WELCOME TO THE HOME PAGE OF THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN BOOK DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION TRUST

SABDET, a UK-based charitable education trust, worked in support of indigenous publishing in Africa from 1994 to 2008. The organisation was wound up in 2008 and a statement concerning the winding up of SABDET can be found here. A list of trustees and dates of appointment is also available.

RECENT PAPERS

Journeying South-East through North-West SABDET panel at the African Studies Association of the UK (ASAUK) biennial conference at SOAS 11th-13th September 2006

Devolving Diasporas: Reception and Migration SABDET panel at the African Studies Association of the UK (ASAUK) biennial conference at SOAS 11th-13th September 2006

Publishing Literature in Nigeria - challenges and opportunities SABDET panel at the African Studies Association of the UK (ASAUK) biennial conference at SOAS 11th-13th September 2006

Reading Africa Presentation at the Standing Conference on Library Materials (SCOLMA) Annual Conference on 7th June, 2006

African publishers and writers in British and International Markets at the African Publishing and Writing Conference panel, British Library, 17 October 2005

The Role of Industry Organisations in African Publishing SABDET panel at the International Conference on the Book at Oxford Brookes, 12 September 2005

Getting published, getting heard: debate and democracy in Africa SABDET panel at the Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (AEGIS) conference at SOAS,
2 July 2005

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Papers & Proceedings

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