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Turning Rice Into Pilau: The Art of Video Narration in Tanzania

Matthias Krings
Intermédialités, issue 4 (2009), 32 pp.
"In Tanzania pirated video copies of foreign films are subject to a profound practice of remediation. Video narrators who either perform live simultaneous translations and commentaries on such films in video parlours, or mediatise their interpretations as VHS cassettes and DVDs with Kiswahili voice- ... more
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Journalismuswelten: Ein Vergleich von Journalismuskulturen in 17 Ländern

Thomas Hanitzsch, Josef Seethaler
Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, volume 57, issue 4 (2009), pp. 464-483
"Der vorliegende Aufsatz berichtet erste deskriptive Befunde aus einer multinationalen Studie zum Vergleich von Journalismuskulturen. Im Rahmen des Projekts wurden insgesamt 1700 Journalisten in 17 Ländern zu ihren professionellen Orientierungen befragt. Im Vordergrund standen Fragen nach dem Verst ... more
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Healing the Messenger: A Journalist’s Trauma Booklet. Special Edition Kenya

Nairobi; Copenhagen: Kenya Association of Photographers, Illustrators and Designers; Kenya Correspondents Association; Kenya Union of Journalists; International Media Support (IMS) (2009), 38 pp.
"Providing counseling for reporters who have witnessed some of the worst things that can happen to humanity – with no tools to handle the emotional shock – was identified as one of the most imminent and crucial needs for support to Kenyan media practitioners in the aftermath of the disputed Dece ... more
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Global Information Society Watch 2009: Focus on Access to Online Information and Knowledge – Advancing Human Rights and Democracy

Alan Finlay (ed.)
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2009), 231 pp.
"GISWatch has three interrelated goals: surveying the state of the field of information and communications technology (ICT) policy at local and global levels; encouraging critical debate; strengthening networking and advocacy for a just, inclusive information society. Each year the report focuses on ... more
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Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives

Stuart Allan, Einar Thorsen (eds.)
New York: Peter Lang (2009), xii, 277 pp.
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There Will be Ink: A Study of Journalism Training and the Extractive Industries in Nigeria, Ghana and Uganda

Ben Colmery, Adriana Diaz, Emily Gann, Rebekah Heacock, Jonathan Hulland, Eamon Kircher-Allen
New York: Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, International Media and Communications Program (2009), 114 pp.
"This report is intended to serve as a guide for organizations considering establishing journalist-training programs in Nigeria, Ghana and Uganda. The report provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities in the journalism profession in these three countries. Generalizations across countri ... more
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Poised for Growth: Community Radio in Kenya in 2009. Final Report for the Open Society Initiative for East Africa

Jean Fairbairn, Doreen Rukaria
Nairobi: Developing Radio Partners; Kenya Community Media Network (KCOMNET); Code for Africa; Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) (2009), 90 pp.
"This study aimed to map the community radio sector, with a view to helping it realise its promise. We have been critical, but always with construction in mind. All too often community radio stations are presented in glowing terms, as heroic endeavours .. and in many respects, they are. However, unl ... more
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Media Colloquium Report

Open Society Initiative for East Africa (2009), 16 pp.
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Communication and Development in Africa

African Communication Research (St. Augustine University Mwanza), volume 2, issue 2 (2009), pp. 203-350
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Cartooning in Africa
Deep Insights

John A. Lent (ed.)
Cresskill: Hampton Press (2009), xi, 383 pp.
"This volume documents from historical and contemporary perspectives, the situations, trends and issues of cartooning in a number of African countries, and profiles the individuals, forms and phenomena that stand out. All types of cartooning are covered, including comic books, comic strips, gag and ... more
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Diary of a Participatory Advocacy Film Project: Transforming Communication Initiatives Into Living Campaigns

Emilie Flower, Brigid McConville
Development in Practice, volume 19, issue 7 (2009), pp. 933-937
"In August 2007, the Government of Tanzania committed to doubling the number of training places for skilled midwives following a five-year campaign by the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood in Tanzania (WRATZ), which culminated in the first television screening of a participatory film, ‘Pla ... more
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Radio Listening Habits Among Rural Audiences: An Ethnographic Study of Kieni West Division in Central Kenya

George W. Gathigi
Ohio University, Doctoral Thesis (2009), xv, 324 pp.
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ICTs for Democracy: Information and Communication Technologies for the Enhancement of Democracy - with a Focus on Empowerment

Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2009), 89 pp.
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Media and Identity in Africa

Kimani Njogu, John Middleton (eds.)
Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2009), xvii, 333 pp.
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Freedom on the Net: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media

Freedom House (2009), 123 pp.
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Sowing the Seeds: A Study of Media Coverage of Agriculture and Women in the Agricultural Sector in Three African Countries: Mali, Uganda and Zambia

Washington, DC: International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) (2009), 27 pp.
This report documents the scant attention that agriculture and women agriculturalists have received from news media.
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Doing Digital Media in Africa: Prospects, Promises and Problems

Francis Mdlongwa (ed.)
Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2009), 117 pp.
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Uneven Performances by the Private Press in Ethiopia: An Analysis of 18 Years of Press Freedom

Terje S. Skjerdal, Hallelujah Lule
Journal of Communication & Language Arts, volume 3, issue 1 (2009), pp. 44-59
"It is generally said that an independent press is vital for any democracy. However, the case in many African countries is that the independent or private press is weak and lacks credibility, although its assumed role as a cornerstone of young democracies is repeatedly stressed by commentators and p ... more
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Mobile Phones: The New Talking Drums of Everyday Africa

Mirjam de Bruijn, Francis Nyamnjoh, Inge Brinkman (eds.)
Bamenda (CM); Leiden: Langaa; African Studies Centre (2009), vii, 173 pp.
"This book is about the many ways in which mobile phones are being appropriated by Africans and how they are transforming and are being transformed by society in Africa. A case study from Karthoum (Sudan) shows, how mobile phones are reshaping relationships in a Muslim society, where they enable wom ... more
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La video dans le developpement: Filmer pour le changement rural

Rico Lie, Andreas Mandler
Wageningen; Rome; Rome: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA); FAO (2009), v, 60 pp.