Africa: How Untold Stories in African Languages Could Turn the Page On Publishing
[RFI] African stories and languages could unlock billions for the continent’s publishing industry if governments back local writers, a Unesco report has found. Africa’s book market, now worth $7 billion, could reach $18bn with more homegrown books in l…
Nigeria: Garba Shehu to Present Book On Buhari’s Administration
[Premium Times] Mr Shehu said the book tries to authoritatively document the achievements and some of the historic decisions of the Buhari administration in eight years.
Nigeria: I Didn’t Betray Atiku to Serve Buhari – Garba Shehu
[Vanguard] Former Senior Special Assistant SSA on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Malam Garba Shehu has dismissed insinuations in some quarters that he ditched his former principal, ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar and therefore betr…
South Africa: New Book Tells the Life of Veteran Activist Mandla Majola
[GroundUp] The book was written by two professors from the United States
Zimbabwe: ‘Money Has No Colour’ Zanu-PF Youth Leader Buys Job Sikhala’s Book
[263Chat] A book chronicling the life of opposition stalwart and human rights defender, Job Sikhala was bought for US$760 by ruling ZANU PF deputy youths commissioner and president for Africa youths congress, Taurai Kandishaya after he outbid other pot…
South Africa: UCT Student Balances Books and Triathlons On the Road to World Champs
[UCT] Rebecca Monk, a third-year student at the University of Cape Town (UCT), is defying the odds by balancing a tight academic schedule in geology and oceanography with her passion for triathlons – with lots of success.
Nigeria: Information Minister, NIPR President, Others Grace Book Launch, Commend Gocop
[Premium Times] The book was unveiled in Abuja on Tuesday as a key highlight of a fundraiser for GOCOP Media Centre, witnessed by an array of distinguished guests.
Nigeria: Dig Not Too Deep a Pit of Mischief
[Daily Trust] Those who grew up reading late Dr Abubakar Imam’s book–Magana Jari Ce–will relate to one of the book’s chapters, “If you are going to dig a pit of mischief, dig it shallow.” The reason behind this caution is that one might fall into the…
Rwanda: How Jan Vansina Distorted Rwanda’s History to Serve Colonial Interests
[New Times] When you read Jan Vansina’s books on Rwanda–such as Antecedents to Modern Rwanda: The Nyiginya Kingdom and Le Rwanda Ancien: Le Royaume Nyiginya–you are left wondering why he exerted so much effort to distort Rwanda’s pre-colonial history.
Ghana: GSA Launches New Construction Guidebook
[Ghanaian Times] The Director General of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), Prof. Alex Dodoo, has warned that poor technical knowledge and the use of substandard materials in informal construction pose a major threat to public safety.