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Book Publishing in Nigeria

Chukwuemeka Ike
[no publisher] (2004), 4 pp.
"A short but succinct four page overview of the book publishing industry in Nigeria, which has been in steady decline since the 1980s: "At one stage, prospects for the book industry in Nigeria appeared rosy. The Federal Government established paper and pulp making industries, and an elaborate plan w ... more
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Repressive State and Resurgent Media Under Nigeria's Military Dictatorship, 1988-98

Ayo Olukotun
Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet (2004), 136 pp.
"This study documents a crucial dimension of the resistance of Nigerian civil society to a repressive and monumentally corrupt military state in the late 1980s and 1990s in Nigeria. Employing a neo-Gramscian theoretical framework, the study relates how a section of the media defied censorship laws, ... more
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Focus on African Films

Francoise Pfaff (ed.)
Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2004), ix, 327 pp.
"Emphasizing post-independent films released since the 1950s and the burgeoning commercial film production of the last decade, Focus on African Films provides unique and pluralistic perspectives on filmmaking throughout Africa. As a whole, the collection highlights the distinct thematic, stylistic, ... more
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Die Erotik des Bösen: Mami Water als "christlicher" Dämon in ghanaischen und nigerianischen Videos

Birgit Meyer
In: Africa screams: Das Böse in Kino, Kunst und Kult
Tobias Wendl (ed.)
Wuppertal: Peter Hammer Verlag (2004), pp. 199-209
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Francophonie and the National Airwaves: A History of Television in Senegal

Jo Ellen Fair
In: Planet TV: A Global Television Reader
Lisa Parks, Shanti Kumar (eds.)
New York: New York University Press (2003), pp. 189-210
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Altar Media's 'Living Word': Televised Charismatic Christianity in Ghana

Marleen de Witte
Journal of Religion in Africa, volume 33, issue 2 (2003), pp. 172-202
"In many parts of Africa, charismatic-Pentecostal churches are increasingly and effectively making use of mass media and entering the public sphere. This article presents a case study of a popular charismatic church in Ghana and its media ministry. Building on the notion of charisma as intrinsically ... more
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Partnership for Media and Conflict Prevention in West Africa: Strategy Paper. Based on the Conclusions of the Accra Meeting in July 2003

Accra: International Media Support (IMS); Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) (2003), 25 pp.
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Entwicklungshelferinnen und Entwicklungshelfer für Informations- und Bildungsarbeit des DED: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen eines Programmansatzes

Jutta Bangel (ed.)
Bonn: Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst (DED) (2003), 113 pp.
"Herr Könsgen wies auf die Bedeutung einer professionellen Außendarstellung des DED hin und betonte den Stellenwert der entwicklungspolitischen Bildungsarbeit für den DED. Beides kann durch die Fachkräfte für Informations- und Bildungsarbeit (IBA-EH) unterstützt und vorangetrieben werden. Der ... more
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Mediating Religion: Conversations in Media, Religion and Culture

Jolyon P. Mitchell, Sophia Marriage (eds.)
London; New York: T&T Clark (2003), xv, 407 pp.
"This is the first book to bring together many aspects of the interplay between religion, media and culture from around the world in a single comprehensive study. Leading international scholars provide the most up-to-date findings in their fields, and in a readable and accessible way. Some of the to ... more
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Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus: Os novos conquistadores da fé

Ari Pedro Oro, André Corten, Jean-Pierre Dozon (eds.)
São Paulo: Paulinas (2003), 379 pp.
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Impossible Representations: Pentecostalism, Vision and Video Technology in Ghana

Birgit Meyer
Mainz: Universität Mainz, Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien (2003), 22 pp.
"In this essay I have tried to show how, by taking as point of departure an understanding of religion as a practice of mediation, Pentecostalism has increasingly ‘taken place’, so to speak, in the public sphere as a result of Ghana’s turn to democracy and the liberalization and commercializati ... more
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Radios communautaires pour le développement: Analyse d’une stratégie. Mission d’analyse PNUD/UNESCONiamey et les régions, 2 au 30 juillet 2003

Carlos A. Arnaldo, Lynda Attias, Boureima Magagi
Paris: UNESCO (2003), 40 pp.
"La mission a visité 18 radios communautaires dans la période prévue. Elle s'est focalisée sur une sélection de radios représentatives des différents types de régions (à l'exception de la région de Diffa, trop éloignée géographiquement pour que la mission puisse s'y rendre), de géograp ... more
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Les instances de régulation des médias en Afrique de l'Oest: Le cas du Bénin

Emmanuel V. Adjovi
Paris; Cotonou: Karthala; Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2003), 278 pp.
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Medienwelten - Information und Macht

Der Ãœberblick, issue 4 (2003), 149 pp.
"Viele autoritäre Regime fürchten den unkontrollierten Informationsfluss, gerade weil er gemeinsames Handeln ermöglicht und ihre Herrschaft gefährden könnte. Auch manche Kulturkritiker würden gerne Informationen kanalisieren, um einen Kulturimperialismus abzuwehren, bei dem sich ihrer Ansicht ... more
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FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) and Civil Society

Lanre Arogundade (ed.)
Lagos: International Press Centre (IPC) (2003), 140 pp.
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Freedom of the Press: Responsibility of Media. Africa on the Way to Self-Regulation

Domitille Duplat
Giuseppe Caramazza (transl. and adapt.)
Nairobi: Paulines Publications Africa (2003), 144 pp.
"In Africa the press has frequently been used as a tool of propaganda, serving the interests of the government and ruling party. Government regulations, where they exixted, were designed to exclude independent voices. However a free and responsible press is in the interests of all people in Africa. ... more
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The Media of Diaspora

Karim H. Karim (ed.)
London: Routledge (2003), 236 pp.
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Agenda de la presse et de la communication 2003

Cotonou: Union des Journalistes de la Presse Privée du Benin (UJPB); Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), 7ème ed. (2003), 162 pp.
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Médias et communications sociales au Burkina Faso: Approche socio-économique de la circulation de l'information

Serge Théophile Balima, Marie-Soleil Frère
Paris: L'Harmattan (2003), 341 pp.
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Conflict and Election Reporting: Issues, Guidelines

Lanre Arogundade (ed.)
Lagos; Brussels: International Press Centre (IPC); International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2003), 42 pp.