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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.
For a more comprehensive listing of African book trade and other book-related organizations (including national book trade associations in individual countries), and international organizations that support the book and information sector and library development in Africa, consult
Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Critical
Bibliography.
Last updated: March 2009
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.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=7283
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
Alliance des Éditeurs Independents pour une Autre Mondalisation/
Alliance of Independent Publishers for Another Globalization
http://www.alliance-editeurs.org/
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/adeaPortal/publications/en_pubs_wgblm.jsp
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_8.pdf
BookPower
http://www.bookpower.org
Book
Southern Africa
http://book.co.za/
Books Abroad
http://www.booksabroad.org.uk/
Books for Africa
http://www.booksforafrica.org/
Brother's Brother Foundation
http://www.brothersbrother.org/
Cairo International Book Fair (22 January-02 February, 2009)
http://www.egyptianbook.org.eg/En/
Cape Town Book Fair (13-16 June, 2009)
http://www.capetownbookfair.com/
Centre for the Book - South Africa
http://www.nlsa.ac.za/NLSA/centreforthebook
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/
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 Publishers Association
http://www.ghanabookpublishers.org/
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
International Reading Association
http://www.reading.org/
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'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 (11-18 May, 2009)
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
Salon du Livre de Yaoundé (05-15 December, 2008)
http://www.simelivre.org/
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
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 home page)
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=1300
&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
(Africa - Communication & Information section pages)
The World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/afr
(Sub-Saharan Africa pages)
Office of the Publisher
http://publications.worldbank.org/ecommerce/
(Publications)
The World Bank - African Publishing Initiative
http://go.worldbank.org/MPLH6G3200
Zimbabwe International Book Fair Trust
http://www.zibf.org.zw [site down as at November 2007]
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