West Africa
Filter
1941
Featured
Topics
119
88
82
70
48
48
47
45
43
43
40
40
39
37
37
36
35
34
31
30
30
29
29
29
29
27
27
27
27
27
27
26
25
25
25
25
24
24
24
23
23
23
23
22
22
22
22
22
22
21
21
21
21
21
20
20
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
18
18
18
18
18
18
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
14
14
14
14
14
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Language
Document type
247
246
78
65
58
48
31
30
18
10
9
9
7
7
6
5
4
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Countries
Authors & Publishers
Media focus
Publication Years
Methods applied
Journals
Output Type
 External Link  (171)
 Add to my commbox

Global Hotspots: Media Use in Mali and Somalia 2013

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG); Gallup (2013), 60 slides
"Strategic Considerations for a Mali Communications Strategy: Don't forget the importance of local language to reach broad cross-section of the population. Broadcast media remain paramount; on a national radio is likely to be the key medium. Digital is still mostly a niche phenomenon." (Slide 39) "S ... more
 Download  (109)
 Add to my commbox

Access to Information in Africa: Examining Progress Since the APAI Declaration

Windhoek: African Platform on Access to Information (APAI); Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2013), 91 pp.
"Out of the twelve countries surveyed, only four have specific access to information laws. These countries are: Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe. However, a significant indication of the shifting tide on the continent is that six of the countries surveyed have some form of specific access to ... more
 Download  (88)
 Add to my commbox

Connecting People for Development: Why Public Access ICTs Matter

Araba Sey, Chris Coward, François Bar, George Sciadas, Chris Rothschild, Lucas Koepke
Seattle: University of Washington Information School, Technology & Social Change Group (2013), 240 pp.
"Libraries, telecenters, and cybercafés play a critical role in extending the benefits of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to a diverse range of people worldwide. However, their ability to contribute to development agendas has come into question in recent times. The Global Impact S ... more
 External Link  (228)
 Google Scholar  (218)
 WorldCat  (218)
 Add to my commbox

Selective Believability: A Perspective on Africans’ Interactions with Global Media

Abdullahi Tasiu Abubakar
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 2 (2013), pp. 219-236
"This article attempts to highlight a new perspective on African audiences’ engagement with global media and point to new postulates in audience research. It briefly reviews key reception theories, ranging from the effects tradition to active audience paradigm and encoding-decoding model. It then ... more
 External Link  (257)
 Google Scholar  (227)
 WorldCat  (200)
 Add to my commbox

Framing Africa: Portrayals of a Continent in Contemporary Mainstream Cinema

Nigel Eltringham (ed.)
New York: Berghahn (2013), vi, 183 pp.
"The first decade of the 21st century has seen a proliferation of North American and European films that focus on African politics and society. While once the continent was the setting for narratives of heroic ascendancy over self (The African Queen, 1951; The Snows of Kilimanjaro, 1952), military o ... more
 External Link  (246)
 Add to my commbox

The Global Information Technology Report 2013: Growth and Jobs in a Hyperconnected World

Beñat Bilbao-Osorio, Soumitra Dutta, Bruno Lanvin (eds.)
Geneva: World Economic Forum; INSEAD (2013), 413 pp.
"Through the methodological framework of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI), the report measures the extent to which 144 economies, from both the developed and developing worlds, take advantage of ICTs and other new technologies to increase their growth and well-being. The NRI identifies the most r ... more
 Download  (108)
 Add to my commbox

Study on the Contribution of Culture to the Economy of Cape Verde

ECO; Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP); European Union (2013), 46 pp.
 Google Scholar  (216)
 WorldCat  (238)
 Add to my commbox

Community Media for Development and Participation: Experiences, Thoughts and Forethoughts
Deep Insights

Ayobami Ojebode (ed.)
Ibadan: John Archers (2013), xxii, 422 pp.
"A collection of debate and report articles on community media and community communication, this book presents experiences, thoughts and forethoughts from Cyprus, Ghana, Kenya, Malaysia and Nigeria. In the first section of the book are found studies of the practice and impact of community media, esp ... more
 Google Scholar  (194)
 WorldCat  (222)
 Add to my commbox

Contemporary Issues in Community Radio: Development in Nigeria

Umaru A. Pate, Ifeoma Dunu (eds.)
Lagos: Nigeria Community Radio Coalition (NCRC); Institute for Media and Society (IMS) (2013), xvi, 170 pp.
 External Link  (180)
 Google Scholar  (222)
 WorldCat  (234)
 Add to my commbox

The Education of the Filmmaker in Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas

Mette Hjort (ed.)
New York et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2013), xiv, 302 pp.
 External Link  (255)
 Google Scholar  (212)
 WorldCat  (232)
 Add to my commbox

Ethical Dilemma Revisited: PBO Newspapers and the Professional Elbowroom of the Nigerian Journalist

Ayobami Ojebode
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 3 (2013), pp. 295-312
"Focusing on politician-businessperson-owned (PBO) newspapers, the study examined how loyalty to the owners’ multiple interests has reduced the professional elbowroom of the Nigerian journalist. Through in-depth interviews and textual analysis, the study found that journalists in PBO newspapers ar ... more
 Download  (83)
 Add to my commbox

Dimitra Newsletter, Nr. 24

Brussels: FAO Dimitra (2013), 24 pp.
"For several years now, the FAO-Dimitra project has been supporting community listeners’ clubs (CLC), which facilitate a process for strengthening rural communities, with a special focus on women’s leadership. At this stage in the project’s progress, we think it is necessary to take the time t ... more
 External Link  (139)
 Add to my commbox

Barometre des Médias Africains: Senegal 2013 = African Media Barometer: Senegal 2013

Windhoek; Dakar-Fann: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2013), 124 pp.
 Download  (75)
 Add to my commbox

Christen in großer Bedrängnis: Diskriminierung und Unterdrückung. Dokumentation 2013

Berthold Pelster (Red.)
München: Kirche in Not (2013), 184 pp.
 Download  (95)
 Add to my commbox

Neue Medien

Nah Dran (GIZ), issue 1 (2013), pp. 12-27
 External Link  (226)
 Google Scholar  (230)
 WorldCat  (243)
 Add to my commbox

Health Communication: Strategies for Developing Global Health Programs

Do Kyun Kim, Arvind Singhal, Gary L. Kreps (eds.)
New York: Peter Lang (2013), vii, 383 pp.
"Promotion of healthy behaviors and prevention of disease are inextricably linked to cultural understandings of health and well-being. Health communication scholarship and practice can substantially and strategically contribute to people living safer, healthier, and happier lives. This book represen ... more
 Download  (95)
 Add to my commbox

Community Radio, Gender & ICTs in West Africa: A Comparative Study of Women’s Participation in Community Radio Through Mobile Phone Technologies

Frances Fortune, Cindy Chungong
Nokoko (Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Canada), issue 3 (2013), pp. 71-95
"This case study analyses the intersection between radio, gender and information and communication technologies (ICTs) in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. Specifically, it examines whether recent improvements in radio broadcast coverage and the spread of SMS technology are increasing women’s acce ... more
 External Link  (218)
 Add to my commbox

Media Use in Bamako, Mali 2013

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG); Gallup (2013), 2 pp.
"Bamako adults are avid news users; 92.5% say they receive news from television, radio, the Internet or newspapers at least once a week; 78.4% report they receive news from these sources at least once a day. Mobile phone, radio, and television ownership is widespread in Bamako. Nine in 10 Bamako adu ... more
 External Link  (150)
 Add to my commbox

Étude exploratoire: état de lieux des radios du Nord du Mali

Union des Radiodiffusions et Telévisions Libres (URTEL); International Media Support (IMS) (2013), 31 pp.
 Download  (95)
 Add to my commbox

Global Information Society Watch 2013: Women's Rights, Gender and ICTs

Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2013), 240 pp.
"GISWatch 2013 shows that gains in women’s rights made online are not always certain or stable. While access to the internet for women has increased their participation in the social, economic and governance spheres, there is another side to these opportunities: online harassment, cyberstalking, a ... more