le Roux, Elizabeth (2020) The myth of the ‘book famine’ in African publishing. Africa at LSE (30 Dec 2020). Blog Entry.
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Abstract
Books and publishing in Africa are often described in terms of ‘scarcity’ and ‘famine’, evoking the need for a crisis response. But do these terms reflect the reality of how Africans produce and engage with books? Elizabeth le Roux argues that the famine analogy is perpetuated by a book aid industry that works counter to structural solutions based on local book development.
Item Type: | Online resource (Blog Entry) |
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Official URL: | https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/ |
Additional Information: | © 2020 The Author |
Divisions: | LSE |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources |
Date Deposited: | 29 Jan 2021 13:39 |
Last Modified: | 09 Aug 2024 19:15 |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/108237 |
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