"The communication media in the Ivory Coast (a former French colony) are dominated by the President in an authoritarian tradition — There is only one daily and the radio is still the main source of information for the majority of the people." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 976, topic code 110.1, 110.32)