat.tn/fr/cafed.asp

Centre for the Book
http://www.bdf.org.za/cms/ 

Centre for the Book - Small Publishers Blog
http://www.bdf.org.za/blogs/saspb/ 

Charles Léopold Mayer Foundation
http://www.fph.ch

Children's Book Project of Tanzania (CBP)
http://www.cbp.or.tz/ 

Children's Literature Research Unit, University of South Africa
http://www.childlit.org.za/clruindex.html  

Code Canada (Canadian Organization for Development through Education)
http://www.codecan.org

Coopération par l'Éducation et la Culture
http://www.cec-ong.org 

Cultures Sud (formerly Notre Librairie)
http://www.culturesfrance.com/publications-et-ecrit/
revues/po25_2.html
  

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Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation
http://www.dhf.uu.se 

East African Book Development Association (EABDA)
http://www.eabda.com/  

Electronic Publishing Trust for Development (EPTD)
http://www.epublishingtrust.org 

Espace Afrique. Diffusion et Promotion du Livre Africain Francophone
http://www.espace-afrique.ch/ 

Ethiopia Reads
http://www.ethiopiareads.org/index.html 

Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Literatur aus Afrika, Asien, und Latinamerika/
Society for the Promotion of African, Asian and Latin American Literature
http://www.litprom.de  

Ghana Book Development Council (GBDC)
http://www.edughana.net/bookdevelopment.htm 

Ghana Book Trust
http://www.ghana-book-trust.org/    

Humanistisch Instituut voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking (HIVOS)
http://www.hivos.nl/english/partners/search?country=afrika
(Partner pages, Africa)

IBBY SA. The International Board on Books for Young People-South Africa (formerly South African Children's Forum)
http://www.ibbysa.org.za

International Book Bank
http://www.internationalbookbank.org 

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Africa Regional Section
http://www.ifla.org/VII/s25/index.htm#Newsletter  

International Library and Information Group of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
http://www.cilip.org.uk/specialinterestgroups/bysubject/international  

International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP)
http://www.inasp.info

Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro (formerly Instituto Cabo-verdiano do Livro)
http://www.bn.cv/ 

Kenya Publishers Association/Nairobi International Book Fair
http://www.kenyabooks.org/home/index.asp

Kinderbuch Fonds Boabab/Baobab Children's Book Fund
http://www.baobabbooks.ch  

L'Alliance des éditeurs independents pour une autre mondalisation/
Alliance of independent publishers for another globalization
http://www.alliance-editeurs.org/  

L'association Livres d'Afrique/Salon Livres d'Afrique
http://www.livresdafrique.com/  

La Joie par les livres - Centre national du livre pour enfants/Takam Tikou Online
http://www.lajoieparleslivres.com/Default.asp?INSTANCE=JOIE 

Ministère de la culture et de la communication. Direction du livre et de la lecture. 
Mission européenne et internationale
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/dll/misinter.htm 

National Book Development Council of Kenya (NBDCK)
http://www.nationalbookcouncil-kenya.org/  
[site under construction as at November 2007]

National Book Development Council of Tanzania/
Baraza la Maendeleo ya Vitabu Tanzania (BAMVITA)
http://www.bamvita.or.tz/default.asp  

Nigeria International Book Fair (5-10 May 2008)
http://www.nibf.org  

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The Noma Award for Publishing in Africa
http://www.nomaaward.org  

Online Publishers Association of South Africa
http://www.online-publishers.org.za/ 

Pan African Booksellers Association
http://www.panafricanbooksellersassociation.org/default.htm  

Prince Claus Fund
http://www.princeclausfund.nl 

Print Industries Cluster Council (PICC) - South Africa
http://www.picc.org.za/ 

Professional Editors' Group (PEG) - South Africa
http://www.editors.org.za/ 

Publishers' Association of South Africa
http://www.publishsa.co.za 

Publishing in Africa collection - Oxford Brookes University
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/library/speccoll/africa.html  

READ Educational Trust
http://read.org.za

Reading Association of South Africa
http://www.rasa.uct.ac.za/  

Room to Read
http://www.roomtoread.org/index.html 

Sabre Foundation, Inc. 
http://www.sabre.org/index.php 

Sankofa: A Journal of African Children's and Young Adult Literature
http://jewel.morgan.edu/~english/english.htm  

South African Booksellers Association (SABA)
http://www.sabooksellers.com  
[site under construction as at November 2007] 

South African Children's Book Forum (SACBF)
http://www.sacbf.org.za/sacbfhome.html 

South African Book Development Council (SABDC)
http://www.picc.org.za/index.q 
(see also Print Industries Cluster Council above)

Southern African Book Development Education Trust (SABDET)
http://www.sabdet.com/

Standing Conference on Library Materials on Africa (SCOLMA)
http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/scolma/ 

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=19521&
URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
  
(Africa Department home page) 
http://www.unesco.org/culture/industries/book/html_eng/
index_en.shtml
  
(Books and Reading pages, last updated February 2003)

The World Bank. Office of the Publisher
http://www.worldbank.org/afr  (Sub-Saharan Africa pages)
http://publications.worldbank.org/ecommerce/  (Publications)

Zimbabwe International Book Fair Trust 
http://www.zibf.org.zw  [site down as at November 2007]

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