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The Asaba Massacre: Trauma, Memory, and the Nigerian Civil War

S. Elizabeth Bird, Fraser M. Ottanelli
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2017), xvii, 239 pp.
"In October 1967, early in the Nigerian Civil War, government troops entered Asaba in pursuit of the retreating Biafran army, slaughtering thousands of civilians and leaving the town in ruins. News of the atrocity was suppressed by the Nigerian government, with the complicity of Britain, and its sig ... more
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La télévision ivoirienne (RTI) de 1963 à 2011: Média de développement ou instrument du pouvoir?

Issa Yeresso Sangaré
Paris: L'Harmattan (2017), 223 pp.
"Plus d'un demi-siècle après sa création sous Félix Houphouët-Boigny, la RTI a-t-elle atteint l'objectif fixé au départ, renforcer la cohésion sociale, positionner le pays sur la scène internationale et promouvoir le développement ? A-t-elle été un organe de développement souhaité, où ... more
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De la "Radio banane" à La Voix de la révolution: L'expérience radiophonique en Guinée

Bangaly Camara
Paris: L'Harmattan (2017), 132 pp.
"L’expérience radiophonique en Guinée a connu trois grandes périodes. Lors de la première, de 1950 à 1955, la radio était au service de la métropole, afin de servir les intérêts exclusifs des planteurs européens, franco-syriens et franco-libanais. Elle donnait des informations sur le mou ... more
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Everyday Media Culture in Africa: Audiences and Users

Wendy Willems, Winston Mano (eds.)
London: Routledge (2017), 260 pp.
"This volume examines the lived experiences of Africans and their interaction with different kinds of media: old and new, state and private, elite and popular, global and national, material and virtual. By offering a comparative, critical and largely qualitative account of audiences and users across ... more
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Global Pop: Das Buch zur Weltmusik

Claus Leggewie (ed.)
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Lizenzausg. (2017), 392 pp.
"Der Begriff "Weltmusik" war in den 1980er Jahren die gängige Beschreibung für Musikstile, die aus westlicher Perspektive "exotisch" wirkten. Er stand für unterschiedlichste musikalische Traditionen, die oftmals nicht viel mehr gemein hatten, als dass sie plötzlich für den westlichen Markt inte ... more
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Internet: Smarte neue Welt

welt-sichten, issue 12 (2017), pp. 12-42
"Digitale Medien verbreiten sich über die Welt: Auch in Madagaskar verwenden Kinder Handys. In Kenia nutzt die Regierungspartei in Wahlkämpfen bereits die gleichen Datenanalysen, die in den USA Donald Trump geholfen haben, Präsident zu werden. Und in der Wirtschaft bewirken Daten und Internet-Pla ... more
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More Than Propaganda, a Review of Boko Haram's Public Messages

Omar Mahmood
Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies (ISS) (2017), 31 pp.
"Although not always consistent, Boko Haram has ensured its narrative is publicly disseminated, which is revealing for a group that is extremely secretive. Messaging creates awareness about the group and its activities, which can tie into recruitment. Messaging demonstrates a clear pattern of expand ... more
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The Fight Against Lassa Fever in Ebonyi State, Nigeria: A Clash of the People’s Culture and Broadcast Media Campaign

Simon Ugochuwu Nwankwo, Agatha Orji-Egwu
IDOSR Journal of Communication and English, volume 2, issue 1 (2017), pp. 159-180
"Ebonyi State of Nigeria is among the states where the incidence of Lassa fever has become endemic; and has consequently led to the death of many people including health practitioners in the state. To mobilize the people against the disease, government and stakeholders in the health sector resorted ... more
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Trusted Voices in Challenging Times: Civil Society and Media Leadership (CSML) Program. Final Report

Washington, DC: IREX; USAID (2016), 93 pp.
"For over five and one-half years, the Civil Society and Media Leadership (CSML) Program, led by IREX in partnership with The Carter Center and Social Impact, contributed to building a more capable, collaborative, and agile civil society and media sector in Liberia. The CSML team provided intensive ... more
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Donkor: A case study of the safety of journalists in Ghana

Africanus L. Diedong
Global Media Journal - African Edition, volume 10, issue 2 (2016), pp. 92-120
"This paper argues that the safety of journalists in Ghana can no longer be taken for granted given the available evidence of physical attacks on journalists (Joint Statement NMC et al., 2016 and MFWA, 2016). The overarching objective of the study is to portray Donkor’s case as typical of similar ... more
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Strengthening Accountability Through Media in Sierra Leone: Final Evaluation

Karen O’Connor, Josephus Kongo
London: BBC Media Action (2016), 55 pp.
"The magazine programme Fo Rod and the debate show Tok Bot Salone built a loyal and engaged audience. The number of people who listened to either one or both programmes increased from 0.8 million in 2013 to 1.1 million in 2015, representing 29% of all adults. The proportion of regular listeners was ... more
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Guinée info santé: Guide de référence pour les journalistes

Fatoumata Binta Bah, Mariam Francoise Diallo
Paris: CFI Coopération Médias (2016), 29 pp.
"Ce guide a pour objectif de fournir aux journalistes formés un support de communication adapté et efficace, leur permettant de diffuser des messages sur les problèmes prioritaires de santé en Guinée. Il doit également leur donner le même niveau d’information et des messages harmonisés sur ... more
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People-Powered Media Innovation in West Africa: Accelerating Development & Good Governance in the New Media Landscape

Panthea Lee, Nonso Jideofor, Kate Reed Petty
Omidyar Network (2016), 40 pp.
"As media ecosystems in West Africa are increasingly diversifying and opening up after decades of state control, innovative and independent journalism is advancing government transparency and accountability. New opportunities for funders are opening in tandem, with potential for both social and econ ... more
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The Bible revisited: Neue Zugänge im Film

Reinhold Zwick, Peter Hasenberg (eds.)
Marburg: Schüren (2016), 352 pp.
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Mobilities, ICTs and Marginality in Africa: Comparative Perspectives

Francis Nyamnjoh, Ingrid Brudvig (eds.)
Cape Town: HSRC Press (2016), ix, 244 pp.
"The book aims to situate the cultural, social and, in some cases, transnational context of ICT appropriation and virtual connectivity so as to reposition Africans from various countries and contexts as active agents of social change. The intricacies of local ICT use and the dynamics of mobility in ... more
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A Missional Study of the Use of Social Media (Facebook) by Some Ghanaian Pentecostal Pastors

P. White, F. Tella, M. D. Ampofo
KOERS — Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, volume 81, issue 2 (2016), 8 pp.
"Social media as a new phenomenon has become a tool used by many televangelists and pastors all over the world. It is against this background that this research sought to explore the Facebook activities of some Ghanaian Pentecostal pastors from a missional perspective. The article deals with the con ... more
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Global Information Society Watch 2016: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Internet

Association for Progressive Communications (APC); International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2016), 269 pp.
"The 45 country reports gathered here illustrate the link between the internet and economic, social and cultural rights (ESCRs). Some of the topics will be familiar to information and communications technology for development (ICT4D) activists: the right to health, education and culture; the socioec ... more
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Elections Communication Guide

Gilbert Tietaah
Legon (GH): Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) (2016), 32 pp.
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Paying for Access or Content? Blurred Understandings of Mobile Internet Data in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda

Savita Bailur, Emrys Schoemaker, Jonathan Donner
In: GlobDev 2016: Proceedings Annual Workshop of the AIS Special Interest Group for ICT in Global Development
Association for Information Systems AIS Electronic Library (AISeL) (2016), 11 pp.
"The paper addresses the blurred understandings of what developing country mobile internet users feel they are paying for. The move towards increasing online news and music consumption around the world has resulted in low growth in paid content consumption and a digital advertising market that is no ... more
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Gendering War and Peace Reporting: Some Insights – Some Missing Links

Berit von der Lippe, Rune Ottosen (eds.)
Göteborg: Nordicom (2016), 278 pp.