This paper outlines the background and analyses the role of the Indian mercantile community in West Madagascar in the second half of the nineteenth century- In so doing, it attempts to set their activity within the context ...

Over the last two decades the process of industrialisation in Africa has generated considerable scholarly interest and debate. While much of the interest flows from industry's acknowledged potential as ‘the main lever ...

The right to access to information and ideas is vital for any society, yet for most developing countries in the sub-Saharan region of Africa, this is unattainable. This paper describes problems of access to information and ...

Information and knowledge are the drivers of socio-economic development. According to a World Bank report, weakness in the application of knowledge is a major factor behind the economic stagnation in Africa. Compared with ...

The activities or company name, on each erf (stand), in every block, in the central and commercial areas of Johannesburg are shown. The files are named after the streets appearing at the top of each sheet. Each sheet shows ...

Over seventy years ago, South Africa's Department of Forestry started a large scale tree planting programme. The scheme involved the establishment of communities of poor whites in areas suitable for afforestation. The ...

This is a study of, first, the climate, conditions, practices and factors which all converge to constitute the ecology of a digital library in Lesotho in general, and in the University plus State library service specifically; ...