As a result foreign ideas, cultures, inter alia, have been fed to Africans, resulting in loss of identity. The sphere of. African governments have come to the realisation that it is only locally generated materials and a home grown curriculum that can effectively facilitate self-reliance on the continent. Only indigenous books can respond sensitively and promptly to the changing needs and environments of a country. The challenge education has is to improve learning opportunities through the provision of culturally relevant reading materials.
African publishers seek to identify themselves as agents of positive change on the continent.
They are aware of the strategic place they occupy to share knowledge and to use their profession to bring African thought and knowledge to a wide audience. It has embarked on capacity building of indigenous publishing by way of skills training and intra-African trade promotion.