...Donald Rakemane; Olefhile Mosweu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify challenges related to the management and preservation of audio-visual (AV) records and/or archives in archival institutions in Sub Saharan Africa and suggests strategies for resolving them. Design/methodology...

... and core titles, selected for their historical role and/or ease of purchase. Findings A list of core films is recommended for academic and public libraries representing four geographic regions of sub‐Saharan Africa: Nigeria, South Africa, West Africa, and East Africa. Research limitations...

...Yelena Pancheshnikov Africa Librarianship This book, edited by two experienced African studies bibliographers, addresses a very broad range of topics in the field of African studies librarianship. The central idea, consolidating a total of eight chapters into one monograph...

... studies programs. Originality/value The paper provides information on four major African studies programs and the library holdings that support them. The authors examined Africana holdings in four selected academic libraries with particular emphasis on acquisitions from four Africa‐based...

... MCB UP Limited 2002 Literature Africa USA Bibliographies This article is a useful bibliographic checklist of 111 African American reference works and general tools, with substantial coverage of African American literature, including biographical sources, chronologies, dictionaries...

...K.N. Rao Gretchen   Walsh . The Media in Africa and Africa in the Media: An Annotated Bibliography . London : Hans Zell Publishers   1996 . xxv + 291 pp , ISBN: 1 873836 81 3 Introductory essay by Keyan G. Tomaselli Africa Media African information published...

...Michael Wise Don   Rubin Edited by . World Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Theatre, Vol. 3: Africa . London : Routledge   1997 . 426 pp , ISBN: 0 415 05931 3   £85 Africa Theatres This is a fine example of the contribution made by Unesco to the recording...

... United Kingdom Tel: 0181 341 6570 © MCB UP Limited 1996 Africa Bibliographies From the point‐of‐view of librarians outside of the African continent, it seems that there is a general lack of information on how to acquire materials in African languages. However, librarians who...