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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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Nigerian Information and Communications Technology

Lagos: Compumetrics Solutions (2003), xi, 352 pp.
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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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Reader Development and Reading Promotion: Recent Experiences from Seven Countries in Africa

Diana Rosenberg (ed.)
Oxford: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2003), 86 pp.
"The result of a workshop held during the Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa Librarians (SCESAL) held in Johannesburg in April 2002, this volume reviews current reader development activities by public libraries in different regions of Africa. It includes accounts and case st ... more
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Radios communautaires: Apprendre à participer. Un manuel de formation

Wilna W. Quarmyne
Dakar: Panos Afrique de l'Ouest (2003), 82 pp.
"C'est l'aspect de la participation au sein de la Radio Communautaire qu'aborde le « Manuel de formation » publié par l'IPAO de Dakar, en collaboration avec Radio ADA, une radio communautaire ghanéenne qui est reconnue comme une radio communautaire de référence dans sa manière de vivre la par ... more
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... And the Word Became Image: Taking on Television

Mediaforum (Catholic Media Council), issue 2-3 (2003), pp. 2-67
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Radiokulturen und Wandel öffentlicher Räume in Benin: Ein ethnographischer Bericht

Tilo Grätz
Mainz: Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität (2003), 35 pp.
"Der folgende Text behandelt einige Aspekte der aktuellen Veränderung der Radiokulturen in der Republik Benin. Der Focus der Betrachtung liegt hierbei auf Gebieten, in denen das Radio das wichtigste Massenmedium darstellt. Gerade hier hat die Radiokultur durch die Einführung neuer, unabhängiger R ... more
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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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World Press Encyclopedia: A Survey of Press Systems Worldwide

Amanda C. Quick (ed.)
Detroit: Gale, 2nd ed. (2003), xxviii, 1285 pp.
"In these two volumes, readers will find comparative, in-depth essays on the press systems of 232 countries and/or territories. World Press Encyclopedia (WPE) is unique and valuable to users because, in addition to essays on each country’s press system, WPE also contains custommade graphs and stat ... more
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Legislation on Community Radio Broadcasting: Comparative Study of the Legislation of 13 Countries

Gloria Cecilia Sánchez
Paris: UNESCO (2003), 107 pp.
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Representing Religion in World Cinema: Filmmaking, Mythmaking, Culture Making

S. Brent Plate (ed.)
New York; Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2003), vi, 272 pp.
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Zur Ambivalenz des Populärjournalismus in Senegal: Strategische Aneignung und mediale Repräsentation der Hausmädchen

Frank Wittmann
Afrika Spectrum, volume 38, issue 2 (2003), pp. 153-172
"In den letzten Jahren sind die Cultural Studies in den deutschsprachigen Humanwissenschaften verstärkt rezipiert worden. Es fällt jedoch auf, dass Forschungen in und über Afrika deutlich unterrepräsentiert sind. Dies kann zumindest nicht an mangelnder Relevanz oder am Fehlen geeigneter Untersuc ... more
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Die (koloniale) Begegnung: AfrikanerInnen in Deutschland 1880 - 1945, Deutsche in Afrika 1880 - 1918

Marianne Bechhaus-Gerst (ed.)
Frankfurt am Main et al.: Peter Lang (2003), 332 pp.
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Rural Radio in Agricultural Extension: The Example of Vernacular Radio Programmes on Soil and Water Conservation in N. Ghana

Robert Chapman, Roger Blench, Gordana Kranjac-Berisavljevic, A. B. T. Zakariah
London: Overseas Development Institute (ODI); Agricultural Research Extension Network (AgREN) (2003), iv, 12 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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Opportunities and Challenges for Community Development

Ramata Molo Thioune (ed.)
Ottawa; Dakar: International Development Research Centre (IDRC); Social Science Research in Africa (2003), xviii, 117 pp.
"Volume 1 looks at the introduction, adoption, and utilization of ICTs at the community level. In various contexts – geographical, technological, socioeconomic, cultural, and institutional – the book explores the questions of community participation. It looks at how communities in sub-Saharan Af ... more
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African Video Film Today

Foluke Ogunleye (ed.)
Manzini (SZ): Academic Publisher (2003), xiii, 162 pp.
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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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Les émigrés sénégalais et nouvelles technologies de l'informacion et de la communicacion

Serigne Mansour Tall
Institut de Recherche des Nations Unies pour le Développement Social (UNRISD) (2003), vii, 33 pp.