Editor: Snoeks Desmond and Maren Elfert Publisher: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, Hamburg, Germany and dvv international, Cape Town, South Africa Year of publication: 2008 No. of pages: 142 Size: 170 x 240 mm ISBN: 978-0-620-40760-1

Africa is the priority geographical region of UNESCO and the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL). Another key policy area is literacy. Addressing literacy challenges in Africa is therefore high on UIL’s agenda. Family literacy holds the potention to unleash new energies and creativity, foster better understanding and lead to a breakthrough. This book will help to promote literacy by raising understanding and awareness of family literacy in Africa. It shows that a variety of experiences with regard to this concept exist in this region and will help to bring different stakeholders together, enter into dialogue and chart a new course of action. It will inform practitioners, policy-makers and funders about a concept able not only to reach children and adults but also produce more effective and sustainable programmes.