
Reading Ecologies
Transforming Publishing in Africa
MISS READ (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 11. June 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-3-96287-007-2 (ISBN)
Description
Reading Ecologies: Transforming Publishing in Africa calls for insurgent publishing, rooted in the political, aesthetic and epistemic struggles of independent publishers from the African continent and diaspora.
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Edition
Reading Ecologies: Transforming Publishing in Africa calls for insurgent publishing, rooted in the political, aesthetic and epistemic struggles of independent publishers from the African continent and diaspora.
Language
English
French
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Edition type
New edition
Critical edition
Illustrations
46
Dimensions
Height: 19 cm
Width: 11.5 cm
Thickness: 2.4 cm
Weight
250 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-96287-007-2 (9783962870072)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
6 - Editorial
8 - The Role of Collaborations and Partnerships in Ensuring Sustainability for the Africa South Art Initiative (ASAI) | Mario Pissarra
28 - Chimurenga: Mapping the Invisible Forest of Knowledge | Ntone Edjabe in Conversation with Pascale Obolo, Michalis Pichler And Parfait Tabapsi
53 - Peuples Noirs - Peuples Africains. Is This A Shipwreck? | Mongo Beti
59 - Mongo Beti's Librairie des Peuples Noirs and the Circulation of Ideas in Cameroon | Ambroise Kom in Conversation with Parfait Tabapsi
74 - OlongoAfrica: I Couldn't Be the Only One with Access to These Copies | K?´lá Túb?'sún in Conversation with Esé Emmanuel And Nadine Siegert
96 - Akoma Mba Editions: Thirty Years in the Service Of Children's Books in Central Africa | Ulrich Talla Wamba
110 - Before the Bind: A Closer Look at the Labour of Life Collaboration between Kazi Ya Mkono and House of INVADE- | House of INVADE- (Nyakallo Phamuli, Omphemetse Ramatlhatse, and Queenzela Mokoena)
122 - Umoja ni Nguvu (Unity is Strength) | Kazi Ya Mkono
130 - Za! Magazine - The '83 Issue | Jeff Atuobi in Conversation with TJ Benson
139 - A Social Practice of Sorts - Co-publishing as Caring and Organising | A Conversation between Nadine Siegert, Nashilongweshipwe Mushaandja, and Katharina Fink
150 - Publishing as Concept | Iranti Press in Conversation with Esé Emmanuel
163 - What You Need to Know About the Creation and Distribution of Literary Works in Africa | Joseph Fometeu in Conversation with Parfait Tabapsi
172 - Building Active Solidarity | Serge D. Kouam in Conversation with Parfait Tabapsi
183 - Together We Make Books! A Writing and Publishing Project for Independent Publishers in Africa | Esé Emmanuel and Nadine Siegert
188 - Poll | Artopia | Afrikadaa | Akoma Mba | Studio Styles | House of INVADE- | Luppepo Éditions | Random Photo Journal | Iwalewabooks | Kazi Ya Mkono
199 - Ecologies éditoriales : Transformer l'édition en Afrique
316 - Biographical Notes
320 - Colophon