The book in Africa : critical debates /

"This volume presents new research and critical debates in African book history, and brings together a range of disciplinary perspectives by leading scholars in the subject. It includes case studies from across Africa - from Ethiopia to Cameroon, from Morocco to South Africa - and from third-century manuscript traditions to twenty-first century internet communications. Throughout, it seeks to frame individual case studies in ways that resonate with critical debates in African book history throughout the continent. Studies of the book in Africa to date have been dominated by the histories of how European missionaries, colonial administrators and traders brought the book and literacy to Africa. In contrast, this volume places African book histories in their multiple forms at the centre of study; and the research, questions and debates driving each chapter are derived from African cultural, political and economic contexts"--"This volume presents new research and critical debates in African book history, and brings together a range of disciplinary perspectives by leading scholars in the subject. It includes case studies from across Africa - from Ethiopia to Cameroon, from Morocco to South Africa - and from third-century manuscript traditions to twenty-first century internet communications. Throughout, it seeks to frame individual case studies in ways that resonate with critical debates in African book history throughout the continent. Studies of the book in Africa to date have been dominated by the histories of how European missionaries, colonial administrators and traders brought the book and literacy to Africa. In contrast, this volume places African book histories in their multiple forms at the centre of study; and the research, questions and debates driving each chapter are derived from African cultural, political and economic contexts"--Includes bibliographical references and index.Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements Notes on the ContributorsIntroductionPART I: FROM SCRIPT TO PRINT 1. Copying and Circulation in South Africa's Reading Cultures, 1780-1840; Archie L. Dick2. Printing as an Agent of Change in Morocco, 1864-1912; Fawzi Abdulrazak3. Between Manuscripts and Books: Islamic Printing in Ethiopia; Alessandro Gori4. Making Book History in Timbuktu; Shamil JeppiePART II: POLITICS AND PROFIT IN AFRICAN PRINT CULTURES5. Print Culture and Imagining the Union of South Africa; David Johnson6. Creating a Book Empire: Longmans in Africa; Caroline Davis7. From Royalism to E-secessionism: Lozi Histories and Ethnic Politics in Zambia; Jack Hogan and Giacomo Macola8. Between the Cathedral and the Market: A Study of Wits University Press; Elizabeth Le RouxPART III: THE MAKING OF AFRICAN LITERATURE9. Francophone African Literary Prizes and the 'Empire of the French Language'; Ruth Bush and Claire Ducournau10. Heinemann's African Writers Series and the Rise of James Ngugi; Nourdin Bejjit11. The Publishing and Digital Dissemination of Creative Writing in Cameroon; Joyce B. Ashuntantang Index