Sarah Brouillette, "Underdevelopment and African Literature: Emerging Forms of Reading" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
New Books in African Studies
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The Print Industry in Contemporary or Ost Colonial Africa
M, it wouldn't really even be possible to understand the nature of the book industries without looking at all of what is produced. When people are in school, that's often the only time they encounter or participate in the activity of reading for leisure. And i think too, like, if you look at book culture or print industries as social forms, this reflects on the ground reality that it's in. M, and also why thereis this need to rely on other readers who don't necessarily live in africa.
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