African and Caribbean Literature

[The Herald]Tinotenda Hellen Rumbidzai Makonise, a 12-year-old girl from Zimbabwe but now based in the United Kingdom, has written and published a book with Mambo Press. (AllAfrica)

[ThinkAfricaPress]Jon Henderson, author of a new book on legendary England Footballer Stanley Matthews, looks at the long and lesser-known association between Matthews and Africa. (AllAfrica)

[This Day]The Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, Thursday said the federal government had spent N9 billion annually on the procurement of books for basic education. (AllAfrica)

[State Department]Washington -For students without textbooks in Togo, a Peace Corps volunteer is helping to broaden opportunities. (AllAfrica)

[ANGOP]Luanda -The 7th edition of the Children Book Fair will take place on 29-30 June this year in Luanda, an event that will be promoted by the Ministry of Culture, in partnership with the provincial governments. (AllAfrica)

[HRInfo]Cairo -The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) said that the first library established by ANHRI titled "Khatwah Library" in Dar El-Salam District in Cairo. It has received more than 10.000 visitors during a year since the official inauguration in May 2012. It turned to be a complete culture and social center, as it began to provide cultural, educational and arts' services to the visitors; children, male and female youth and the people of Dar El-Salam. It is a popular neighbourhood deemed to among (AllAfrica)

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[Sabahi]The Tanzanian government has disbanded the Education Materials Approval Committee (EMAC) due to poor performance and corruption, Tanzania's The Citizen reported Thursday (June 6th). (AllAfrica)

[FrontPageAfrica]Books and other items including equipment worth over US$5,0000.00 have been donated to the University of Liberia newly proposed graduate program Liberia Institute of Policy studies and Research to build the capacity of the University of Liberia.. (AllAfrica)

[Foroyaa]Financial support is being solicited by Executives of Bureng United Football Association to launch a pamphlet on the history of football in Bureng in Lower River Region. The compendium, a vivid recollection of district football Nawettan history covers Jarra East, specifically focusing on Bureng football. (AllAfrica)

[Daily Trust]Lagos -The Citizen's Book on Governance, a concise practical guide on Nigeria's democracy and system of governance has been launched in Lagos. (AllAfrica)

[This Day]Moghalu's Insight into Africa's Economic Path, Quest for Prosperous Future (AllAfrica)

[Daily Trust]There is a Things Fall Apart movie after all, and it is made in Hollywood. Segun Oyekunle is one of the few people who saw it, as a film student in the US, and he understood why the late Chinua Achebe wept over the movie. In this piece, he recounts seeing Achebe weep over the movie and why the movie has not been released. (AllAfrica)

[Shabait]Asmara -A Tigrinya book entitled "Marcien Towa's African Philosophy: Two Texts," translated and introduced by Professor Tsen'ay Serequeberhan, was inaugurated yesterday at Ambasoira Hotel. (AllAfrica)

[This Day]The book- Emerging Africa, How Global Economy's 'Last Frontier' Can Prosper and Matter- authored by Central Bank of Nigeria Deputy Governor Kingsley Moghalu, will be presented to the public tomorrow. Festus Akanbi writes on the issues of globalisation and the need for Nigeria and other African nations to look inward for their economic development as captured in the book. (AllAfrica)

[allAfrica]Abuja -?In his latest book,?Emerging Africa: How the Global Economy's 'Last Frontier' Can Prosper and Matter, Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu declines to echo the breathless prose of conferences, publications and documentaries celebrating the 'rise' of Africa - although the continent boasts seven of the world's 10 fastest-growing economies. Instead, Moghalu warns against the sort of irrational exuberance displayed by bankers and markets, which led to global financ (AllAfrica)

[ANGOP]Lubango -The university lecturer Gil Miangueni Filipe hipalanga is to launch this Friday, at Mandume Ya Ndemufayo University, in Lubango City, southern Hu?la Province, his book entitled "Li??es sobre o direito internacional publico" (Lessons on public international law). (AllAfrica)

[Daily News]Dodoma -THE government has been advised to get rid of 'fake' mathematics text books for Secondary Education, which an MP described as misleading to students because they are not fully aligned with Tanzania's curriculum. (AllAfrica)

[Commonwealth]Writers honoured for stories set in Canada, Scotland and Trinidad and Tobago (AllAfrica)

[SSNA]My dear sisters and brothers, citizens of South Sudan; my political opinions, regarding the perilous times that we lived in, as a precursor to the referendum; were also informed by my extensive readings of political literature produced by the managers of the liberation movement and army (SPLM/A), of 1983-2005. (AllAfrica)

[ANGOP]Luanda -The Angolan writer Cremilda de Lima last Friday told stories to 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students of the American School of Lisbon, Portugal, an activity that closed the Second Cultural Fortnight of the mentioned institution. (AllAfrica)

[New Era]A book of Otjiherero proverbs and idioms titled 'Omiano vya Tjipangandjara' was launched last week Thursday in the capital. (AllAfrica)

[Biz-Community]As part of the launch of the new Dan Brown book, Inferno, transit media agency New Wave Outdoor Media (NWOM) branded three cabs, one in Cape Town, one in Johannesburg and one in Durban, for Random House Struik and Outdoor Exchange. (AllAfrica)

[SAPA]Johannesburg -Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio has bought the rights to adapt South African author Lauren Beukes's latest novel, The Shining Girls, for a television series, Beeld reported on Monday. (AllAfrica)

[The Herald]Nana Fredua -Shimmer Chinodya is one of the few Zimbabwean authors I have read whose works explore the struggle for independence from the stand point of the fighters and the general pulse of the nation at the time and is able to provide cogent argument for it without questioning, unnecessarily, the human cost. (AllAfrica)

[ANGOP]Luanda -The Angolan writer Mendes Abrao Hiluca, sells today and Sunday in the city of Uige, his didactic works titled "Learn English without a teacher, in three months" and "Learn French without a master, in three months." (AllAfrica)

[SSNA]Juba, May 28, 2013 (SSNA) -- Hon. Samson Ezekiel Ndukpo, Chairperson of the Committee of Education, Research, Science and Technology of the National Legislative Assembly in Juba received three sets of the new textbooks and teacher guides. The sample sets will assist the members to formulate policy around primary and adult education in South Sudan. (AllAfrica)

[The Star]Ninety-one schools in Mwingi will benefit from a donation of new Christian Religious Education books. Speaking to the press in Mwingi, Pastor Peter Muthui of Africa new life Christian church in Nairobi said the books will be donated by wellwishers from the US. (AllAfrica)

[The Star]In England, on London Street, 575 Wandsworth Road, there is the legendary museum house named after departed Kenyan novelist, poet, and artist Khadambi Asalache who died in London in 2006, aged 71. (AllAfrica)

[New Dawn]Ancient Chinese sages are quoted as saying that a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. Such a maxim is similar to the Cinderella story of the Nimba County Community College (N-Triple-C). (AllAfrica)

[Sudan Tribune]Kampala -The head of the South Sudanese parliament's education, research, science and technology committee, Samson Ezekiel Ndukpo, received three sets of new textbooks and teacher guides on Tuesday. (AllAfrica)