Reading Ecologies: Transforming Publishing in Africa
Notes
Reading Ecologies: Transforming Publishing in Africa calls for insurgent publishing, aesthetic and epistemic struggles of independent publishers from the African continent and diasphora.
| Artist / Author | Pascale Obolo, Michalis Pichler, Parfait Tabapsi |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Afrikadaa, Miss Read:, Mosaïquēs |
| ISBN | 978-3-96287-007-2 |
| Reference | P4278 |
| Date | 2025 |
| Type | Publication |
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