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The emergence of the Internet and the digital world has changed the way people access, produce and share information and knowledge. Yet people in Africa face challenges in accessing scholarly publications, journals and learning materials in general. At the heart of these challenges, and solutions to them, is copyright, the branch of intellectual property rights that covers written and related works. This book offers an understanding of the legal and practical issues posed by copyright for access to learning materials in Africa, and identifies the relevant lessons, best policies and best practices that would broaden and deepen this access. This book is based on the work of the African Copyright and Access to Knowledge (ACA2K) research network, launched in late 2007 as a network of researchers committed to probing the relationship between copyright and learning materials access in eight African countries: Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda.

The directory is based on a survey of 241 organizations, representing institutions, both non-governmental and governmental, involved in early childhood care, development and education. It contains both analytical and descriptive sections. Articles give an overview of the situation of children and their families in sub-Saharan Africa and provide an insight into the early childhood care and education efforts and strategies of organizations in the region. The organization profiles provide descriptions of the major activities within the Young Child, Family and Community programmes of the organizations. (DÜI-Hff)

A. Group Behavior in United Sations and Politics -- I. Afference, Efference and Legitimacy in Africa -- 2. Effect of the African Group of States on the Behavior of the United Nations -- 3. The Role of the Organization of African Unity in Contemporary African Politics -- B. International Law and Peaceful Settlement -- 4. Peaceful Co-Existence and Friendly Relations among States: The African Contribution to the Progressive Development of Principles of International Law -- 5. The Role of the O.A.U. in the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes -- C. Human Rights, Enforcement, and Security Questions -- 6. South Africa's Apartheid Policy: an Assessment -- 7. Economic Sanctions in the Rhodesian Context -- 8. The U.N. and the O.A.U.: Roles in the Maintenance of International Peace and Security in Africa -- D. Integration and Unity Questions -- 9. Education and National Integration in Africa -- 10. The League of Arab States and North Africa -- 11. The East African Community as a Sub-Regional Grouping -- E. Relational Impacts and the Future -- 12. Legitimization of National Liberation: The United Nations and Southern Africa -- 13. Africa and the World Community -- 14. Reflections on the Future of International Organization in Africa.