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Les radios communautaires: Outils de promotion pour la paix, la culture, la démocratie et le développement en Afrique

Abdou Sarr
Association de Lutte contre la Faim et la Pauvreté (ALFP) (2009), 198 pp.
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Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in Mobile Use by NGOs

Sheila Kinkade, Katrin Verclas
Washington, DC; Berkshire: United Nations Foundation; Vodaphone Group Foundation (2008), 59 pp.
"In this second publication in our Access to Communications Publication Series, the authors examine real-life examples of and trends in wireless technology solutions being used to drive change in the areas of health, humanitarian assistance, and environmental conservation. The compelling stories por ... more
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Media Sustainability Index 2006/2007: Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Africa

Leon Morse (ed.)
Washington, DC: IREX (2008), xix, 385 pp.
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Media in Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention: Documentation 2008

Christoph Schmidt, Wilfried Solbach, Marc von Boemcken (eds.)
Bonn: Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum (2008), 209 pp.
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Presse privée écrite en Afrique francophone: Enjeux démocratiques

Mor Faye
Paris: L'Harmattan (2008), 397 pp.
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Communicating with Radio: What Do We Know? Findings from a Review of Selected Rural Radio Effectiveness Evaluations
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Linje Manyozo
Ottawa: Farm Radio International, African Farm Radio Research Initiative (AFRRI) (2008), 105 pp.
"This study reviews and analyses what has already been documented on the links between radio-based communication strategies and rural development outcomes, particularly with regards to smallholder farming and food security outcomes. The report explores best radio practices, including issues related ... more
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Politics, Religion and the Media: The Transformation of the Public Sphere in Senegal

Frank Wittmann
Media, Culture & Society, volume 30, issue 3 (2008), pp. 479-494
"Senegal is said to be a democratic model for Africa. This reputation was promoted by the former presidents Senghor and Diouf (both Socialist Party), and confirmed through the democratic change of government to the Senegalese Democratic Party under its leader Wade in 2000. Ostensibly, the successful ... more
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Humanitarian Crises and Intervention: Reassessing the Impact of Mass Media
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Walter C. Soderlund, E. Donald Briggs, Kai Hildebrandt, Abdel Salam Sidhamed
Sterling: Kumarian Press (2008), xiv, 335 pp.
"This book takes a unique and comprehensive look at how the international community, led by the US, responded to ten humanitarian crises of the last decade and how major media outlets played a role in influencing (or failing to influence) action. Crises examined include Liberia, East Timor, Somalia, ... more
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Training Journalists to Report on HIV/AIDS: Final Evaluation of a Global Program

Jon Cohen, Laurie Zivetz, Mia Malan
Arcata: Internews Network (2008), 50 pp.
"Internews Network, a U.S.-based organization that for more than two decades has trained journalists around the world, in 2002 received funding from the United States Agency for International Development to launch a project in Africa to help media improve their coverage of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Cal ... more
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Signal and Noise: Media, Infrastructure, and Urban Culture in Nigeria

Brian Larkin
Durham: Duke University Press (2008), xi, 314 pp.
"In this groundbreaking work, Brian Larkin provides a history and ethnography of media in Nigeria, asking what media theory looks like when Nigeria rather than a European nation or the United States is taken as the starting point. Concentrating on the Muslim city of Kano in the north of Nigeria, Lar ... more
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Radios et NTIC en Afrique de l'Ouest: Connectivité et usages

Malick Ndiaye (coord.)
Dakar: Panos Afrique de l'Ouest (2008), 116 pp.
"Les radios demeurent le médium de communication le plus approprié à la communication sociale et à la communication de développement en Afrique. Dans cette étude, il s’agissait de faire l’état des lieux de la connectivité des radios ouest-africaines aux TIC (internet, satellite, ordinate ... more
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Publishing, Books and Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Critical Bibliography
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Hans M. Zell
Henry Chakava (introd. essay)
Lochcarron: Hans Zell Publishing, 3rd ed. (2008), xlix, 712 pp.
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L’ édition en Côte d’Ivoire: étude du secteur scolaire soumis à appel d’offres

Stéphane Marill
[no publisher] (2008), 46 pp.
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Joint Evaluation of Citizens' Voice & Accountability: Synthesis Report

Alina Rocha Menocal, Bhavna Sharma
London: Department for International Development (DFID) (2008), xxi, 109 pp.
"Citizens’ Voice and Accountability (CV&A) work has emerged as a priority in the international development agenda from the 1990s onwards. In their CV&A work, donors recognise the importance of context: it shapes relation to that context. However, context awareness has not proven sufficient to enab ... more
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Global Information Society Watch 2008: Focus on Access to Infrastructure

Alan Finlay (ed.)
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos; Third World Institute (ITeM) (2008), 204 pp.
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Citizen Empowerment for Good Governance Through Community Radios in Western Africa: Legislative and Policy Frameworks: Compilation of Documents for an Action-Research to Remove Barriers and Increase Social Impact of Community Radio

Nairobi: AMARC Africa (2008), 55 pp.
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Grassroots, Participatory Communication

African Communication Research (St. Augustine University Mwanza), volume 1, issue 1 (2008), 137 pp.
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Le pluralisme télévisuel en Afrique de l'Ouest: état de lieux

Mactar Silla, Pauline Bend (eds.)
Dakar: Panos Afrique de l'Ouest (2008), 196 pp.
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La radio en Afrique de l’Ouest, un "média carrefour" sous-estimé ? L'exemple du Burkina Faso

Sylvie Capitant
Réseaux, issue 150 (2008), pp. 189-217
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The Economics of Rural Radio in Africa: An Introductory Study Into the Costs and Revenues
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Christopher Yordy
Ottawa: Farm Radio International; African Farm Radio Research Initiative (AFRRI) (2008), 100 pp.
"This study claims to be one of the first attempts to explore the field of radio economics in rural Africa. Based on in-depth questionnaires filled in by 15 radio stations in Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Ghana and Mali, it found that the costs vary widely according to the type of ownership, i.e. public ... more