Building capacity for sustainable academic and non-fiction authorship in Africa / Prof. Elisam Magara (chief editor) ; associate editors: Prof. Sihawukele Ngubane, Prof. Monica Mweseli, and Godwin Anywar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Magara, Elisam, editor.

Ngubane, Solwazi Sihawukele Emmanuel, editor.

Mweseli, Monica Nalyaka Wanambisi, editor.

Anywar, Godwin, editor.

Association pan-africaine des écrivains.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic writing.

Authors, African.

Authors and publishers--Africa.

Authors and publishers.

Authorship.

Scholarly publishing--Africa.

Scholarly publishing.

Africa.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xvi, 229 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Kampala : Uganda Textbook-Academic and Non-Fiction Authors Association, 2018.

Contents:

The African challenge of academic and non fiction authorship / Prof. Elisam Magara

Book hunger or famine: the authorship question? / Prof. J. R. Ikoja Odongo Phd

Uganda's volatile book industry and implications on non-fiction authorship / George Muganga

The school book provision support in Uganda: a required intervention / Prof. Elisam Magara

Writing textbooks for a school curriculum / Dr. Samuel Makore

Open licensing models for strengthening access to information: opportunities for authors / Eric Nelson Haumba

Restoration of cultural heritage for sustainable authorship in Nigeria / Adetoun A. Oyelude

Authorship and the advancement of indigenous traditional knowledge on medicinal plants / Anywar Godwin

Implications of contrast between orality and writing in Africa / Prof. Shihawukele Ngubane

The impact of reading on effective writing and literary outputs / Adetoun A. Oyelude and Fadekemi O. Oyewusi

Managing collaboration between the author and publisher for career growth in Africa / Robert Agwot Komakech & Elisam Magara

Strategic alliance through writers' union: challenges and lessons for MUANA / Ndongolera C. Mwangupili

Publisher-author contracts and agreements: principles, roles and expectations / Dr. Anthony C.K. Kakooza

The writer as a published author: challenges and reflections / Monica Mweseli

Prommotion of indigenous knowledge through writing: the case of Amahiri Field Traditional Sport / Ignatius Kagongi

Authorship through evidence: a case of Iteso god in Uganda / Source Opak

Synthesis of the Proceedings of the 4th Pan African Writers Symposium (PAWS) 2016 / Prof. Elisam Magara

The Global trends in public lending rights / Trond Andreassen

Meeting the changing needs in the book industry: expectations of publishers / Tom Tibaijuka.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book is a result of an anthology of 19 chapters which are based on the 4th Pan African Writers Symposium (PAWS) held in Uganda from 3rd-5th October 2016 on the theme Building Capacity for Academic and Non-Fiction Authorship in Africa"--Back cover.

ISBN:

9789970428052

9970428055

OCLC:

1082322230