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Introducing critical debates about the book in Africa, this volume includes case studies from across Africa — Morocco to South Africa, Ethiopia to Cameroon — and from third-century manuscript traditions to twenty-first-century internet communications. In all the chapters, the attempt is to frame the individual case studies in ways that resonate with critical debates in African book history throughout the continent.1
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Johnson, D., Davis, C. (2015). Introduction. In: Davis, C., Johnson, D. (eds) The Book in Africa. New Directions in Book History. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137401625_1
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