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Radio: A Post Nine-Eleven Strategy for Reaching the World's Poor

Lanham; Oxford: United Press of America (UPA) (2005), xxvii, 243 pp.

Contains bibliogr. pp. 225-229, index

ISBN 0-7618-3254-8

Signature commbox: 30-Development-E 2005

1 Voice Out, Village In: The Radio Ushers in Dramatic Change. A Brief History of The Radio and lts Use In Development, 1
2 Family Values: Health and Family Planning Radio In West Africa, 39
The Key to Life (Yamba Songo), 41
3 "Grace Dies in Barn Fire": Agricultural Extension Via The Radio, 53
The Archers, Grace Dies in Barn Fire, 56
4 Tanzania's Fireside Chat: The Story of Radio's Role in Nation Building, 75
5 Ama Mas: Breast-fed by Radio, 83
6 THE VOA: Voice of America, 89
Welcome to Our World on VOA...Kick-off Ceremony for National Immunization Days, Rogo, Nigeria, 95
7 Female Infanticide, Bride Burning, Sutee: The Paper Thin Sari in Flames, 109
"Taru", 111
8 Afghanistan: A Missed Opportunity? 123
International Office of Migration, 124
9 Women And War: 49 Stations Broadcast Around the World on Women's Day, 135
Women and War, 137
10 Medicine by Radio? The Story of How 40,000 African Women Learned to Prevent Diahrreal Dehydration on the Radio, 159
"Happy Baby Lottery"
11 So the World Turns: The Insidious March of HIV-AIDS, 167
"Ushikwapo Shikamana", 169
12 Radio Advertisements: The Radio Nag, 179
Honduran Radio Advertisement Spots
13 "Soul Buddyz": Radio Consoles Children in South Africa, 189
"Soul Buddyz " Program, 191
14 Miners' Radio: Broadcasting in Front of the Muzzle of a Gun, 199
15Talking back to the radio: African Children Learning English, 205
Radio Language Program Kenya
16 Today''s Radio: Changes in Technology Enhance Radio's Power, 219
Digital, solar, wind-up, Interactive, satellite, community-based and other aspects of today's radio communications