"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 which made his task difficult. The first 50 pages survey the continent, following which are case studies of seven countries offering representative yet contrasting languages and press situations: Tanzania and Nigeria (English-speaking), the Ivory Coast and Senegal (French-speaking), Morocco and Algeria (Arabic and French-speaking), and Egypt (Arabic-speaking). Throughout he has attempted to show the effect on the press of the extreme diversity of peoples, countries, cultures and politics. The term "press" includes broadcast as well as print media, but in the case of the former the "almost monolithic government control makes research here less productive." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 327)