African and Caribbean Literature

[The Star] Nyandarua Institute of Science and Technology has received Sh1 million from the Ol Kalou CDF kitty. The money will go towards purchasing books and other equipment to upgrade the library. This is a major step as the school waits to be awarded a charter from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. (AllAfrica)

[Egypt Online] Secretary General of the Higher Presidential Elections Commission (HPEC) Counselor Hatem Bagato it was agreed to extend the voting period for the presidential elections, scheduled on May 23 and 24, from 08:00 a.m. until 08:00 p.m. instead of 07:00 p.m. (AllAfrica)

[New Era] Eenhana - The Founding President and Father of the Nation, His Excellency Dr Sam Nujoma has officially launched Mrs Kangaroo visits Namibia, a children's book authored by Ambrosius Amutenja. (AllAfrica)

[Observer] Letshego Uganda will start supplying textbooks to primary schools across the country in response to a general decline noted after the release of the 2011 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE). (AllAfrica)

[Observer] John Reader has taken upon himself an ambitious task: to set out the geography, anthropology, and socio-economic history of Africa from the beginning of time to the Rwandan genocide and South Africa's free, multi-racial elections in 1994. The sub-title of his book Africa is no less than A Biography of the Continent. (AllAfrica)

[ANGOP] Luanda - The Law Faculty of Agostinho Neto University released on Wednesday here a research book entitled "Luanda and Justiça: Pluralismo Jurídico numa Sociedade em Transformação." (AllAfrica)

[ANGOP] Lisbon - More than 50 Angolan books are being displayed in the first exhibition of African art at American school in Lisbon (CAISL), under the "Quinzena Africana" programme aimed to celebrate Africa Day, to be marked on May 25. (AllAfrica)

[The Herald] The Book Café will tomorrow hold a free public discussion to honour and celebrate the Life and work of Walter Muparutsa. The discussion which will begin at 5.30pm will explore the multi-faceted aspects of Walter's life, his achievements and dreams. (AllAfrica)

[Leadership] 'Ojukwu, the Rebel I Served,' a book written by Uche Ezechukwu, veteran journalist and public analyst would be presented to the public this week at the Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Abuja. (AllAfrica)

[African Arguments] Amanda Taub - blogger at Wronging Rights - has been quick out of the blocks in producing what would appear to be the first book-length analysis of the Kony 2012 phenomenon. (AllAfrica)

[New Vision] Research has often cited the poor pupil-to-book ratio as one of the causes of declining performance of primary school pupils across the country. A 2010 Ministry of Education research showed that there was one book for every five pupils. (AllAfrica)

[ANGOP] Luanda - The Angolan journalist and writer Luciano António Canhanga will release at 6 p.m on June 1 his book entitled "Manongo-Nongo" in Luanda. (AllAfrica)

[Daily Trust] Minister of Information and Communications, Mr. Labaran Maku has urged Nigerians with progressive ideas to document them in books as a way of contributing to the development of the nation, even as he lamented the dwindling reading culture of Nigerians. (AllAfrica)

[Daily Trust] Information Minister Labaran Maku has urged Nigerians with progressive ideas to document them in books as a way of contributing to the development of the nation and lamented the poor reading culture of Nigerians. (AllAfrica)

[This Day] The Joy of Many Generations by Obafunke, Thinck Limited, Great Britain, 2012 (AllAfrica)

[New Times] Rwanda's leading insurance company, Sonarwa, plans to open a public library that will have insurance related information, in Kigali. (AllAfrica)

[Zimbabwe Standard] ONLY 7% of the 8 000 rural primary schools in Zimbabwe have established libraries, the Zimbabwe Rural Schools Library Trust (ZRSLT) has said. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News] They say that if you want to hide something from an African, put it in a book, hatakiona kabisa! An African finds reading an uphill task, something to be avoided by all means, that is why while the other continents are surging ahead, Africa is still lagging behind. (AllAfrica)

[Times of Zambia] ANOTHER milestone for British born Zambian gifted writer, Ellen Aaku as her award winning Africa writer series novel Patchwork has been shortlisted for the 2012 Commonwealth Book Prize In an email from her base in the UK, the Zambian born kept finger crossed. (AllAfrica)

[ANGOP] Luanda - The Angolan writer, Walter Paulo, will release in coming months his second book entitled "As Dez Razões da Perda dos Valores Morais em Angola" in Luanda. (AllAfrica)

[The Star] "What is the difference between a general park and an arboretum?" asked Susanna Alanson a committee member of the Friends of Nairobi Arboretum (FONA) at The Arboretum this past Tuesday afternoon. (AllAfrica)

[New Era] Windhoek - Women's Leadership Centre officially handed over a set of 120 books to School Library Service and Community Library Service for distribution to libraries in the Omaheke and Karas regions. (AllAfrica)

[ANGOP] Luanda - Angolan writer Esmeralda Augusto urged Thursday, in Luanda, the need for more spaces for literary activities, in order to encourage youths to like writing and literature. (AllAfrica)

[ANGOP] Ndalatando - The acting governor of northern Kwanza Norte province , Manuel Abreu Pereira da Silva, Tuesday in Ndalalatando considered a motive of pride the new "Edições Novembro" building housing the country's first 300,000 books reader's centre inaugurated in the region. (AllAfrica)

[ANGOP] Caála - Angolan writer João Portelinha released Tuesday in Caála, central Huambo province, his 16th book entitled "O dia em que um Ngola descobriu Portugal". (AllAfrica)

[News of Rwanda] Though Rwandans have taken a step to ensure quality education like sending their children to school and participating in 'one laptop per child' program, Rwandans reading habit is still low, according to some findings. (AllAfrica)

[Penguin Books] The following extract from Terry Crawford Browne's new book, Eye on the Diamonds examines "how diamonds link the colonial and apartheid histories of South Africa with the close histories of Israel and Palestine". (AllAfrica)

[New Vision] The education ministry has started distributing free text books to 1563 schools under the Universal Secondary Education (USE) program in an effort to improve post primary education countrywide. (AllAfrica)

[ANGOP] Luanda - The Angolan writer Esmeralda Augusto will present he book entitled "Gritos da Alma" on May 19 at the Angola's Writers Association (UEA) in Luanda. (AllAfrica)

[Worldwatch Institute] Eating Planet, a recently released book from the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition (BCFN) is now available as a digital download from Amazon.com. The Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Plant project, collaborated with BCFN to produce the report which highlights the challenges facing today's food and agricultural system, as well as the benefits that reform could bring. (AllAfrica)

[BuaNews] Pretoria - Condolence books for members of the public who wish to send condolence messages after the passing away of Public Service and Administration Minister Roy Padayachie have been placed at the Union Buildings in Pretoria and at Tuynhuys in Cape Town. (AllAfrica)