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Inventaire et utilisation des moyens traditionnels de communication au centre, sud, est et extrême-nord du Cameroun

Rome: FAO (2002), 12 pp.
"En définitive, cette étude aura permis de répertorier les moyens traditionnels de communication existants suivants:tam-tam, xylophones et chansons pour le Centre et le Sud; Griots, tam-tams, chansons, balafons et cloches pour l’Est; collaborateurs des chefs traditionnels, messagers du chef à ... more
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Children, Young People and Media Globalisation: Yearbook 2002

Cecilia von Feilitzen, Ulla Carlsson (eds.)
Göteborg: Nordicom; UNESCO International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media (2002), 262 pp.
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Friedensjournalismus: Wie Medien deeskalierend berichten können

Nadine Bilke
Münster: Agenda Verlag (2002), 180 pp.
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The Internet in a Lusophone LDC: Cape Verde Case Study

Marigarida Evora-Sagna, Vanessa Gray, Michael Minges
Geneva: ITU (2002), 53 pp.
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Global Corruption Report 2003. Special Focus: Access to Information

Transparency International (2002), 326 pp.
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Internationales Handbuch Medien 2002/2003

Hans-Bredow-Institut (ed.)
Baden-Baden: Nomos, 26th ed. (2002), 1056 pp.
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Liberté de la presse, responsabilité des médias, l’Afrique sur la voie de l’autorégulation

Domitille Duplat
Paris: Groupe de recherche et d’échanges technologiques (GRET) (2002), 96 pp.
Dans nombre de pays africains, la liberté de la presse est encore toute relative, et surtout vulnérable, menacée par le pouvoir ou fragilisée par les excès dont les médias eux-mêmes se rendent coupables. Dans ce contexte sont apparues les premières instances africaines d'autorégulation des ... more
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An Information Revolution for Small Enterprise in Africa: Experience in Interactive Radio Formats in Africa

Mary McVay
Geneva: International Labour Organization (ILO) (2002), vii, 44 pp.
"This working paper tells the story of the growth of independent radio for small enterprises in Uganda, and Ghana. It describes how the radio program Nekolera Gyange (I Run My Own Business) was initiated, how it engages and helps small enterprise listeners, and how it achieved commercial viability. ... more
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Accra's Charismatic Screens

Marleen de Witte
Etnofoor, volume 15, issue 2 (2002), pp. 222-228
"In this essay, I will look at and listen to a charismatic TV screen in Ghana, showing a sermon by the popular charismatic pastor Mensa Otabil in Accra. While watching the programme Living Word I will address the relation between charisma and screens and examine the place of screens in the construct ... more
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Changing Lives: Promoting a Reading Culture in Africa. Indaba 2001. Harare, Zimbabwe 4-5 August, 2001

Harare: Zimbabwe International Book Fair Trust (2002), 310 pp.
"The theme of the 2001 Indaba at the Zimbabwe International Book Fair was devoted to “Changing People’s Lives: Promoting a Reading Culture in Africa”, and this volume brings together 34 of the papers that were presented, together with a record of some of the discussions that took place followi ... more
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Community-Radio Case Studies

UNESCO; Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2002), 58 pp.
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The Anthropology of Media: A Reader

Kelly Askew, Richard R. Wilk (eds.)
Malden, Mass.; Oxford: Blackwell (2002), 416 pp.
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Beitrag der Medien zur Krisenprävention und Konfliktbearbeitung: Eine Analyse der internationalen Diskussion und Implementierungsmöglichkeiten mit Empfehlungen für die Technische Zusammenarbeit

Jörg Becker
Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (2002), 71 pp.
"Kurze Darstellung und "lessons learned" von 7 Fallbeispielen, v.a. Radiosendern. Der Autor stellt u.a. fest: "Medienprojekte werden von westlichen NGOs erst dann gestartet, wenn ein gewaltsamer Konflikt vorbei ist. Medienprojekte mit ausgesprochenem Präventionscharakter sind nahezu unbekannt, auch ... more
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Pentecostalism, Prosperity and Popular Cinema in Ghana

Birgit Meyer
Culture and Religion, volume 3, issue 1 (2002), pp. 67-87
"As a result of the liberalisation and commercialisation of the media in the wake of Ghana's return to a democratic constitution in 1992, there has emerged a new public sphere which has been successfully and effectively colonised by Pentecostal-charismatic churches and led to the rise of a Pentecost ... more
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African Words, African Voices: Critical Practices in Oral History

Luise White, Stephan Miescher, David William Cohen (eds.)
Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2002), vi, 322 pp.
"Until the advent of African independence, Africans were not considered fitting subjects for historical research and their words, voices, and experiences were largely absent from the continent's history. In 13 lively and provocative essays focusing on all areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, oral sources ar ... more
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Radio Campaign "I Am a Child But I Have my Rights Too!" Communicating Rights for Children: A Study on Children's Participation in a West African Radio Campaign

Rosita Ericsson
Dakar: Plan (2002), 81 pp.
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Rapport de l'etude sur les radios communautaires au Benin

Clément Edah
Cotonou (DY): UNDP Benin (2002), 26 pp.
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Evaluation of Talking Drum Studio - Sierra Leone

Amr Abdalla, Susan Shepler, Suleiman Hussein
Search for Common Ground (2002), ix, 96 pp.
"Talking Drum Studio - Sierra Leone (TDS-SL) began start-up operations in April 2000. Within a few months TDS-SL created five radio programming strands that are currently airing on eleven stations for a combined airtime of over 10 hours per week. Though each programming strand has a different format ... more
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Die Zivilgesellschaft in Ghana: Organisations-, Gestaltungs- und Politikfähigkeit ausgewählter ziviler Akteure (1957-1999)

Christina Seyd
Hamburg: Institut für Afrikakunde (2002), 307 pp.
"Am Beispiel von drei Verbänden, der Anwaltskammer, dem Christenrat und dem Journalistenverband, zeichnet Seyd die jeweilige Entwicklungsgeschichte nach, untersucht neben den verbandsinternen Strukturen die Fähigkeit dieser Akteure, die Hegemonieansprüche der vorangegangenen autoritären Regime z ... more
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Forging Peace: Intervention, Human Rights and the Management of Media Space
Deep Insights

Mark Thompson, Monroe E. Price (eds.)
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2002), 408 pp.
"The bloody conflicts of the past decade have focused international attention on the strategic role of the media in promoting war and perpetuating chaos. Written against this backdrop, Forging Peace brings together case studies and legal analysis of the steps that the United Nations, NATO, and other ... more