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Gender Conversations with Men: Using Film as a Tool. Facilitator's Guide

Cape Town: Steps (2021), 13 pp.
"This guide uses the STEPS Facilitated Film Screening Methodology to give facilitators the tools to encourage male to male conversations based on the Learning Cycle. Although the main focus is on male engagement, discussion guidelines and activities can also be adapted to mixed gender groups. Facili ... more
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Tanzania: A solid base for moving to G5 regulation

Geneva: ITU (2021), vi, 21 pp.
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Perceptions on Community Media for Effective Acculturation in Nigerian Indigenous Languages

Chimaobi Onwukwe
Community Development Journal, volume 56, issue 3 (2021), pp. 524-540
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Widerstand: Drei Generationen antikolonialer Protest in Kamerun = Resistance: Trois générations de lutte anticoloniale au Cameroun

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Un lexique de discours haineux et incendiaire en République Centrafricaine
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Nicola Barrach-Yousefi et al.
Washington, DC: PeaceTech Lab; United States Institute of Peace (USIP); Association Jeunesse en Marche pour le Développement en Centrafrique (AJEMADEC) (2021), 38 pp.
"Depuis 2014, PeaceTech Lab a entrepris des recherches et travaillé avec des partenaires locaux dans 13 pays pour comprendre la dynamique des discours de haine et le lien entre la prolifération des récits haineux en ligne et les événements violents hors ligne. Cette recherche et les lexiques qu ... more
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Localizing diasporic digital media practices: Social stratification and community making among Somali women living in Rome

Claudia Minchilli
Journal of Global Diaspora & Media, volume 2, issue 1 (2021), pp. 73-89
"In this article, I inquire into the relationship between digital media practices, community making and forms of social stratification among Somali women living in Rome. Drawing on a critical approach to the study of 'digital diaspora', I use theories of 'field' and 'capitals' as analytical tools to ... more
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Barometre des Médias Africains: Togo 2021

Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2021), 51 pp.
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Informing Hard-to-Reach Immigrant Groups about COVID-19—Reaching the Somali Population in Oslo

Jan-Paul Brekke
Journal of Refugee Studies, volume 35, issue 1 (2021), pp. 641-661
"This article provides a case study of an information campaign directed at people of Somali decent living in the worst hit district of Oslo, the capital of Norway. The Somalis were the immigrant group most affected by the COVID-19 in Norway during the first wave of the pandemic. The campaign used se ... more
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Digital tools and strategies in COVID-19 infodemic response: Case studies and discussion

Roman Chestnov et al.
Geneva: ITU (2021), 60 pp.
"Digital technology, while an important enabler of many COVID-19 mitigation measures, has also contributed to the rise of misinformation and disinformation surrounding the pandemic. The circulation of rumours, conspiracy theories, false claims and misconceptions about the novel coronavirus has had a ... more
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Promoting Peace: The Role of Radio Journalism in Conflict Prevention

Fabíola Ortiz dos Santos
Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 19, issue 1 (2021), pp. 175-196
"This article examines the role of radios in conflict by exploring the tenets of peace journalism in the United Nations sponsored Radio Okapi (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Radio Ndeke Luka (Central African Republic) run by the Swiss Fondation Hirondelle. It is a qualitative research that interv ... more
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Afrika

Marco Moerschbacher (ed.)
Paderborn et al.: Schöningh (2021), x, 615 pp.
"Das Werk bietet, nach Ländern bzw. Regionen aufgeschlüsselt, einen kompakten und aktuellen Überblick über geschichtliche Herkunft, weitere Entwicklungen und aktuelle Herausforderungen der afrikanischen Kirche aus katholischer Sicht. Dabei liegt ein Akzent auf den Beziehungen der Ortskirche zu a ... more
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Supply Chain Analysis: Malawi

Washington, DC: Global Book Alliance; Education Development Center (EDC); USAID (2021), vii, 78 pp.
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The Societal Importance of Journalistic Health Reporting on the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa: Impressions from Science and Health Journalism Organizations

Stefan Wollnik
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 13, issue 2 (2021), pp. 139-158
"The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on health systems and economies around the world. This is particularly true for developing and newly industrialized countries that often have to deal with poverty and inadequate health systems. A greater awareness of COVID-19 and its consequences, genera ... more
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Media and the Pandemic. Adapting to Survive: Radio and Digital Media in Eastern Africa

Daniel Ominde Okoth
Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), Media Programme Sub-Sahara Africa (2021), 22 pp.
"[...] Radio is still the region’s most popular medium, especially in rural parts of the region where the majority of the population still live. The little advertisement revenue that still goes to media houses in the region lies in the hands of very few media outlets with a national reach. Most of ... more
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Press Freedom & Safety of Journalists in Africa: Challenges and Recommendations

Ravi Prasad
Vienna: International Press Institute (IPI) (2021), 63 pp.
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Nigeria: Democratic press, authoritarian government?

Chinyere Stella Okunna, Ngozi Marion Emmanuel, Henry Chigozie Duru
In: The Global Handbook of Media Accountability
Susanne Fengler, Tobias Eberwein, Matthias Karmasin (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2021), pp. 324-334
"The Nigerian media scene is notably vibrant, which can be perceived as a democratization of communication and liberalization of the press where anyone with the means to own a media establishment can do so. Thus, the challenge with the Nigerian media is no longer the issue of access but, rather, tha ... more
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Media and Digital Technologies for Mixed Methods Research in Public Health Emergencies Such as COVID-19: Lessons Learned from Using Interactive Radio–SMS for Social Research in Somalia

Johanna Riha, Claudia Abreu Lopes, Naima Abdi Ibrahim, Sharath Srinivasan
Journal of Mixed Methods Research, volume 15, issue 3 (2021), pp. 304-326
"Radio shows which invite audience participation via short message service (SMS)—interactive radio–SMS—can be designed as a mixed methods approach for applied social research during COVID-19 and other crises in low and middle income countries. In the aftermath of a cholera outbreak in Somalia, ... more
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Why Access to Information is Essential for Democratic Elections in Africa

Dunia Mekonnen Tegegn
CIPESA (2021), 5 pp.
"Among the various forms of online censorship, internet shutdowns are some of the most invasive and blunt. Unlike traditional forms of censorship like blocking internet pages or certain content, these disruptions to digital communications are architectural and affect a preliminary condition in the i ... more
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Developing guidelines for cash transfers in Somalia

Jaki Mebur, Belinda Baah, Ken Okong'o
London: GSMA (2021), 28 pp.