AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER No. 86, Aprii 1996 ISSN 0148-7868 TABLE OF CONTENTS Africana Libraries Newsletter (ALN) is published quarterly by the Michigan State University Libraries and the MSU African Studies Center. Those copying contents are asked to cite ALN as their source. ALN is produced to support the work o f the Editor’s Comments Africana Librarians Council (ALC) o f the African Studies Association. It carries Acronyms reports on meetings o f ALC, CAMP (Cooperative Africana Microform Project) and other relevant groups. It also reports other items o f interest to Africana librarians ALC/CAMP N E W S......................................................2 and those concerned about information resources about or in Africa. Calendar of Future Meetings Report on Orlando Roundtable on Videos Editor: Joseph J. Lauer, Africana Library, MSU, East Lansing, MI 48824-1048. ALC Members in Recent Publications Tel.: 517-432-2218; E-mail: 20676jjl@msu.edu; Fax: 517-432-1445. Deadline for no. 87/88: October 1, 1996; for no. 89: January 1, 1997. OTHER N E W S ............................................................. 3 News from other Associations Calendar: ALA & IFLA ALA Midwinter EDITOR’S COMMENTS SCOLMA SCECSAL This issue was compiled in late July; rather than late March, as would have been Resources at Libraries and Research Centers appropriate for an April 1996 issue. Matters relating to the May meeting of ALC/ Personnel & Positions: Cason, Niekamp, CAMP and the July meeting of ALA are being deferred to the next issue. In order Sorieul,& Yale to get back on schedule, I am planning a combined no. 87/88 (July/October) issue. RESEARCH ON LIB RA RIES.....................................4 Contributions came from many sources, including Helene Baumann, Moore Review: Eicher of Aina et al. Crossey, David Easterbrook, Nancy Schmidt, and Hans Zell. Books and Documents Journals & Articles Several readers reported errors in the January ALN. The prize for careful reading goes to Muyoyeta Simui (Zambia) who noticed that I gave 1986 deadlines for nos. REFERENCE SOURCES............................................. 5 86 and 87. Data on Diskette Notes New Reference Titles NOTES ON MATERIALS & V ENDORS................ 6 ACRONYMS Vendor Announcements Book Awards ACRL - Association of College & Research Libraries (ALA) Book Fairs ALA - American Library Association (Chicago) Literature on the Book Trade ALC - Africana Librarians Council (formerly Archives- Survey of Acquisitions Practices: Zell Libraries Committee) of ASA Online Files ASA - African Studies Association (U.S.) Serial Changes CAMP - Cooperative Africana Microform Project (CRL) Audios & Videos CRL - Center for Research Libraries (Chicago) CD-ROM Products IFLA - International Federation of Library Associations Selected New Books LC - Library of Congress Studies of Photographic Collections MELA - Middle East Librarians Association MSU - Michigan State University SCOLMA - Standing Conf. on Library Materials on Africa U. - University UCLA - University of California, Los Angeles AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 2 APRIL 1996 AFRICANA LIBRARIANS COUNCIL / CAMP NEWS CALENDAR OF FUTURE MEETINGS United States. He discussed his experiences in finding films overseas, deciding what is suitable and appealing for the American market November 23-26, 1996, San Francisco - ASA Annual Meeting (mostly educational, not theatrical), attending African film festivals Spring 1997, Syracuse, NY - ALC/CAMP Spring Meeting world-wide, and dealing with technical problems such as translations Fall 1997, Columbus - ASA Annual & ALC 40th Anniversary and visible subtitles. Mar. 26-28/Apr. 2-4, 1998, Gainesville - ALC/CAMP Spring Mtg. Carol Lems-Dworkin, a musician, independent scholar and Fall 1998, Chicago - ASA Annual Meeting author o f an annotated bibliography on African music, talked Fall 1999, ?Philadelphia - ASA Annual Meeting about her new work: Videos o f African and African-related Fall 2000, ?Nashville - ASA Annual Meeting Performance: An Annotated Bibliography, which will be pub­ lished in late summer 1996. It includes videos featuring African music, dance, drama, ritual, w om en’s studies, etc. It will be VIDEOS AND BEYOND: available for $57 from Carol Lems-Dworkin Publishers, PO Box 1646, Evanston, IL 60204-1646. See also http://users.aol.com/ PROVIDING THE MOVING PICTURES lemsdworkn ALC-Sponsored Roundtable in Orlando (November 3, 1995) The second half of the Roundtable was devoted to the presentation Report by Helene Baumann of two multi-media, interactive, and very sophisticated projects being developed at Harvard University. Kwame Anthony Appiah The aim of the Roundtable at the ASA Annual Meeting was to discuss (W.E.B. du Bois Institute and Philosophy Dept., Harvard) intro­ issues relating to the making of films, videos and documentaries in duced a demonstration version of the electronic “Encyclopaedia Africa, and their availability in the U.S. We also introduced two new Africana” which he is co-editing with Henry Louis Gates. The multi-media projects being developed at Harvard University. The website (http://web-dubois.fas.harvard.edu/DuBois/Research/EA/ session was well attended (standing room only) and the informal EA.HTML) features a brief, experimental prototype of the encyclo­ discussion lasted long into the intermission. pedia, as does Brown University’s Scholarly Technology Group. We had hoped to cover issues such as performance copyright, Suzanne Preston Blier (Dept, of Fine Arts, Harvard University) is distribution, networking, interlibrary loan and cataloging. Due to the the editor-in-chief of “Baobab: Sources and Studies in African Visual lack of volunteers and time, we only provided relevant articles as Culture.” Founded in 1994, it features Narratives covering a wide handouts. A future roundtable might also include an African film­ variety of topics in African Art History; an Imagebase of 17,000 maker and someone to talk about preservation issues. images drawn from Harvard’s visual collection; and an Ethnobase Valerie Mwalilino (African/Middle Eastern Section, LC) detailed containing data for over 900 African cultures. A geographic informa­ LC’s efforts in her paper: Building an African Film and Video tion system locates cultures, sites and historical movements. Collection. The LC collection includes about 1,500 titles, and a list of selected West African titles is available from the Reference Librarian, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division, LC, Washington, DC 29540-4690. Her paper was read by Joanne ALC MEMBERS Zellers (Africa Section, LC), who also reported on her just completed IN RECENT PUBLICATIONS acquisitions trip to West Africa, where she was able to visit the offices and film archives of FESPACO (Festival Panafricain de Cinéma et de Former ALC members Jean Blackwell Huston and Dorothy Porter Télévision de Ouagadougou). Wesley are among those covered in Reclaiming the American Library Miki Goral (Reference Dept., UCLA) talked about her experiences Past: Writing the Women In, edited by Suzanne Hildenbrand as Director for Research for the Pan African Film Festival in Los (Norwood, N.J.: Ablex Pub., 1996; 324 p.). Angeles in a presentation entitled: Film Festivals and the Education of the American Public. The Los Angeles festival is affiliated with Sibyl E. Moses, “The Influence of Philanthropic Agencies on the FESPACO, and she was able to answer many questions from the Development of Monroe Nathan Work’s Bibliography o f the Negro audience. in Africa and America,” Libraries & Culture, v. 31 (1986): 326-341. Cornelius Moore (Library of African Cinema, California News­ Role of Carnegie Corporation ofNew Y ork, Laura Spelman Rockefeller reel) presented: The Challenges of Releasing African Films in the Memorial, and the Phelps-Stokes Fund. AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 3 APRIL 1996 OTHER NEWS NEWS FROM OTHER ASSOCIATIONS RESOURCES AT LIBRARIES AND RESEARCH CENTERS CALENDAR Centre Aequatoria (Bamanya, Zaire) has produced a “Catalogue des Archives Aequatoria” on diskette (Word 6.0). Copies can be ALA: obtained by sending a formatted disk to MSU. Feb. 14-20, 1997, Washington - Midwinter Meeting Most documents listed in the catalog were microfilmed in 1993- Apr. 11-14, 1997, Nashville - ACRL National Conf. 1995 and are available from: Aequatoria, Te Boelaerlei 11, B-2140 June 26-July 3, 1997, San Francisco - ALA Annual Conf. Borgerhout, Belgium. The price per fiche is 33FB. A complete set Jan. 9-15, 1998, New Orleans - Midwinter Meeting of 2458 microfiche is already held by CAMP, the University of June 25-July 2, 1998, Washington, D.C. - ALA Annual Conf Wisconsin-Madison, IPrA Research Center (Univ. Antwerpen), and 1999, Philadelphia - Midwinter Meeting Aequatoria. 1999, New Orleans - ALA Annual Conf 2000, San Antonio - Midwinter Meeting New York University’s Elmer Holmes Bobst Library has the 2000, Chicago - ALA Annual Conf. University Place Bookshop collection. The 80,000 books, periodi­ cals, and pamphlets cover a wide range of subj ects related to Africans IFLA Annual Conferences: and the African Diaspora.— C&RL News, 1996, p.454. Aug. 25-30,1996, Beijing Aug. 31-Sept. 5, 1997, Copenhagen Aug. 1998, Amsterdam Aug. 1999, Bangkok PERSONNEL CHANGES & VACANCIES 2001, Boston Maidel K. Cason retired at the end o f July 1996, after 9 years at the University o f Delaware as personnel librarian, acting assistant AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION director for public services, and assistant director for library At the Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio (Jan. 1996), James administrative services. She worked previously at Northwestern Gentner reported on Overseas Operations (OvOp) activities. The University as African documents librarian and as cataloger and following paragraph was included in the summary distributed by reference librarian in their Transportation Library. She was very Merry Burlingham (U. of Texas) to South Asian librarians: OvOp is active in ALC, serving as chair in 1982/83, and compiled several committed to a new West Africa office. They hope to reprogram bibliographies. appropriated funds to open a small office without participant activity. It will probably be in Senegal. Dorothy Niekamp died on July 12, 1996. See ALN, Jan. 1986, for more details on her career at Indiana University. SCOLMA The 34th Annual Meeting of the Standing Conference on Library Françoise Sorieul, formerly of Centre Sahel, is now Chef, Section Materials on Africa (SCOLMA) met at the Institute of Common­ du prêt et bibliothèque de premier cycle, Bibliothèque de l’Université wealth Studies (ICS), University of London, 28 Russell Square, Laval, Pavillon Bonenfant, Quebec G1K 7P4. Tel: 418-656-3224; London, WC1B 5DS, on 21 May 1996. In addition to the general francoise.sorieul@bibl.ulaval.ca; fax: -3048. meeting, there is a program (Sight and Sound: Africa on Film and Tape) with the following speakers: Yale University Library seeks a Librarian II or III to perform • Nancy J. Schmidt, The challenges of African film bibliography: cataloging for the Social Science Library and Information Services and content and audience; the Economic Growth Center Collection. Almost half of this position • David Ward, ICS archival films and sound recordings relating to will be involved with African economic and statistical materials. apartheid; Librarian will also participate in collection development and manage­ • Jamie Ryan, Picturing Africa: photography and early British ment, reference and research services, and instruction. Requires MLS exploration in Africa; and at least 2 years professional experience; reading knowledge of 1 • Mark Coghlan, Symbol of sacrifice: a 1918 Zulu War feature or more European languages; previous online cataloging experience. film. Advance degree in psychology, sociology or anthropology desirable. Further information available from SCOLMA, c/o The Library, Contact: Diane Y. Turner, Director, Library Human Resources, POB School of Oriental and African Studies, Univ. of London, Thomhaugh 208240, New Haven, CT 06520-8240. St., Russell Sq., London WC1H 0XG; rt4@soas.ac.uk SCECSAL (Standing Conference of Eastern, Central & Southern African Librarians) will hold its 12th meeting in December 1996 in Lesotho. Contact: M.M. M osheoshoe-Chadzingwa (mmc@ doc.isas.nul.ls). AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 4 APRIL 1996 RESEARCH ON LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE librarianship? Documentation of oral materials; Preservation of REVIEW indigenous languages; National library and information policies; by Carl K. Eicher (Michigan State Univ.) International interlending; Library associations; Research in library and information science; Library and information science education; Agricultural Information in Africa, edited by L.O. Aina, A.M. Kaniki, Information technology; Which way African librarianship? and J.B. Ojiambo. Ibadan: Third World Information Services Ltd., 1995. 221p. N600; $50. 978-32836-0-X Library Education in Nigeria: the Way Forward: Proceedings o f the 7th National Conference o f the Nigerian Association o f Library and Since two out of three people in Africa directly or indirectly derive Information Science Educators, June 29-July 1, 1994, Bayero Uni­ their livelihood from agriculture, it follows that information about versity, Kano. Kano: Dept, of Library Science, Bayero Univ., 1995. agriculture and rural development has a vital role to play in improving Available for $20 from: NALISE Secretariat, c/o Dept, of Library the knowledge base on how to accelerate development. This book is Science, Bayero Univ., PMB 3011, Kano. written by 14 African information specialists with an aim of contrib­ uting to the training and education of agricultural information specialists Making Books Available and Affordable, edited by Ezenwa-Ohaeto. in Africa. The 15 chapters focus on Anglophone Africa and the role Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria: Nigerian book Foundation, 1995. of two international agricultural research centers and the CTA ISBN 978-33473-0-6. 136p. (Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation) in dis­ Proceedings of the First Annual National Conference on Book seminating information throughout the continent. Because of the Development, held at the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, April potential of CD-ROM in opening a window to the world of informa­ 25th-28th, 1994. The conference explored three possible solutions: tion, it would have been helpful if one chapter had been devoted to effective book subsidy schemes, self-sufficiency in materials for CD-ROM and other types of modem and cost-effective information book production, and cost saving technologies and marketing strat­ technology that can be operated and sustained. The editors suggest egies. Partial contents: that the two international agricultural research centers in Africa could • Chukwuemeka Ike, Welcome address; serve as “model agricultural libraries that could be replicated through­ • Oluronke O. Orimalade, Book Subsidy Schemes; out the continent.” But in this age of severe budget constraints, this • Moses F. Ekpo, Berne Convention; prescription seems out of touch with reality. Nevertheless this • E. Akin Thomas, Book Subsidy Scheme for Nigeria; volume is a valuable contribution to networking in Africa, and it • S.A. Shoyinka, Book Industry and Local Production of Long should be useful in training courses on the continent. Fibre; • S.O. Odeyemi, Local Production of Long Fibre for the Book Contributors: Y.A. Adedigba, E.N.O. Adimorah, L.O. Aina, A.A. Industry; Alemna, A.A. Azubuike, A. Fassi-Fihri, B.O. Ikhizama, A.M. • S. A.O. Jegede & N.A. Njoku, Local Production of Ink for the Kaniki, S.M. Lawani, C.R. Mamponya, ThendouNiang, J.B. Ojiambo, Book Industry; W. Umbina, and R.V. van Niekerk. • Tunde Odufuwa, Local Production of Plates, Chemicals and Other Materials; • Ogieva Imohe, Technologies and Techniques for Book Production at Minimum Cost; BOOKS & DOCUMENTS • Bisi Ogunleye, Establishing a cost-effective National Book Distribution Network; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Protocols fo r Libraries, • E. A. Agbebi, A Conceptual Framework for a Cost-effective Book Archives and Information Services, compiled by Alex Byme, Heather Distribution Network; Moorcroft, Alana Garwood, Alan Barnes. Deakin, ACT : Australian • O.O. Olude, Suggestions for Textbook Distribution to Schools; Library and Information Association; for the Aboriginal and Torres • B.O. Bolodeoku, Innovative Strategies for Cost Reduction. Strait Islander Library and Information Resources Network (ATSILIRN), 1995. 50 p. The protocols were endorsed at December 1994 and Sept. 1995 conferences of ATSILIRN. They cover such areas as the content and JOURNALS & ARTICLES perspectives of collections, intellectual property issues, accessibil­ Entries in this section were drawn mostly from ity and use, description and classification, handling of both secret and Current Contents: Social and Behavioral Sciences (CC:SBS). sacred and offensive materials, governance, staffing, training and the Because an online version is now available on OPACs at MSU, the role of agencies in developing awareness of indigenous peoples. paper subscription to CC:SBS was canceled. And I have not had Documents from a May 1995 roundtable are available at: URL:http:/ time to learn the techniques fo r scanning the online version using /www.nla.gov.au:80/dnc/aboriginal/aborigrt.html keywords. Volunteers would be welcome. —Editor. Alemna, A. A. Directory o f Libraries in Ghana. Legon: Dept, of Library and Archives Studies, University of Ghana, 1996. Innovation: Appropriate Librarianship and Information Work in Southern Africa, no. 11 (Dec. 1995) carries numerous brief and not- Alemna, A.A. Issues in African Librarianship. Legon: Dept, of so-brief articles on information and development. And an index for Library and Archives Studies, Univ. of Ghana, 1996. 108p. index. nos. 1-10. Chapters (some previously published): Is there any African AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 5 APRIL 1996 REFERENCE SOURCES Grants and Projects. Washington, D.C. (1333 H St., NW, 20005; DATA ON DISKETTE africa@aaas.org): Sub-Saharan Africa Program, American Associa­ tion for the Advancement of Science, Dec. 1995. 3 lp. Advice for Bibliography o f Southern African Arid Zone Literature up to 1993, researchers in Africa on issues and addresses to consider to ensure compiled by M. Timm Hoffman, contains over 6000 references on access to modern information sources as part of a funded research the Namib, Kalahari and Karoo deserts and adjoining semi-desert project. regions. It is available as a word processed document on two 1.44 MB diskettes, and the editor plans to make it available on the Mukangara, Fenella. Women and Gender Studies in Tanzania: An Internet. For more details on the project, contact M. Timm Annotated Bibliography (1982-1994). Dar es Salaam University Hoffman, National Botanical Institute, P. Bag X7, Claremont Press, 1995. 245p. $35. 7735, South Africa (email: hoffman@nbict.nbi.ac.za). Copies can be made by the ALN editor for those supplying 2 HD disks. Olson, James S. The Peoples o f Africa: an Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1996. 681 p. Author is specialist in 20th-century U.S. history, a compiler of numerous reference works, and a professor at Sam Houston State NOTES University. Dictionary has index, numerous cross-references, and sources listed with entries. Bibliography shows wide reading, but no ABC-CLIO Ltd., publishers of the World Bibliographical Series, is familiarity with some basic reference sources for language names. Not looking for a well qualified compiler(s) for the revised edition of the recommended for subject authority work. — Editor. Zambia volume. Contact: Robert G. Neville, ABC-CLIO, Old Clarendon Ironworks, 35A Great Clarendon St., Oxford 0X 2 6AT, Pfister, Roger. Internet fo r Africanists and Others Interested in England. Email: 100567,2650@compuserve.com Africa: A Comprehensive List o f Addresses with an Introduction to the Internet. Basel/Bem: Basler Afrika Bibliographien (BAB)/ Africa Books Ltd has issued (1996) revised, 3rd editions of the 3 SwissSociety of African Studies (SAG-SSEA), 1996.140pp. ISBN titles in its Know Africa series: Africa Today; Makers o f Modern 3-905141-67-1 Swiss Francs 10. Africa; and Africa Who's Who. Price of set is $720 (£475) from: 3 The first section contains an introduction to the Internet, with a Galena Rd., Hammersmith, London W6 OLT, UK. bibliography. The second part lists almost 500 WWW-sites; plus information on mailing lists and new groups, arranged into 24 Africa Contemporary Record, v. 22 (1989-1990) has appeared with categories. Geographic and subject indexes. a copyright date of 1995. Marion E. Doro, ed.; Colin Legum, consulting ed. Double volume is planned for 1990-1992. Zaccaria, Massimo. Il fondo Sudan nella Biblioteca della Curia Generalizia della Missionari Comboniani del Cuore di Gesù. Roma: Missionari Comboniani, 1996. 195p. Bibliography, with author NEW REFERENCE TITLES index, of material concerning the Sudan in library of the Curia Generalizia o f the Comboni Missionaries; prepared on the occasion The following items or issues are noted. of the beatification (17 March 1996) of bishop Daniele Comboni For more titles, see the annual “Africana Reference Books” (1831-1881). Distributed by: Missionari Comboniani, Biblioteca, in The African Book Publishing Record, no. 2. C.P. 10733, 00100 ROMA. Finding List o f Materials on Somalia and in the Somali language in Zell, Hans M., & Cécile Lomer. Publishing and Book Development the Indiana University Libraries, Bloomington. Compiled by Naomi in Sub-Sahara Africa: An Annotated Bibliography. London: Hans Fisher and Yusuf Nur. May 1996. 143p. $3.00 ($4.05 overseas Zell Publishers, 1996. (Hans Zell studies on publishing, no. 3) 409p. surface, $9.30 overseas airmail). Available from Publications, Afri­ 2267 entries, with author, geographical and subject indexes. In­ can Studies Program, 221 Woodbum Hall, Indiana University, cludes directory of African book trade associations and organizations; Bloomington IN 47405 and an overview of recent developments. Supersedes ZeWsPublish- ing and Book Development in Africa (1984). Know Your Needs: Including E-mail and Information Support in NOTES ON MATERIALS AND VENDORS VENDOR ANNOUNCEMENTS African Books Collective (The Jam Factory, 27 Park End St., Oxford OX 1 1HU, England) distributed its 94-page “Complete Stock A frica Book C entre (38 King St., London WC2E 8JT; List as at August 1995,” which is arranged by broad subject; its africabooks@ dial.pipex.com) issued Book Review, No. 3 (Mar. Catalogue no. 11; its 15th batch of cards 1996); “New Books on Somalia;” and African Language Books, a 16-page catalogue of materials about African languages available African Imprint Library Services (236 Main St., Falmouth, MA from ABC. 02540; tel: 508-540-5378) issued country lists for Tunisia, Botswana, etc. of titles recently received and of titles in stock. AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 6 APRIL 1996 Bethany Books (PO Box 7444,103 91 Stockholm): Recent titles in in 1990 led to the August 1994 dismissal of the bankruptcy. its monographic series (Africa, the Awakening Giant) include: Be­ USBE continues to accept donation, which it adds to its stock and yond the Illusion o f Primary Health Care in an African Society, by makes available to member libraries. There is a flat $7 charge for each S. Ogoh Alubo & Franklin Vivekananda ( 1995). The Scandinavian issue shipped; with no acceptance of requests for out-of-stock items. Journal o f Development Alternatives and Area Studies, which empha­ Current membership is 1500, from a low o f200 in 1989. For further sizes Africa, is available from the same address. information, contact John Zubal, 2969 West 25th St., Cleveland, OH 44113;usbe@usbe.com; tel: (216)241 -6960. C lark e’s Bookshop (211 L ong St., Cape Tow n; em ail: clarkes@iafrica.com) has issued Catalogue 94. BOOK AWARDS Elliott Klein S.A.R.L. (47 rue Saint-André-des-Arts, 75006 Paris, France) prepared an Ethnology Catalogue, which has a substantial Noma Award for Publishing in Africa number of Africana antiquarian titles. Marlene vanNiekerk’snoveirr/ow /(Pretoria: Queillerie, 1994) was named the winner of the 1995 Noma Award. The Noma Award jury Inventory sale of Zed Press paperbacks in African history, politics cited the book as “describing the ways in which poor white Afrikaaners, and literary criticism. Approx. 50 titles produced from 1970 through too, were victims of oppression, and thus ushers in a wholly new way 1990 are available in multiple copies for $4.00 per book, plus postage. of addressing the past as a prelude to the new.” For further details, contact: Dave Wolton,Evergreen Distributors, The five-member jury, chaired by Walter Bgoya, reviewed 110 3543 Lavell Dr., Los Angeles, Ca 90065; tel/fax: (213)344-3647. titles from 49 African publishers, in 14 countries. In addition to the winner, State o f the Environment in Southern Africa, edited by James Currey Publishers (54B Thornhill Sq., Islington, London N 1 Munyaradzi Chenje & Phyllis Johnson (Harare: Southern African 1 BE) issued its 1996 catalog on “Africa, Caribbean & Third World.” Research & Documentation Centre, 1994) was awarded “Special Commendation.” Titles receiving Honourable Mention: Karthala (22-24 boulevard Arago, 75013 Paris) publishes numerous • Maqabane (Poetry), by Tatamkhulu Afrika (Mayibuye, 1994); studies on Africa and other developing countries. Its indexed • Flowering Plant Families o f East Africa, by John O. Kokwaro “Catalogue 1995” lists about 500 titles. (East African Educational Publishers, 1994); • Lifeline out o f Africa: the Art o f Ernest Mancoba, by Elza Miles Liberian newspapers and other documents are available, when the (Human & Rousseau, 1994); postal system works, from Forkpa Kemah. Before the latest • Nigerian Conveyancing Practice, Drafting and Precedents, by uprising, he was able to supply daily newspapers at reasonable P.A.O. Oluyede (Heinemann Educational Books (Nigeria), prices. Contact: Forkpa Kemah, Medical College Library, Univer­ 1994); sity of Liberia, P.O. Box 9020, Monrovia, Liberia. • Don *t Panic, Mechanic [teenage fiction], by Jenny Robson (Tafelberg, 1994). Man’s Heritage Press Ltd (PO Box 427, Woodmere, NY 11598) is handling subscriptions for the St. Petersburg Journal of African Studies. Price for individuals: $10 + $3 for shipping. EVENTS McBlain Books (P.O. Box 5062, Hamden, CT 06518) issued Catalog 133 (Sub-Saharan Africa: Scare and Rare Books). First Ghana International Book Fair will be held 6-12 November 1996. Contact P.C.T. Quarcoo, Exhibition Director, POB 111, Trade Norman Ross Publishing is finalizing a non-exclusive agreement Fair Centre, Accra. with LC to market and distribute microfilm copies of the newspapers filmed by LC. Prices will be $3 5 per reel ($40 for non-U. S. delivery). 1996 Zimbabwe International Book Fair (ZIBF96), 26 July-3 August —Inti, micro news, June 1996. has theme: Books for Business. Sketch-Map Publishing Enterprises has moved its International Mail Order Services from Lagos to BP 3967, LOME, Togo; and LITERATURE ON THE BOOK TRADE distributed a list of publications. African Publishing Review (P.O. Box 4209, Harare.), v. 4, no. 4 (July/ University of Malawi, Dept, o f Theology and Religious Studies, has August 1995) carried notes author-publisher relations, activities of established the Kachere Series to distribute works on religion and the African Publishers’ Network (APNET), and publishing in Lesotho, theology in Malawi in relation to the social setting. Kachere Series South Africa and Zambia. consists of three subseries: Kachere Texts for shorter documents; Kachere Books for essays and books with a general appeal; and Bellagio Publishing Network Newsletter, no. 16 (Spring 1996) in­ Kachere Monographs for major scholarly books. Orders to: Mrs. cluded articles by Philip G. Altbach, Margaret Ling, Mary Jay, F.L. Moyo, Kachere Series, PO Box 1037, Zomba, Malawi. Atnafu Wassie (Ethiopia), and Henry M. Chakava (Kenya). USBE is back in business. The once-defunct United States Book Partners in African Publishing, no. 3 (Winter 1995/6) and no. 4 Exchange (or, Universal Serials and book Exchange) was revived by (Spring 1996) had numerous notices on rights & co-publications, John Zubal. Founded in 1948 as a non-profit member organization book awards, library service, publishers’ associations, fairs, etc. supplying back issues of periodicals, USBE filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 1989. Cleveland bookman John Zubal efforts starting AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 7 APRIL 1996 SURVEY OF ACQUISITIONS information or a subscription form (which asks for a credit card no.), contact NTIS at 702-487-4140 & enter product code 8645. PRACTICES Uganda Journal has been revived by the Uganda Society (PO Box “African Serials Acquisitions by Libraries in the North: A Survey”, 4980, Kampala), effective vol. 42 (Dec. 1995). It had ceased (or been by Hans M. Zell. This 5-page report, dated 24 May 1996, summa­ suspended) with vol. 41 (1984). rized the results of a questionnaire mailed on 29 March 1996 to a total of 35 African studies libraries. A total of 20 librarians responded; 8 of 19 from the US, 13 of 16 from elsewhere. Some of the responses to specific questions: libraries make heavy use of subscription AUDIO & VIDEOS agents; recommendations from library users were most significant in the purchasing decision, followed by favorable reviews; irregular Audio-Forum/Video-Forum (96 Broad St., Guilford, CT 06437; 1- publication was a factor in decisions to not subscribe; most US 800243-1234) publishes educational audio and visual programs. Its librarians were prepared to rely on inter-library loan as a substitute catalog “Black Heritage, Language, and Music” includes materials on for subscriptions, while most non-US librarians were not. Further Africa. details available from Hans Zell, 11 Richmond Rd., PO Box 56, Oxford 0X1 2SJ England. Villon Films (77 West 28th Ave., Vancouver, British Columbia V5 Y 2K7; tel/fax: 604/879-6042) distributes the following: • Side by Side: Women Against AIDS in Zimbabwe • Sangoma: Traditional Healers in modem Society ONLINE FILES • African Jim • The Grass is Singing Africana Conference Paper Index (AFRC) is now available to • In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema & Apartheid remote users. AFRC is an index to the conference papers in Western European languages held by Northwestern University Library. It Pantoja: An African Workshop in Yorkshire is a new video telling the was created with a Title IIC grant from the Dept, of Education, and story of the workshop held in September 1995, as part of the Africa95 it con tain s over 63,000 entries. It can be reach ed at celebrations. Available for £25 from: Z K Independent, the Elms, The Library.ucc.nwu.edu or at the netsite (http://www.library.nwu.edu/ Walk, Islip, Oxon OX5 2SD. africana/). H-AfrArts is an on-line discussion forum, web site, and electronic service for scholars, students, teachers, artists, librarians, and others CD-ROM PRODUCTS interested in the serious study of African expressive culture. Representing a collaboration between the H-Net: Humanities-on- Apartheid & the History o f the Strugglefor Freedom in South Africa Line family of electronic networks and the Arts Council of the African is a multimedia CD-ROM produced by Mayibuye CD-ROM Pub­ Studies Association (ACASA), H-AfrArts encourages informed lications. It includes information from print, photographic, audio, consideration of teaching and research about African expressive video and visual arts collections. Distributed in Europe by IDC (PO culture at all levels of interest and complexity. 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