OUP sponsors African literacy conference

Oxford University Press (OUP) is sponsoring an African literacy conference in South Africa this September. The conference is organised by the Reading Association of South Africa (RASA), a literacy group, in association with the International Literacy Association (ILA) and the International Development Committee, Africa branch. Its formal title is "The 9th Pan-African Literacy for All and 10th RASA National Literacy Conference". Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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