AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER No. 89, January 1997 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 Africana Librarians Council (ALC) o f the African Studies Association. It carries reports on meetings o f ALC, CAMP Editor’s Comments (Cooperative Africana Microform Project) and other relevant groups. It also reports other Acronyms items o f interest to Africana librarians and those concerned about information resources about or in Africa. ALC/CAMP N EW S................................................. 2 Calendar of Future Meetings Editor: Joseph J. Lauer, Africana, MSU, 100 library, East Lansing, MI 48824-1048. Meetings in San Francisco (Nov. 1996): Tel.: 517-432-2218; E-mail: lauer@pilot.msu.edu; Fax:517-432-1445. ALC Business Meeting Deadline for no. 90: April 1, 1997; for no. 91: July 1, 1997. ALC Executive Board Meetings Cataloging Committee Meeting Bibliography Committee Meeting CAMP Business Meeting CAMP Executive Meeting EDITOR’S COMMENTS Conover-Porter Award Sponsored Panels: The annual meeting of the African Studies Association in San Francisco was Research on the World Wide Web special in many ways. The climate and vistas are always a welcome break for South African Libraries, Archives & Elec. Services those from “back East;” the Local Arrangements Committee and others made us feel welcome; and the meetings were interesting. Details on the last fill most of OTHER LIBRARY NEWS........................................9 the following pages. Helene Baumann, Ruby Bell-Gam, Phyllis Bischof, Joseph News from other Associations Caruso, Moore Crossey, Karen Fung, John Howell, Nancy Schmidt, Mette Calendar Shayne, Andrea Stamm, Joanne Zellers and others have contributed to this issue. People: Brigitte Lau This issue resumes the quarterly schedule, and a survey questionaire is attached. RESEARCH ON LIBRARIES.................................10 This is the first survey in over ten years, and some changes are overdue. Books Journals & Articles The next issue will have some short reviews about publishing in Africa and a note about the relative comprehensiveness of different lists of theses. REFERENCE SOURCES........................................10 Notes: Feminist Press LETTERS & OPINIONS.........................................10 ACRONYMS Shayne response to Zell ACRL - Association of College & Research Libraries (ALA) NOTES ON MATERIALS & VENDORS............ 11 ALA - American Library Association (Chicago) Vendor Announcements ALC - Africana Librarians Council (formerly Archives-Libraries Book Awards Committee) of ASA Events ASA - African Studies Association (U.S.) Literature on the Book Trade CAMP - Cooperative Africana Microform Project (CRL) Serial Changes CRL - Center for Research Libraries (Chicago) Videos IFLA - International Federation of Library Associations Selected New Books LC - Library of Congress 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 JANUARY 1997 AFRICANA LIBRARIANS COUNCIL / CAMP NEWS CALENDAR OF FUTURE MEETINGS European visitors is being sought. Schmidt briefly reviewed the planned schedule and reminded members of 8pm Task Force May 15-17, 1997, Syracuse, NY - ALC/CAMP Spring Meeting meeting. Nov. 11, 1997, Columbus - ALC 40th Anniversary Conference Nov. 12-15, 1997, Columbus - 40th ASA Annual Meeting 5. Spring meetings: After some discussion, it was agreed that Apr. 3-4, 1998, Gainesville - ALC/CAMP Spring Mtg. Syracuse will host 1997 meeting on May 16-17; U. of Florida will Oct. 28-Nov. 4, 1998, Chicago - ASA Annual Meeting plan the 1998 meeting for April 3-4; and LC will host the 1999 Spring 1999, Washington, D.C. - ALC/CAMP Spring Meeting meeting. UCLA interest in 2000 referred to Executive. Fall 1999, Philadelphia - ASA Annual Meeting Spring 2000, Los Angeles - ALC/CAMP Spring Meeting 6. ALN report (Lauer): Editing and production will continue, Fall 2000, ?Nashville - ASA Annual Meeting with a return to the quarterly schedule. No longer committed to full minutes, since these are also distributed electronically. Update of mailing list is planned, and a draft of the survey had AFRICANA LIBRARIANS COUNCIL been emailed to members. There is no need for ALC members to BUSINESS MEETING respond. Hyatt Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, During the discussion, the chair reminded members that the Friday, Nov. 22, 1996, 2-4:30 p.m. full minutes will be distributed through Finnegan’s email list. A summary of action items was recommended for ALN. Present: Musa Abdul Hakim (SUNY Buffalo), Helene Baumann (Duke U), Julianne Beall (LC), Ruby Bell-Gam (UCLA), Phyllis 7. ALC website (Zellers): LC proposed to maintain a website, Bischof (UC Berkeley), Simon Bockie (UC Berkeley), Dan Britz with quarterly updates. Contents (or pointers) would include (Northwestern U.), Joe Caruso (Columbia U.), Henrietta Dax announcements, minutes, ALN. Once the site is set up, docu­ (Clarke’s Bookshop), David Easterbrook (Northwestern U.), ments for posting could be submitted electronically by FTP or Greg Finnegan (Harvard), Elisa Forgey (U. of Pennsylvania), email, or on diskette in HTML or WordPerfect. Archiving will Karen Fung (Stanford), Miki Goral (UCLA), David Henige probably be at an FTP site to be developed later. Concern about (Wisconsin), John Howell (U. of Iowa), Mary Jay (African infrequency of updates was expressed. Suggestions on structur­ Books Collective), Al Kagan (U. of Illinois, Urbana-Cham- ing were sought. The proposal was accepted. pagne), Deborah LaFond (SUNY Albany), Joe Lauer (Michigan State U.), Liz Levey (AAAS), Margaret Ling (Zimbabwe Inter­ 8. ARL Global Resources Project (Baumann): ARL is looking national Book Fair), Ken Lohrentz (U. of Kansas), Cecile Lomer to ALC to propose an African project that would increase access (African Book Publishing Record), Valerie Mwalilino (LC), without substantial new resources. The results of a straw ballot Wonki Nam (Central State U.), Razia Nanji (U. of Florida), distributed during the Bibliography Committee meeting showed Patricia Ogedengbe (Northwestern U.), Corinne Nyquist (SUNY the highest ALC interest in: 1) Collecting newspapers, in col­ New Paltz), Hans Panofsky (Northwestern U.), Nancy Schmidt laboration with CAMP; 2) Cooperative indexing, similar to (Indiana U.), Mette Shayne (Northwestern U.), Ros Sherwin HAPI, working with Codesria and LC-Nairobi; 3) Collecting (African Books Collective), Elisabeth Sinnott (NYU), Cheryl African theses, in collaboration with CAMP; and 4) Promoting Spence (Clarke’s Bookshop), Andrea Stamm (Northwestern U.), linkages with African libraries. Janet Stanley (Smithsonian), Rose Mary Stevenson (U. of Illi­ Other projects on the ballot: Union list, with US holdings, of nois, Urbana-Champagne), Gretchen Walsh (Boston U.), African serials; Continued indexing of Weekly Review; coopera­ Meseratch Zecharias (Syracuse U.), Joanne Zellers (LC). tive collection of NGO materials; Virtual reference desk for African librarians; Filming archival materials. 1. Introductions. Members noted that the correspondence from the Association Tribute to Dorothy Niekamp, Africana Cataloger at Indiana of Research Libraries seemed to favor digitization projects. University, who died July 12, 1996. Schmidt told of a dedicated Action was deferred to the Executive. librarian who had accepted the challenge of cataloging Africana and African language materials at a time when no one else at 9. MSU/WARA proposal to provide Internet training (Lauer): Indiana U. would do it. S qqALN, Jan. 1986, for more details on Michigan State University and the West African Research Asso­ her career. ciation have submitted a proposal to USIA for summer programs in 1997 and 1998 to provide Internet training for scholars and 2. Approval of minutes from Spring meeting, as distributed via librarians from Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana. About 20 email. scholars and professionals from African higher education and research institutions will be selected to participate in 3-week 3. Election of New Officers: Shayne and Finnegan conducted intensive workshops at MSU, in addition to arranged visits and the vote by secret ballot. Easterbrook was elected vice-chair/ short-term residence at selected institutions and agencies in the chair elect; Nanji, member-at-large; and Forgey, secretary. United States. 4. 40th Anniversary Conference: Walsh reported on prospects 10. ALC handbook: Nanji (co-chair of the Strategic Planning for funding from the Rockefeller Foundation. The $25,000 Committee) requested comments on the draft she had circulated awarded should cover travel and other conferences expenses for by email. Discussion focused on the amount of detail and African invitees. Funding to publish the proceedings and for duplication that was desirable. AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 3 JANUARY 1997 11. Institutional reports: 2. Conover-Porter announcements: Decided to announce win­ LC-Nairobi (Zellers for Ruth Thomas): 10 acquisitions trips in ners at end of business meeting. Short list was already published F Y96; Serial Supplement is now biennial, with 1995/96 to appear in ASA News. in 1997; 33 participants in buying program; cataloging staff increased, and over 800 Amharic/Tigrinya titles being input in 3. Style Notes for Minutes in ALN: Lauer distributed (via Minaret by LC-Nairobi. Finnegan’s List) a memo in advance of the meeting, outlining his LC Africa Section (Zellers): Preparing for move in April to wishes with respect to deadlines, arrangement, style and fullness Jefferson Bldg. Seeking volunteers for special projects. Country of minutes. The only objections were to the two week after the studies from Federal Research Section: Rwanda/Burundi done; end of the meeting deadline. South Africa planned for next year; Cameroon on hold. LC Overseas Acquisitions (Mwalilino): LC has 13 suppliers, 4. ALC website at LC: Zellers outlined the LC proposal. In the plus Hogarth. LC-West Africa Office no longer being planned, proposal within LC, she had estimated 3-4 hours for the initial as savings were used elsewhere and supplemental funds are not set-up and 10 hours annually for maintenance. There was much sufficient. Staff reduced by two. discussion, that continued at the business meeting. U. of Florida (Nanji): Malanchuk working on a home-page for African refugee studies during his sabbatical. Malanchuk and Nanji are updating the Africa section of Magazines for Libraries. POST-BUSINESS MEETING Northwestern Univ.: distributed brochure. EXECUTIVE MEETING International African Institute (Panofsky): Carol Priestley San Francisco, Nov. 22, 1996, 4:30-5:30 p.m. working on 13 projects. [Shortened by editor.] 12. Trip report: Bell-Gam plans written report on West Africa Present: Baumann (chair), Bell-Gam (secretary), Caruso, trip. Easterbrook, Finnegan, Goral, Howell, Lauer, Lohrentz, Nanji, Shayne, Zecharias, Zellers. 13. ALA (Kagan): Regional Sub-Committee on Africa of the American Library Association’s International Relations Com­ 1. ALC Website: Caruso, incoming Chair, will follow up and mittee is planning to organize an international conference on communicate with Zellers on the categories for ALC website to Africa in the near future. [See also ALN, Jl/Oct 1996, p. 7] be developed at LC. 14. Announcements: 2. ARL Global Resources project: Decided to discuss at CAMP Zimbabwe International Book Fair (Ling): Government of business meeting, and follow-up at CAMP Executive meeting. Zimbabwe again banned the Gays and Lesbians Association of Baumann will coordinate. Zimbabwe from displaying. The Zimbabwe Supreme Court upheld the Association’s appeal, and it was consequently al­ 3. Spring meeting: Time for irregular meetings, such as Title VI lowed to display. However, the issue has not yet reached a final cooperative projects, was to be scheduled during the Spring resolution. meeting. It was clarified that the vice-chair coordinates the Fall Clarke’s Bookshop offering blanket order arrangements & is meeting while the current chair is responsible for the Spring using Leishman as a collector. meeting. University of Jos requests book donations. 4. Hans Zell’s letter: LC’s position is to let the foreign acquisi­ 15. Zell letter in ALN, July/Oct. 1996, p. 10: There was some tions program participants decide what they want to do. Caruso discussion, with librarians expressing support for the work of will schedule a discussion on the issue at the Spring 1997 LC. Jay (speaking in the absence of Zell) pointed out that the meeting. concerns she and Zell are expressing about LC operations do not apply to newspapers, but rather to commercially available jour­ 5. Fall 1997. Since there will be no time for the regular meetings, nals and monographs. due to the 40th Anniversary conference, Easterbrook and Howell — E ditor’s report , using draft minutes by Bell-Gam (Seer.) will schedule a half day, possibly 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM, for brief ALC and CAMP business and executive meetings. PRE-BUSINESS MEETING EXECUTIVE 6. Spring 2000 meeting: UCLA was accepted as host. MEETING San Francisco, Nov. 22, 1996. 8:30-9:30 a.m. 7. Chair’s Report to ASA Business Meeting was briefly re­ [Shortened by editor.] viewed. Present: Baumann (chair), Caruso, Finnegan, Goral, Howell, 8. Conover-Porter Award: Finnegan reported on ASA’s new Lauer, Lohrentz, Shayne (meeting secretary), Zecharias, Zellers. proposal to announce winners before the awards ceremony. This is inconsistent with established guidelines. 1. Business Meeting Agenda was discussed and amending. During discussion of the ballot Baumann had prepared to gauge the interest in potential ARL projects, Zellers pointed out that Ruth Thomas did the Weekly Review indexing on a private basis. AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 4 JANUARY 1997 CATALOGING COMMITTEE MINUTES B. Discussion: Problems limiting participation were discussed San Francisco, Nov. 22, 1996, 9:30-11:00 a.m. and suggestions were offered. Stanley reported that Smithsonian [Shortened by editor.] Institution Libraries had submitted many African subject head­ ings (new terms, new pattern headings, as well as subject term Present: Beall, Bell-Gam, Martha Bergmann (Oakland Public revisions) directly to LC, with the new head of cataloging, Sherry Library), Britz, Caruso, Easterbrook, Forgey, Fung, Goral, Kelley, doing the paperwork based on Stanley’s research. The Howell, LaFond, Lauer, Lohrentz, Nam, Nanji, Panofsky, large in-house file of local (LC style) subject headings at UCLA Schmidt, Virginia Shih (Berkeley), Sinnott, Spence, Stamm, was mentioned. Stanley, W alsh, M arcelle W einer (B renthurst Library, Finally, Lauer distributed the following memo: “Issues relating Johannesburg), Zellers. to upgrading/adding African language names to LCSH.” In addition to recommendations concerning choice of name, the The meeting was called to order by Stamm who chaired this listing of variants, the choice of qualifying terms (dialect/lan- meeting, as Elizabeth Plantz was unable to attend. guage/languages), and the choice of broader terms, it raised the issue of how to use reference sources. Lauer proposed the use of 1. Introduction and Announcements: Stamm announced that literary warrant (i.e., use the name found in English-language Sinnott was the secretary for this meeting and asked for a publications about the language in question) rather than relying volunteer as permanent secretary. Lauer volunteered for the on one or more reference sources which (like LCSH) must build Spring meeting. upon the primary literature of monographs and refereed articles. He also urged caution in using Ethnologue, because it designed 2. Minutes of Boston meeting: approved with two minor correc­ more for Bible translators than for linguists and it often lists more tions. languages than most linguists recognize. Stamm recommended that participants in the Africana Subject Funnel project should 3. Dewey Decimal Discussion Paper on Approaches to the decide which sources to use for establishing African language Revision of the Area Table for South Africa: Beall reviewed the subject headings, because according to Plantz’s contact at LC, stages through which this had passed. Stamm concluded that we are supposed to be the experts. This topic will be discussed since the substance of the discussion paper has not changed since again at the Spring ALC meeting. before the Spring meeting, no revision of the recommendations expressed in Elizabeth Plantz’s letter of May 24, 1996, to Winton 8. LC Cataloging Report (Zellers): to be posted on the ALC Matthews (Decimal Classification Division, LC), was planned. listserv. 4. DT Revision: Caruso reported that the Indian Ocean islands 9. CC:AAM Report (posted by Sinnott on the ALC listserv): At (in the DT schedule) will be called Islands (East African coast). July meeting of ALA in New York, Dewey revisions were In its comments concerning the Fall 1995 draft, LC pointed out discussed, members agreed to one Sunday 8:30am-12:30 meet­ the need to establish new subject headings to justify the historical ing at future conferences, and James Gentner was named the new time periods. Caruso has made changes in the 1995 draft. He chair. asked for help with establishing new subject headings, particu­ larly new subdivisions concerning the historical time periods for the Comoros, Mauritius, and Reunion. Lauer volunteered; cata­ BIBLIOGRAPHY COMMITTEE MEETING loged at Boston and Northwestern will be queried. San Francisco, Nov. 22, 11:00 a.m.-l:00 p.m. [Shortened by editor.] 5. Proposal to Request that African Publishers Provide Transla­ tions of Title Page Information in African Language Publica­ The meeting was called to order by Mette Shayne, chair; with tions: Plantz requested help in collecting samples of title pages Deborah LaFond, secretary. for her response to the March letter from Victor U. Nwankwo, Present (in addition to those at Business Meeting): Christine Chair of APNET. Other changes in the draft response to Nwankwo Ayonude (Centre for the Study of African Economics, Oxford, were discussed. It was agreed than the Committee was not UK), Martha Bergmann (Oakland Public Library), Mathokoza volunteering to produce a retrospective catalogue of local lan­ Nhlapo (World University Service-South Africa, Cape Town), guage publications. Virginia Shih (U.C. Berkeley), Marcelle Weiner (Brenthurst The Committee agreed that the following is desirable for the Library, Johannesburg). title page verso: title translation, language, author’s name, and genre. 1. Introduction and announcements: Minutes from the spring meeting in Boston were approved. Baumann announced that 6. Update on Impact ofCore Cataloging: Columbia, UCLA, and ballots to decide priorities for discussion at the business meeting Northwestern have implemented; the University of Michigan is would be distributed at the end of the meeting. planning to do so. So far, only a few core cataloging records have been seen. 2. JALA (Easterbrook) The Joint Acquisitions List of Africana is being discontinued at the end of 1996. The University of 7. Africana Subject Funnel: Michigan will keep the database available through the end of A. Recent Activity: According to Plantz’s report there are not too 1997. They report 450 queries per month, but they have not many regular contributors to the project. So far, the project responded to suggestions concerning the introductory screens. largely depends on submissions from Northwestern, Michigan State and Boston University. Part-time catalogers are encour­ 3. Internet documents: Bischof brought up the issue of biblio­ aged to contribute to the project. graphic control and archival storage of Africana on the Internet. AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 5 JANUARY 1997 Many listservs archive their material, but there is no way of monographs under this grant.) Children’s books (about 800) are knowing for how long. being catalogued for the first time. A preservation project has digitized 150 posters, which will eventually be catalogued and 4. Indexing African journals: Shayne suggested a possible available on the web. cooperation with CODESRIA to enhance the database from Columbia University (Caruso): In addition to Title VI project which their periodical index has been published. CODESRIA to film Senegalese archives, he reported on the “Women Writing would be very interested in such cooperation and a new project Africa” project [see note in Reference Sources], which is seeking with the Program of African Studies at Northwestern and ALC help in gathering references to archival resources and in CODESRIA funded by the Ford Foundation was seen as a suggesting organizational strategies. possible first step to such cooperation. Zellers said that LC is very interested in cooperation. Schmidt felt that the most impor­ tant index to support is International African Bibliography, COOPERATIVE AFRICANA MICROFORM which might cease at the end of 1997. (The delay in the appear­ PROJECT (CAMP) ance of the 1995 Africa Bibliography was also noted.) Lauer BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES worried about duplication with other bibliographies. Nam was San Francisco, Saturday, November 23, 1996, 9:00-11:00am more interested in full text databases. Problems merging data from different databases and identifying journals not indexed The meeting was convened by John Howell as Chair, with Joseph were also discussed. Kagan suggested we work on getting more Lauer as Acting Secretary. journals indexed in EXAC (Expanded Academic Index), and Member institutions (and their representatives) present: Bos­ more full text articles. This index is however not sufficient for a ton Univ. (Walsh), Center for Research Libraries (Marlys Rudeen), scholarly multilingual audience. Columbia Univ. (Caruso), Duke Univ. (Baumann), Library of At this point it was suggested that the ALC priorities ballot list Congress (Beall, Mwalilino, Zellers), Michigan State Univ. be distributed so that the level of interest could be determined. It (Lauer), New York Univ. (Sinnott), Northwestern Univ. (Britz, was also proposed that a task force or working group be formed Easterbrook, Ogedengbe, Shayne), Stanford Univ. (Fung), Syra­ to encourage the continuation, expansion and electronic conver­ cuse Univ. (Zecharias), Univ. of California, Berkeley (Bischof, sion of various indexes, especially IAB. Volunteers included Bockie, William Drake), Univ. of California, Los Angeles (Bell- Caruso (who will chair), Bell-Gam, Kagan, LaFond and Walsh. Gam, Goral), Univ. of Florida (Nanji), Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Kagan), Univ. of Iowa (Howell), Univ. of 5. Newspaperlist (Shayne): African Newspapers Currently Re­ Wisconsin-Madison (Henige), and Yale Univ. (Crossey). ceived by American Libraries is available in paper and on CRL Guests present: Martha Bergmann, Robin Fryde, Milton website. Krieger, Ken Lohrentz, Wonki Nam, Mathokoza Nhlapo, and Cheryl Spence, 6. Electronic Journal of African Bibliography (Howell): The CAMP members not represented: Cornell Univ., Dartmouth bibliography is being published by the University of Wisconsin. College, Emory Univ., Harvard Univ., Indiana Univ., New York Not all bibliographies appearing will also be published in print. Public Library-Schomburg Center, Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Ohio State Univ. Ohio Univ., Princeton Univ., Queen’s Univ. at 7. Encyclopedia Africana Project: Aline Irwine gave a short Kingston (O ntario), South African Library, State Univ. of New presentation of the present state of the Dictionary o f African York at Buffalo, Temple Univ., Univ. of Cambridge-African Biography. They have hopes for Nigeria as the next volume. Studies Centre, Univ. of Chicago, Univ. of Minnesota, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Univ. of Rochester, Univ. of Western Australia, 8. Bad bibliographies: This issue was raised by the chair. It was Wayne State Univ. decided that the chair would draft a letter to Scarecrow Press complaining about several recent bibliographies with less than 1-3. Introductions: acceptable standards. 4. Minutes of the Boston Meeting as issued by Marlys Rudeen, 9. Institutional reports: Microfilm Projects and Preservation Coordinator, Center for Library of Congress (Zellers): LC Nairobi offers a biblio­ Research Libraries, were approved, with stylistic amendments graphic search service. R equests can be sent to from Schmidt. serials@loc.sasa.unep.no and response will be with 24 hours. Univ. of Kansas (Lohrentz): As part of the exchange program 5. Fall 1996 election to CAMP Executive Committee: Ruby between KU and the Université de Saint Louis, he will be going Bell-Gam and John Howell were elected members-at-large; Don to Senegal. He is also working on a bibliographic essay about Ohadike (Cornell Univ.) was elected as faculty representative. CAMP (Cooperative Africana Microform Project) holdings which Continuing members for 1995-97: Bischof, Jill Coelho, and will be published by CRL (Center for Research Libraries) in their Christopher Ehret. pamphlet series. Indiana University (Schmidt): the Lee Nichols collection of 6. CRL Report (Rudeen): recordings and manuscript material on African literature have Discussed information in handouts, including the Financial State­ come to Indiana. The material includes interviews with over 80 ment, CAMP Commitments, materials on order and recent re­ authors from his Voice of America broadcasts. Leo Sarkisian is ceipts [which are attached to minutes]. discussing depositing his recordings of African music at Indiana. Spending on IEN/MSU preservation microfilm was questioned, Northwestern University (Easterbrook): As part of a CIC given other needs. Members approved, 9-1, continued expendi­ cooperative preservation project, 550 Africana monographs are tures on this item. being filmed. (Michigan State University is also filming Africana AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 6 JANUARY 1997 7. Library of Congress Report (Zellers): tive had approved the microfilming of these theses for approx. Filming plans: A collection of University of Nairobi miscella­ $600. Actual expenditures are now estimated at $1325. The neous publications has been sent for filming. It consists of 460 added expenditure was approved by the membership. items, arranged by broad subject, then department and author. Future projects might include materials form the University of 15. Proposed future Title-6 project (Walsh): After a listserv Dar es Salaam, Makerere University, and the University of East discussion, the Title-6 librarians agree to propose the following Africa. AF Pressclips and About Liberia are also under consid­ for the second 3-year cycle: continued filming of Senegalese eration for preservation filming. archives; plus begin acquiring paper or microform copies of Recent purchases of large microfilm collections: Abyssinian African theses. scrapbooks; C.B.M.S. archives (London), Africa Committee; India Office archives; Royal Commonwealth Society Photo­ 16. Status report on current Title-6/CAMP filming in the graphic Collection. A 341-page annotated Guide to the micro­ Senegalese Archives (Caruso): test film is available; inventory of form collections in the Humanities and Social Sciences Division collection has been published and will be deposited in CAMP; o f the Library o f Congress, compiled by the staff of the Division another trip to Dakar is planned; there will be funds from 1st and edited by Patrick Frazier, was issued in 1996. (SuDOC no. cycle to film additional materials. LC 1.6/4:m 58/7; Shipping list no. 97-0029-P) Photocopies of “African newspapers on negative microfilm at 17. Lists of African Newspapers on the World-Wide Web: the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service” is available a) URL for Shayne list: [http://wwwcrl.uchicago.edu/paper/ from Florin Moody, Photodup. Serv., LC 20540-4574. Afrcurrl.html]; new editor sought after Shayne retires. In the Newspaper Service, Robert Moody has replaced Frank b) . The URL for the CAMP List arranged by title was [changed Carroll. to: http:/wwwcrl.uchicago.edu/paper/webcampl .html]. c) The list arranged by place was [changed to: http:/ 8. New and Prospective Members (Easterbrook): New York wwwcrl.uchicago.edu/paper/webcamp2 .html]. Univ. has joined. CAMP currently has 38 dues-paying members. d) For an example of division by geography, languages, and regions, see Electronic Journal of Africana Bibliography: http:/ 9. Social Science Research Council (Howell report on corre­ www.lib.uiowa.edu/proj/ejab/ spondence with Ron Kasimir, SSRC): e) Malawi newspapers: The previously approved $3000 covered SSRC will not fund any “re-grants” at this time, although they only about 1/3 of the collection of 1989-93 newspapers which are interested in new projects. In regard to dissertations, he had been sent to CRL from LC-Nairobi. Rudeen would collate suggested that CAMP work out a relationship with University and prepare a new estimate for the Spring meeting. Microfilms International (UMI). f) Discussion of a comprehensive list of newspapers followed. UMI reports agreements with the University of Lagos, the Rudeen distributed a revised form for submitting purchase pro­ University of Maiduguri, the University of the Witwatersrand, posal, with estimated costs for filming. and the University of Zambia, but individuals must use their own funds to cover processing. [And very few actually send their dissertations.] NEW BUSINESS (or potential future purchases) Kasimir also advises linkages with more African institutions when applying for grants with Ford or SSRC. 18. Bamenda Project (Milton Krieger): requested support for the filming of a collection of newspapers held by the Social Democratic Front library in Bamenda (Cameroons). There were OLD BUSINESS 800 issues of 7-8 major newspapers since 1990, plus another 200 10. CAMP brochure in French: CRL has in hand and will publish. issues from another 90 titles. 11. Iowa’s Health/Medical Grant with the Medical Research 19. Mondlane Archives - At her request, Janet Mondlane re­ Centre, South Africa, and the State Library, Pretoria, is coming ceived 6 reels of microfilm which had been closed to non-family. to an end. A list of acquisitions will be available from John She was also interested in having filmed or digitized the remain­ Howell. ing materials of her mother and father. 12. Filming of the Judges’ Notebooks of the Civil and Criminal 20. Government Publications Relating to Nyasaland, 1891- Cases of the Colonial Lagos Supreme Court (1876-1915): The 1964: 57 reels; $4389. Discussed and deferred to a mail ballot. chair was directed to continue efforts with the USIS librarian to acquire microfilms from our vendor in Lagos. 21. Early Years of Apartheid: South African Press Digests, 1949-1972. <140 (98-frame) microfiche> + printed finding list 13. Status ofOffipubs: Cape of Good Hope Official Publications $1,320. of the Cape Colony (“Bluebooks”), 18547-1920: purchased by CRL. 22. African Biographical Archive (AfBA) München: Saur (113,000 biographical entries referring to 75,000 Africans) Ca. 14. Recent purchases: 450 microfiche in 12 installments. No index until after all fiche 14a. La politique coloniale (Belgium), 1892-1919, will be pur­ are published. Silver $14,850; Diazo $13,465. Value was ques­ chased when the publisher is identified. tioned because of difficulty of loaning and because it had little 14b. Microfilming of 52 theses from the School of Health in new material. Niger purchased by the University of Iowa. The CAMP Execu­ AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 7 JANUARY 1997 CAMP PROJECT FINANCIAL STATEMENT (NOV. 23,1996) June 96 Sept. 96 Oct. 96 FY 96 Qtr. Notes: FUND BALANCE $6,902.16 $18,970.16 $18,970.16 1. Figures do not REVENUES include Grant Grant Income $19,550.00 — — Revenue or Grant Membership Fees (2) $24,700.00 $21,205.00 $21,205.00 Expenses lines. Income from Sales . $ 7,454.00 $4,170.00 $ 4,170.00 2. CRL’s contribu­ TOTAL GEN. REVENUES (1) $32,154.00 $25,375.00 $25,375.00 tion o f $4000 comes EXPENSES in the 4th quarter. Grant Expenses $ 40.00 $13,000.00 $13,000.00 3. Commitments and Cost of Sales $ 1,261.00 $ 26.00 $ 1,669.00 On Order items are Acquisitions $10,354.00 $ 3,947.00 $ 3,947.00 listed above. Business Expenses $ 3,686.00 $ 3,482.00 $ 3,482.00 4. Non-material Publications expenses: Catalog­ Travel $ 1,145.00 — $ 418.00 ing: $4845; Travel: Personnel (Cataloging) $ 3,640.00 — — $780. TOTAL GEN. EXPENSES (1) $20,086.00 $ 7,455.00 $9,516.00 5. Available Funds = REVENUE LESS EXPENSES $12,068.00 $17,920.00 $15,859.00 (Fund Balance and COMMITMENTS Revenues) minus Materials on Order (3) $11,476.00 (Expenses and Materials Approved (3) $ 9,478.24 Commitments). Non-Material Expenses (4) $ 5,625.00 TOTAL COMMITMENTS $26,579.24 AVAILABLE FUNDS (5) $ 8,249.92 23. Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign New Democrat Weekly. Monrovia, Liberia, [v. 1, no. 1-v. 2, no. Missions, Correspondence and Reports, Africa Mission, 1835- 8] (Dec. 2/8, 1993-Dec. 27, 1994/Jan. 3, 1995). $328.70 1910 <32 reels of microfilm>+ 1 calendar roll. $2,805: Deferred Northwestern University Library Africana. 114 reels, ca$2150. for possible CRL purchase of all parts. The Post. Lusaka. Apr.-Dec. 1994. $347.54 Le Républicain. Bamako. Nos. 121-172 (Jan. 4-Dec. 27, 1995). 24. South Africa: A Weekly Journal for All-Interested in South $135.10 African Affairs, 1889-1970. London: Filmed by Edward P. Ruud, Jargen, 1901- Society And Religion Among The Forest M athers, jo u rn a list. Covers southern A frica including Tribes O f Madagascar. Ms. translation. Mozambique. By Sept 1995 the filming had reached 1917; with Tribune. Antananarivo, Madagascar. [October 13, 1993-June 6, 1787 fiche to run to 4000 fiche, $8,000. Includes maps, diagrams, 1995]. $1,275.22 photographs, and information on economics, trade, biographies. Rioux, Emmanuelle.Les Zazous: Un Phenomene Socio-Culturel Pendant L ’occupation De La Guerre. Master’s Thesis— Université de Paris-X Nanterre, 1987. $72.54 TITLES RECEIVED SINCE APRIL 1996 African Studies Association. Annual Meeting Papers, 1993- TITLES ON ORDER, NOV. 1996 1994. $750.00. Codka Macallinka = Teacher’s Voice = Sawt Al-Muallim. General Orders Mogadishu, Somalia $192.34 Drum (East African Ed.). [Nairobi, Kenya: Drum Publications Les Echos. Bamako. $152. (East Africa). [Sept. 1957-Dec. 1959; Aug. 1963-Dec. 1991]. Human Rights Review. Monrovia. June 2 5 ,1993-Nov. 23/Dec. 7, e $ l,700.00. 1994. $57.80 Judges ’Notebooks O f Civil And Criminal Cases O f The Colonial The Inquirer. Monrovia, [v. 1, no. 1-42; v. 2, no. 17-v. 4, no. Lagos Supreme Court 1876-1915. e$ 10,920.00. 240] $1,007.62 The Natal Chronicle And South East African Advertiser. Sept. The Isoko Mss: A Lungu View O f Their Own History, edited by 1855-July 1856 William Watson. $47.93 Natal Star And Journal O f Commerce And Agriculture / Natal Mfanyakazi. Dar es Salaam Jan.26,1994-Jan.7,1995: LACKS: Mercantile Advertiser And Agricultural Gazette. Aug. 1855- Mar. 2, 12, May 1, May 28-July 6, July 17, Oct. 16-19, Nov. Dec. 1863. 19-Dec. 27, 1994. $237.58 Somalia Newspapers, Post-Barre Period. Part 1. Washington, Michigan State University Africana (MSU reel no. 291-415). D.C: Library of Congress. 287 microfiches. $900.00. $2550. Somalia Reports, Post-Barre Period. Part 1. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. 544 microfiches. $1,670.00. AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 8 JANUARY 1997 Newspapers from LC-Nairobi CONOVER-PORTER AWARD Imvaho. Kigali: Impr. scolaire, [no. 557-1074] (Nov. 12/18, 1984-Apr. 24/30, 1995). $810.00. Black African Literature in English, 1987-1991, by Bernth Mfanyakazi. D ares Salaam: [s.n., [no. 11194-11656] (Dec. 5, Lindfors, andSub-Sahar an African Films and Filmmakers, 1987- 1987-Dec. 29, 1993). $1,580.00. 1992: An Annotated Bibliography, by Nancy J. Schmidt, were named co-winners of the 1996 Conover-Porter Award. The Newspapers from Malawi African Studies Association established this prestigious award in The Chronicle. Lilongwe, [v. l,no. 1-30] (Dec. 7 , 1993-June20/ 1980 to honor outstanding achievement in Africana bibliography 21, 1994). $120.00. and reference works. The Association presented the $300 prize City Star. Blantyre, Malawi, v. 1, no. 3 (Apr. 16/23, 1993). at its annual meeting in San Francisco on November 24, 1996. Dawn. Blantyre: [s.n., 1995-] v. l,no. 1-15 (July 2 7 ,1995-Apr. Three other titles received honorable mention. 29, 1996). $77.00. The co-winners of this year’s prize are both published by Hans The Democrat. Lilongwe, [v. 1, no. 1-v. 2, no. 29] (July 20/27, Zell Books. Of the thirteen books that won or shared the award 1994-Aug. 2, 1996). $485.00. since 1980, eight were either compiled (two) or published by The Enquirer. Blantyre. (Aug. 2/8, 1993-July 19/25, 1996). Hans Zell. The frequency with which books under the Zell $405.00. imprint have been judged outstanding deserves recognition. The Focus. Blantyre. (Dec. 16, 1994-Apr. 29/May 5, 1996). The Conover-Porter Award, selected by the Association’s $160.00. Africana Librarians Council, is named for two pioneers in the Guardian Today. [Apr. 7/13, 1993-May 13/19, 1994]. $145.00. field of African studies librarianship: Helen F. Conover and The Herald. Blantyre. (Feb. 16-July 14, 1994). $125.00. Dorothy B. Porter, who enjoyed long careers at the Library of The Malawi Democrat., no. 33-4,15,19 (May 22/June4-June 15/ Congress, and Howard University, respectively. 18, Dec. 4/16,1992, Jan. 15/21,1993); [v. 2, no. 2-v. 3, no. 20] (Apr. 16/29, 1993-July 15, 1994). $245.00. AWARD WINNERS The Malawian. Lilongwe, [v. 1, no. 3-v. 2, no. 9] (July 2/4, 1994- Bernth Lindfors, Black African Literature in English, 1987- June 23, 1995). $100.00. 1991. London: Hans Zell, 1995. Michiru Sun. Blantyre. Aug. 1993-July 25/30, 1996. $285.00. This is the fourth volume in an ongoing work that has collected The Mirror. [Blantyre. [v. 1, no. 1-v. 3, no. 21] (Oct. 4, 1993- and indexed the critical literature concerning African literature July 13, 1996). $455.00. in English. The volume continues the value and virtues of the The New City Star. Blantyre. [v. 1, no. 1-15] (May 21/28-Aug. previous three; the collective work is more than respected, it is 23/30, 1993; Apr. 11/17-May 2/8, 1995). Filmed with preced­ essential for study of its topic. The work is outstanding in both ing title: City star. $65.00. organization and execution. The thorough coverage of critical New Standard. Lilongwe, [no. 1-16] (July 30-Dec. 2/8, 1994). works published in African periodicals and newspapers brings $92.00. both the critics and their subjects to readers and scholars world­ The New Voice. Mzuzu. [Apr. 17, 1993-Sept. 14/20, 1994]; v. 1, wide. Lindfors clearly conceives, and explains, the scope of the no. 2-9 (Sept. 18/24-Nov. 8/14, 1995). $175.00. work; the explanation of organization, format, and individual The News. Monrovia, [v. 3, no. 124-v. 5, no. 154] (June 9, 1992- form of entry is equally well done. Periodicals cited are listed. Dec. 30, 1994). $360.00. Cross-references are numerous and subjects are appropriate. News Today. Blantyre. [v. 1, no. 1-28] (Mar. 25-May 13, 1994). Various indexes serve various scholarly needs. Some entries are $ 112 . 00 . - annotated. By itself, this would be an award-winning reference The News day. [Lilongwe], [v. 1, no. 1-40] (Sept. 21/27, 1995- book and a model for those compiling such tools. Its authority July 17/24, 1996). $200.00. derives both from its exemplary organization and coverage, and Saturday Nation. [Blantyre]. v. 1, no. 1-52 (Aug. 5/11, 1995- from Bernth Lindfors’ great stature as a scholar as well as indexer July 27/Aug. 2, 1996). $285.00. of African literature and literary criticism. Statesman. Kanengo, Lilongwe. [May 15-July 19/25, 1995]; [v. 2, no. 1-10] (May 16/21-July 18/24, 1996). $132.00. Nancy J. Schmidt, Sub-Saharan African Films and Filmmakers, The Tribute. Limbe. [v. 1, no. 7-v. 2, no. 5] (Jan. 18, 1995-July 1987-1992. London: Hans Zell, 1995. 19, 1996). $180.00. This book continues the path breaking work begun by Dr. Udf News: Voice O f The United Democratic Front. (Jan. 15, Schmidt’s Sub-Saharan African Films and Filmmakers: An 1993- July 26/31, 1996). $790.00. Annotated Bibliography, 1988. The volume adds a half-decade The Weekend Chronicle. Lilongwe, [v. 1, no. 1-13, 33?] (Mar. to the 27 years spanned in the first volume; it is a tribute to the 19/25-July 1/6, 1994). $90.00. growth of scholarship in the field that the quinquennial supple­ Weekly Mail. Limbe. [v. 2, no. 14-44] (Apr. 12, 1994-Apr. 28, ment is longer than the notably-thorough first volume. The 1995). $100.00. growth of that field is certainly a reflection of the growth of African film industries, but it is also likely that Schmidt’s original work has greatly facilitated the additional scholarship CAMP EXECUTIVE MEETING recorded here. Schmidt has not only listed periodicals cited and San Francisco, Nov. 23, 1996, 12:00-12:15pm the large number of acronyms associated with the Francophone- dominated African film world, she has included her important Present: Baumann, Bell-Gam, Bischof, Caruso, Howell, Lauer, essay “Visualizing Africa: The Bibliography of Films by Sub- Rudeen, & Zellers. Saharan African Filmmakers,” which goes beyond introduction 1. Discussed comprehensive list of newspapers as an ARL pilot to be a significant intellectual work in its own right. There are project. Caruso, Baumann and Howell volunteered to work with indexes to co-authors, actors and actresses, film festivals, film ARL on this idea. titles, filmmakers, other film personnel, countries, and ‘general 2. Howell re-elected to 1-year term as chair. AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 9 JANUARY 1997 subjects.’ The book merits recognition equally for its structure Swahili Internet Dictionary project (Prof. Ann Biersteker); the and execution as a reference tool, and for the comprehensive University of Iowa’s “Art and Life in Africa” CD-ROM and coverage it contains. Both works together are not merely an WWW project (Prof. Christopher Roy and Linda McIntyre); the important source for the study of African cinema, they are utterly University of Minnesota’s Human Rights Web site (Marci essential. Hoffman, International Law Librarian); and, Tunneling and African Access to the WWW (Corrine Nyquist, Librarian of HONORABLE MENTION BOOKS Sojourner Truth Library at SUNY-New Paltz). Kenya Rural Enterprise Programme, Jua Kali Literature: An Annotated Bibliography. Nairobi: The Programme, 1993. On Monday morning, November 25, “African Studies Re­ 497 annotated and 176 unannotated entries to books, articles, search in South African Libraries, Archives, and Electronic reports, and government documents about-the informal and Services” provoked much discussion. The participants included small-business sectors of the Kenyan economy. Kimanthi Mutesa, three librarian specialists and two research scholars. The focus Aleke Dondo, and Henry Oloo Oketch are named in the introduc­ of the roundtable centered on the problems of African access and tion as the compilers. Arranged in a dozen categories, with an collection policies set against the background of racial oppres­ author-title index. sion and its historical legacies. The panelists and topics in detail were as follows: (1) Mathokoza Nhlapo (World University Mbulawa Mugabe and K. Moahi, Health in Botswana: An Service-South Africa; formerly of U. of the Western Cape Annotated Bibliography. Gaborone, Botswana: National Insti­ Library; and, former Univ. Librarian, U. of Swaziland), whose tute of Development Research and Documentation, University of participation was made possible through the ASA International Botswana, 1994. Visitor Program and support from Columbia, Illinois/Urbana- 837 entries arranged under 39 topics. Includes subject and Champaign, and Stanford, spoke directly to the issue of Africana author indexes. Location in Botswana noted. collection development. She emphasized a re-examination of policies to encompass the needs of the African majority and Ruth A. Thomas, Editor, The Weekly Review Index, 1975-1989. researchers of the African past, including the collection of Nairobi: Stellagraphics Ltd., 1993. African language materials, multi-media formats, and the pro­ Covers the leading Kenyan news magazine of record. Main motion of “oral librarianship”. (2) Peter Limb (Librarian, U. of index of names and subjects is supplemented with indexes for Western Australia) presented a paper (contact Joe Caruso, book reviews, cover photos and captions, and political constitu­ Columbia, for copies) on “Black Access to Electronic Research encies. Services in South Africa.” (3) Marcelle Weiner (Brenthurst Library) spoke about her idea of “education” and access to libraries, as well as general information about her library, the ALC-SPONSORED PANELS private archives of Harry Oppenheimer. (4) Prof. Horace Campbell Report by Joe Caruso (Syracuse Univ.) shared his experiences and frustrations re­ searching the South African military, including his visit to the On Sunday morning, November 24, the room was packed for War archives in the Pretoria Zoo. And, (5) Prof. Nancy Clark “African Studies Research on the World Wide Web,” co­ (California Polytechnic Univ.) reflected on her difficulties in chaired by Joe Caruso (Columbia) and Ali Dinar (Electronic researching controversies surrounding the South African Technology Group/University of Pennsylvania). The panel in­ parastatal sector and those concerning Afrikaner and African cluded canned demonstrations of on-going CD-ROM and Web political movements in the 1940s. The roundtable was chaired by projects. The energizing topics included: Yale University’s Joe Caruso(Columbia). OTHER LIBRARY NEWS NEWS FROM OTHER ASSOCIATIONS IFLA Annual Conferences: Aug. 31-Sept. 5, 1997, Copenhagen CALENDAR Aug. 1998, Amsterdam ALA: Aug. 1999, Bangkok Feb. 14-20, 1997, Washington - Midwinter Meeting 2001, Boston Apr. 11-14, 1997, Nashville - ACRL National Conf. June 26-July 3, 1997, San Francisco - ALA Annual Conf. Jan. 9-15, 1998, New Orleans - Midwinter Meeting PEOPLE June 25-July 2, 1998, Washington, D.C. - ALA Annual Conf. 1999, Philadelphia - Midwinter Meeting Ms. Brigitte LaUy Head of National Archives Namibia, tragically Apr. 9-12, 1995, Detroit - ACRL National Conf. died in a car accident near Karibib, on November 2, 1996. An 1999, New Orleans - ALA Annual Conf. innovative and productive historian and archivist, who laid a new 2000, San Antonio - Midwinter Meeting and sound basis for precolonial Namibian historiography, she is 2000, Chicago - ALA Annual Conf. mourned world-wide by colleagues and friends. AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 10 JANUARY 1997 RESEARCH ON LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE BOOKS • K.J. Orosz, Colonial archives in Cameroon; • London International Book Fair, 1996: [report by Julie Evans Proceedings o f the Pan-African Conference on the Preservation on Southern African Book Scene]; and Conservation o f Library and Archival Materials, Nairobi, • Bibliophilia Africana VII (Cape Town, 8-10 May 1996): Kenya, 21-25 June 1993, edited by Jean-Marie Arnoult, Virginie [comments by John Mcllwaine]. Kremp and Musila Musembi under the auspices of the IFLA Core Programme for the Advancement of Librarianship in the Third World (IFLA/ALP), the IFLA Core Programme for Preservation Gupta, Sushma. “Structure of African Psychological Literature, and Conservation (IFLA/PAC) and the Regional Standing Com­ 1827-1987,” International information & Library Review, v. 27 mittee for Africa (RSCA). The Hague: IFLA Headquarters, (1995): 203-223. A bibliometric study analyzing a database of 1995. 220p. IFLA Professional Reports, no. 43. 2297 items compiled from Psychological Abstracts. Africa’s share of all titles in source expanded from about 0.1% in 1960s to 0.3% in 1970s and 0.5% in 1980s. Half the periodical JOURNALS & ARTICLES literature appeared in only 31 (of a total of 433) periodicals, and most of the 1950 authors produced only 1 article. Other topics African Research and Documentation: discussed, with tables: productivity, co-authorship, language, no. 70 (1996): and geographic distribution trends. Those interested in the full • J. Geber, Southern African sources in the Oriental & India version of this very large study should contact the author at: Office Collections (OIOC) of the British Library; 28525 Franklin Road #201, Southfield, MI 48034. • R. Musiker, South African Bibliography in the mid-1990s; • J.H. Mcllwaine, Writings on African archives, pt. 6 [North Ryan, Kristine. “Portrait of an Eritrean Lady and her Library: the Africa]; Origins of the Research and Documentation Centre in Asmara,” • P. Limb, An A-Z of Africa Studies on the Internet, African Studies Association o f Australia and the Pacific, Review no. 71 (1996): and Newsletter, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Dec. 1996), p. 10-12. REFERENCE SOURCES NOTES women’s cultural production, with individual volumes on each of six regions (Northern, Eastern, Southern, Central, Western, and Women Writing Africa is a publishing project of the Feminist the Sahel) plus a 7th volume being an annotated bibliography of Press, funded by the Ford Foundation. The project’s co-directors sources and resources. Contact: Rona Peligal, Assistant admin­ are Tuzyline Jita Allan (Baruch College) and Abena P.A. Busia istrator, Feminist Press at City University of New York, 311 East (Rutgers). The goal is to collect and preserve the whole range of 94th St., New York, NY 10128. LETTERS & OPINIONS In this section, the editor hopes to publish letters and essays that challenge prevailing practices or beliefs. In all cases, the opinions expressed are those o f the writer. gress Nairobi office subscription service, the numbers are so No endorsement by the editor or ALC or MSU is intended. small, that it is hard to believe that so few subscriptions could make much difference in the lives of these scholarly journals. Response by Mette Shayne (Northwestern Univ.) With the limitation of funds in our libraries, it is quite clear that to Hans Zell letter of Sept.9, 1996 if these subscribing libraries would have to double the subscrip­ tion price, they would have to cut down the number of subscrip­ My very first reaction to Hans Zell’s letter in the July/Oct. 1996 tions correspondingly. issue of ALN was that of course Hans Zell knows that the last thing Africana librarians want to do is hurt African publishers. I would also hope that cooperation would be possible between We dedicate our careers to obtain African publications and have the Library of Congress Nairobi Office and the African Book great compassion and admiration for the publishers and their Collective rather than confrontation since both institutions are accomplishments in spite of economic and material difficulties. essential for Africana librarians in the US as well as for the However, when one looks at the statistics of how many scholarly African publishers. journal subscriptions are obtained through the Library of Con­ AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 11 JANUARY 1997 NOTES ON MATERIALS AND VENDORS VENDOR ANNOUNCEMENTS • Liisa H. Malkki, Purity and Exile: Violence, memory, and national Cosmology among Hutu Refugees in Tanzania (Chi­ ABC (African Books Collective, The Jam Factory, 27 Park End cago: University of Chicago Press, 1995) St., Oxford OX 1 1HU, UK) distributed its 13th Catalogue and the • James C. McCann, People of the Plow: An Agricultural His­ 18th batch of cards, with 32 new titles. tory of Ethiopia, 1800-1990 (Madison, WI: University of Wis­ consin Press, 1995) Africa Book Centre (38 King St., London WC2E 8JT) has • Jean-Marie Penvenne, African Workers and Colonial Racism: issued its Book Review no. 4 (July 1996) and no. 5 (Oct 1996). In Mozambican Strategies and Struggles in Lourenco Marques, addition to notes on new books, there is an exchange between the 1877-1962 (Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1995) editor (A. W. Zurbrugg) and Hans Zell regarding Zell and Lomer’s • Elisha P. Renne, Cloth That Does not Die: The Meaning of bibliography on African publishing. Cloth in Bunu Social Life (Seattle: university of Washington Press, 1995) Africa World Press, Inc. & The Red Sea Press, Inc. (11-D • Claude E. Welch, Jr., Protecting Human Rights in Africa: Princess Rd., Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-2319; & POB 48, Asmara, Strategies and Roles ofNon-Governmental Organizations (Phila­ Eritrea) have issued an annotated catalog of new and recent delphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995) releases. African Imprint Library Services has moved. Its new address: EVENTS P.O. Box 350, West Falmouth, MA 02574 USA (street address is 55 Ridgeview Drive, West Falmouth for UPS). ZIBF97 (Zimbabwe International Book Fair) will be held 2-9 August, on the theme of ‘Libraries’. For further information BFI Publishing (21 Stephen Street, London, W1P 1LN, UK) contact: Margaret Ling, 25 Endymion Road, London N4 1EE, issued African Experiences o f Cinema, edited by Imruh Bakari UK; margaret.ling@geo2.poptel.org.uk; or ZIBF, PO Box CY and Mbye Cham. Film-makers, scholars and critics detail their 1179, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe; zibf@mango.zw responses to, and experiences of, the challenges of cinema. ALA is sending an official delegation, led by the ALA Presi­ Price: £15.99. dent-elect Barbara J Ford, who has chosen the theme of ‘Opening Doors Internationally’ for her Presidential year. Entreprise Nationale du Livre (51 Larbi Ben M’Hidi, Alger, Algeria 16000) has distributed a list of its publications. LITERATURE ON THE BOOK TRADE Heinemann (361 Hanover St., Portsmouth, NH 03801-3912) issued is number of catalogs during 1996, including “World African Publishers Networking Directory. 2nd, rev. and ex­ Literature,” which includes annotated entries for the works in its panded ed. Oxford: Published for the African book communities famous African Writers Series. by African Books Collective, 1997. 52p. ISBN: 0952129615 £ 18/$30; gratis to publishers, booksellers, libraries and writers in IDC has opened a new North American office, headed by Todd Africa. Address: The Jam Factory, 27 Park End St., Oxford OX1 P. Bludeau, at 3265 Johnson Ave., Riverdale, NY 10463. Tel. 1HU, UK. 800-757-7441; Fax: 718-432-0020; em ail < idc- Arranged by country. Includes details on the major publishers us@mindspring.com> (50 ABC members, plus 314 others). Brief sections on book trade organizations and journals, reference sources, and an index. Hans Zell (11 Richmond Rd., PO Box 56, Oxford OX1 2SJ, Previous ed.: 1993/94. Updated editions planned for every other England) seeks offers (of roughly $10,000) for a large collection year. of African literature, which will be sold complete. The collection of about 720 books includes a number of first editions of works African Publishing Review, v. 5, no. 6 (Nov/Dec 1996) included by prominent writers. a review of children’s literature, notes on ZIBF96 and other trade news. BOOK AWARDS Bellagio Publishing Network Newsletter, no. 18 (Nov. 1996) includes “Self-censorship and African scholarship: Implications Herskovits Award winner: for scholarly publishing,” by Jacob Jaygbay. There are also • Jonathon Glassman, Feasts and Riot: Revelry, Rebellion, and notes by Margaret Ling, Carol Priestley, Carew Treffgarne, Popular Consciousness on the Swahili Coast, 1856-1888 (Ports­ Damtew Teffera, Mary Bugembe and others. mouth, NH: Heinemann, 1995) Other finalists: • Vivian Bickford-Smith, Ethnic Pride and Racial Prejudice in SERIAL CHANGES Victorian Cape Town (NY: Cambridge UP, 1995) • Paul Landau, The Realm of the Word: Language, Gender, and African Sociological Review was established as part of a coop­ Christianity in a Southern African Kingdom (Portsmouth, NH: erative effort by the Council for the Development of Social Heinemann, 1995) Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), with headquarters in AFRICANA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER 12 JANUARY 1997 Dakar, Senegal, and personnel of the South African Sociological SELECTED NEW BOOKS Review which is hereby incorporated into this new continent­ wide journal sponsored and published by CODESRIA. This section is generally limited to titles outside the regular book Subscriptions are $40 (institutions) or $20 (individuals) in trade, or titles received by the editor. Many more titles and/or Europe & North America; less in Africa. details on publisher addresses can be found in The African Book Publishing Record (Hans Zell Publishers), American Book Pub­ CSIS Africa Notes briefing paper series terminated following lishing Record (Bowker), Accessions List: Eastern and Southern publication of the December 1996 issue. A total of 191 briefing Africa (LC Office, Nairobi), or in one o f the current national papers were published, starting in July 1982. Helen Kitchen, the bibliographies. editor, drew attention to a Nov. 28, 1996 article in the New York Times, which discusses the demise of small general Africa Jama, Ahmed Dualeh- The Origins and Development o f magazines such as Africa Report. Mogadishu AD 1000 to 1850: A study o f the urban growth along the Benadir coast o f southern Somalia. Uppsala, Sweden: Dept, of Archaeology, Uppsala University, 1996. 139p. (Studies in VIDEOS African Archaeology; 12) Resolution Inc./California Newsreel (149 9th St., San Fran­ Scheub, Harold. The Tongue is Fire: South African Storytellers cisco, CA 94103) is distributing six new films from Africa and and Apartheid. Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press, the Caribbean: cl996. 448 p. $55; $24.95 (paper). Gumba the tyrant; Collection of stories, histories, and poems collecting between Frantz Fanon: black skin, white mask; 1968 and the mid-1970s among the rural Xhosa, Zulu, Swati and Rouch in Reverse; Ndebele. The reactions to apartheid can be organized into three Le grand blanc de Lambaréné; categories: the pre-apartheid ideal, as reflected in the ancient Aimé Césaire; traditions and stories; the threats to that tradition, with apartheid Le bouillon d’Awara/Awara soup. being one virulent form; and the responses to the threats. uoimnsui Æjiunuoddo-jDnbd ‘uoiioü-dAtivuutffn ud si flSfV IZ -on liULKM Çe0I-re88t7 ireSïipïW ‘Smsireq iseg ‘Suisuuq ‘g J3JU3Q [l’uonviiuauq q0I a iv a Xj]SJ3AIUn 3JBJS un « lip I[a] a o v iso d 'S'n HHIN3D SaidOLS NV3IHJV •Sjq Jijojj-uon