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6th African Media Leaders Forum: Media and African Renaissance. 6-8 November 2013

African Media Initiative (AMI) (2013), 133 pp.
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Gender and Media = Genre et Médias

Africa Media Review, volume 21, issue 1-2 (2013), pp. 1-192
"The articles contained in this special issue build on the conversations initiated at the Cairo Symposium and try to make sense of the shifts and transformations in media and gender relations in Africa. Some bring new perspectives to bear on how traditional media (newspapers, magazines, radio and te ... more
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"Good Information is in Short Supply": Kenyan Farmers and Their Assessment of Information on Agricultural Innovation

Christoph Spurk, Michael Schanne, Mureij Mak’Ochieng, Wilson Ugangu
Zürich: Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Institute of Applied Media Studies (IAM); Multimedia University College of Kenya (MMU) (2013), 50 pp.
"This research project addressed specifically the information-seeking behaviour of small scale farming households in Kenya. It focused on how farmers are informed about innovation on new methods of increasing agricultural productivity, which is one of the main challenges for Africa's agriculture and ... more
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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
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Advocacy Capacity Training and Media Outreach Clinic: Workshop Report

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (2013), 30 pp.
"The Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE) together with the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) organised a two and a half day training workshop from 20th to 22nd February 2013, for the Uganda-Poverty and Conservation Learning Group members (U-PCLG) ... more
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African History Teaching in Contemporary German Textbooks: From Biased Knowledge to Duty of Remembrance

Elina Marmer, Papa Sow
Yesterday & Today, issue 10 (2013), pp. 49-76
"In early colonial times, European scientists explained and justified the aggressive and devastating expansion of Europe into nearly every corner of the world. Africans, for example, had been dehumanized, infantilized and bereft of history. The legacy of this manipulative enterprise can still be obs ... more
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Spider Stories 2012

Katja Sarajeva (ed.)
Kista; Stockholm: Spider – The Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions; Stockholm University (2013), 99 pp.
"In Spider Stories 2012 you will get an overview of results from Spider projects initiated in 2011-2012 in collaboration with project partners in Cambodia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. In partnership with local organizations, we have supported innovative projects in democracy, education, and ... more
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Connecting Africa: An Assessment of Progress Towards the Connect Africa Summit Goals

Tunis: African Development Bank (2013), 87 pp.
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Somalia: Media Law in the Absence of a State

Nicole Stremlau
International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics, volume 8, issue 2-3 (2013), pp. 159-174
"Somalia is often described as ‘lawless’ or ‘the world’s most failed state’, a characterization that overlooks the way law and governance actually works in the absence of a capable central government. This article will explore the role of xeer law, or customary law, in regulating media, in ... more
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Minderheiten machen Medien: Was gibt's Neues?

Pogrom, volume 44, issue 4-5 (2013), pp. 17-72
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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.
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Reporting China in Africa

African Journalism Studies, volume 34, issue 3 (2013), pp. 1-160
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No Peace in the House: Witchcraft Accusations as an “Old Woman’s Problem” in Ghana

Alexandra Crampton
Anthropology & Aging Quarterly, volume 34, issue 2 (2013), pp. 199-212
"In Ghana, older women may be marginalized, abused, and even killed as witches. Media accounts imply this is common practice, mainly through stories of “witches camps” to which the accused may flee. Anthropological literature on aging and on witchcraft, however, suggests that this focus exaggera ... more
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Barometre des Médias Africains: Senegal 2013 = African Media Barometer: Senegal 2013

Windhoek; Dakar-Fann: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2013), 124 pp.
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The Media in Society: Religious Radio Stations, Socio-Religious Discourse and National Cohesion in Tanzania

Francis Xavier Ng’atigwa
Bayreuth: Bayreuth University, Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS), Doctoral Thesis (2013), xiv, 215 pp.
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Afrika! Plädoyer für eine differenzierte Berichterstattung

Martin Sturmer
Konstanz; München: UVK (2013), 192 pp.
"Seit Jahrzehnten wird die mangelnde Qualität der Afrika-Berichterstattung in deutschsprachigen Medien kritisiert. Zu Recht: Die Überbetonung von negativen Aspekten wie Bürgerkriegen, Hungerkatastrophen und Krankheiten entspricht den aktuellen Entwicklungen auf dem aufstrebenden Erdteil kaum. Afr ... more
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Perceptions and Realities of Corruption in South Africa

Iris Wielders
Afrobarometer (2013), 8 pp.
"It is clear that corruption is considered an important issue by South Africans. It is frequently cited as a critical issue facing the country, and many people believe that there are high levels of corruption in various parts of government. At the same time however, the incidence of bribery appears ... more
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Using visual storytelling for women's empowerment

Tamara Plush
Media Development (WACC), volume 60, issue 3 (2013), pp. 25-29
"Communicators who work with photography and video in the development context know the power visuals can have in bearing witness to the reality people living in poverty face. When contextualized, visuals can transcend distance and create a global dialog around topics in need of deeper understanding ... more
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Priming Effects of a Reconciliation Radio Drama on Historical Perspective-Taking in the Aftermath of Mass Violence in Rwanda

Rezarta Bilali, Vollhardt, Johanna Ray
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, volume 49, issue 1 (2013), pp. 144-151
"A field experiment in Rwanda investigated the impact of a radio drama designed to increase perspective-taking with regard to the history of intergroup conflict. An audio-based priming technique was used to assess the causal impact of the radio drama. Rwandan participants (N=842) listened to an audi ... more
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Die Rolle der Medien im Demokratisierungsprozess Kenias

Doris Anna Binger
Berlin; Münster: Lit (2013), 332 pp.