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Medien und Entwicklungsprozess: Eine empirische Studie im westafrikanischen Benin

Ulrich Saxer, René Grossenbacher
Köln: Böhlau (1987), 254 pp.
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Mass Communication in Nigeria: A Book of Reading

Onuora E. Nwuneli (ed.)
Enugu: Fourth Dimension Publishers (1986), 263 pp.
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News Out of Africa: Biafra to 'Band Aid'

Paul Harrison, Robin Palmer
London: Hilary Shipman (1986), 147 pp.
"Frederick Forsyth reveals how he resigned from the BBC to report from Biafra - and attack the British government. Jonathan Dimbleby describes the risks he took in filming 'The Unknown Famine' - which toppled an emperor. Mohamed Amin and Michael Buerk tell how their last-minute partnership in Ethiop ... more
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Making Broadcasting Useful: The African Experience. The Development of Radio and Television in Africa in the 1980s

George Wedell, James Kangwana, Lawrence Lawler (eds.)
Manchester: Manchester University Press; European Institute for the Media (1986), x, 306 pp.
"The second part grew out of the Symposium of Broadcasting Organization and Management held in 1984 at the request of UNESCO, The U.K. Overseas Development Administration, and the British Council, in which a group of directors of broadcasting organizations and permanent secretaries of ministries of ... more
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Television for Development: The African Experience

Iain McLellan
Ottawa: International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (1986), 156 pp.
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The African Press

Martin Ochs
Cairo: American University Press in Cairo (1986), 138 pp.
"Although a number of books have been written on African journalism, this, according to Ochs, a professor of mass communication at the American University in Cairo, is the first to take an overall look at the continent as a whole, notwithstanding the lack of data and frequent change of ownership whi ... more
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Mass Communication, Culture and Society in West Africa

Frank Okwu Ugboajah (ed.)
Oxford; München et al.: Hans Zell Publishers; Saur (1985), 329 pp.
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International Cooperation in the Development of West African Mass Media

Harold A. Fisher
In: Mass Communication, Culture and Society in West Africa
Frank Okwu Ugboajah (ed.)
Oxford; München et al.: Hans Zell Publishers; Saur (1985), pp. 74-84
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Religious Publishing

P. S. Usman
Publisher, volume 1, issue 1 (1985), pp. 20-23
"A short overview of religious publishing houses in Nigeria." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1726)
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Publishing in the Third World: Knowledge and Development
Deep Insights

Philip G. Altbach, Amadio A. Aroleda, S. Gopinathan (eds.)
Portsmouth, New Hampsh.; London: Heinemann; Mansell (1985), xii, 226 pp.
"An in-depth look at the "state of the art" of book publishing in the Third World which examines not only the nuts and bolts but also its status as an important part of the knowledge distribution system. The first 50 pages discuss the status of textbook publishing, copyright, and distribution; the r ... more
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Books and Reading in Ghana

S. A. Amu Djoleto
Paris: UNESCO (1985), 43 pp.
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Mass Media in West Africa: A Bibliographic Essay

Barbara S. Monfils
In: Mass Communication, Culture and Society in West Africa
Frank Okwu Ugboajah (ed.)
Oxford: Hans Zell Publishers (1985), pp. 285-308
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Christian Communication in Church of Christ in Zaire (1982-1984): A Survey

Paul Eberhard, Citoyen Siteke Ubial Susey
Lyon: Lutheran World Federation (LWF); Church of Christ in Zaire (1984), 247 pp.
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The Book Trade of the World. Vol. IV: Africa

Sigfred Taubert, Peter Weidhaas (eds.)
Munich: Saur (1984), 391 pp.
"The fourth and final volume of the Book Trade of the World, a series of books that aimed to provide a convenient reference tool to the world's publishing and bookselling industries, and to the institutions, organizations, and journals which are associated with them. The information on each country ... more
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World Communications: A Handbook

George Gerbner, Marsha Siefert (eds.)
New York: Longman (1984), xv, 527 pp.
"Brings together 54 articles on research and policy on communications in the "three worlds" by scholars and policy makers from the U.S., Western Europe, the socialist countries including the U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe, and the developing world, including Africa, Asia, and Latin America - 25 countri ... more
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Publishing and Book Development in Africa: A Bibliography = L'édition et le développement du livre en Afrique: Une bibliographie

Hans M. Zell (comp.)
Paris: UNESCO (1984), 143 pp.
"The earliest version of the bibliography, superseded by the 1996 volume, lists titles by topic and region, and includes author, subject, geographical indexes. Cites 685 references, and includes an introductory essay in English and French. It is now also available online, and contains a number of ci ... more
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Reducing the Cost of School Textbooks in Africa

Network of Educational Innovation for Development in Africa
Dakar: UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Africa (1983), 71 pp.
"The final report of a regional seminar on reducing the costs of school textbooks in Africa, which took place in Bujumbura, Burundi in 1983, and focussed on raising the awareness of government organizations about textbooks, what measures should be taken regarding the importation of textbooks, the ma ... more
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Medien und Kommunikation: Aus dem Arbeitsgebiet der Abteilung 32 'Kommunikationswesen'

Günter Hollenbach (ed.)
Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (1983), 132 pp.
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Le cinema au Senegal

Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
Bruxelles: OCIC (1983), 170 pp.
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Mass Communication in Africa

Graham Mytton
London: Edward Arnold (1983), viii, 159 pp.
"The first half places African mass communications in a broad social context, touching on their history, technology, politics, etc.; the second half consists of three case studies: Zambia, Tanzania and Nigeria. A final chapter discusses roles and controls. The North African countries are not include ... more