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"Rural print media journalists in Africa tap into perceptions about their readers to produce newspapers. The evolving aesthetic perceptions of the rural print media in Ghana have in turn produced social domains of consumption and affiliation with the newspapers and print media. The style of Ewe-lang ... more
"Headlines From the Heartland: Reinventing the Hindi Public Sphere is the first in-depth study of the ongoing newspaper revolution in the Hindi-speaking states of India. With improved literacy levels, communications and purchasing power, the circulation of Hindi newspapers has grown rapidly in small ... more

Community Publishing as a Process of Change

In: Courage and Consequence: Women Publishing in Africa
Mary Jay; Susan Kelly (eds.)
Oxford: African Books Collective (2002), pp. 61-69
"Describes the activities and publications of the innovative Community Publishing Process in Zimbabwe in order to train 7,000 village community workers, the majority of whom were women. Through a community based, participatory process of publishing, the project aims to enable marginalized groups to ... more

Feuilles d'Afrique: Étude de la presse de l'Afrique subsaharienne

Talence: Maison des Sciences de l'Homme d'Aquitaine (MSHA) (1995), 362 pp.
"En Afrique subsaharienne, la presse écrite à près de deux siècles d'histoire. Longtemps freiné par la faiblesse de l'alphabétisation, son développement fut cependant rapide en Afrique anglophone où elle joua un rôle dans la décolonisation. À la fois cause et conséquence des aspirations ... more

Kenya Rural Press Project: Project Findings and Recommendations

Nairobi: UNESCO;Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (1994), 20 pp.
"The Plan of Operation for Phase I of the Rural Press Project in Kenya was signed between the Government of Kenya and UNESCO in June 1979. This phase continued until 1983, to be succeeded by Phase II from 1984 to 1987. Phase III, the final phase of the project, lasted from 1987 until 1991 [...] Proj ... more
"This volume explores the strengths, weaknesses, and complex nature of participation in diverse settings through a collection of 20 essays that focus on the concept of participation in development and raise questions relating to power, control, empowerment, awareness-raising, and self-reliance. The ... more

Module on Development Communication, Vol. 2

Nairobi: African Council for Communication Education (ACCE) (1991), 72 pp.
"This book is an original and comprehensive study of the development, role and control of national newspapers in Zambia. It deals with the relationship between national newspapers on one hand and the state and people on the other. It traces the press in Zambia from its humble beginnings in 1906 to t ... more

Rural Journalism in Africa

Paris: UNESCO (1981), 35 pp.

Formation des journalistes en Afrique

Bonn: Friedrich Naumann Stiftung (1980), 158 pp.

Micro Mobile Printing Unit: Production Model for Press Development in Rural Areas

The Hague: Graphic Media Development Centre (1978), 83 pp.
"In this booklet, we describe in some detail the successful Liberian experiment, and suggest ways in which other countries may organize a similar project through their Information Ministry or other development agency. The third part of the booklet, is a simple "how-to-do-it guide for the editor/publ ... more
"La création de journaux ruraux au Libéria a réussi — Le succès de cette initiative s'appuie sur deux faits: la régionalisation des informations et le caractère rudimentaire du matériel utilisé." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. ... more
"Synthèse de l'étude de D. Behrman parue dans Etudes et Documents d'Information n° 46 (Unesco) — Examen des problèmes de presse au Libéria." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 219, topic code 110.45)
"El autor relata con bastante detalle el exitoso experimento llevado a cabo en Liberia para la rápida creación de periódicos rurales - También indica cómo muchos otros países podrían llevar a cabo un programa similar - La última sección del estudio consiste en una guía práctica para el di ... more
"L'auteur relate, d'une façon assez détaillée, l'expérience heureuse qui a été faite au Libéria, visant la création et le développement rapides de journaux ruraux — Il indique aussi comment d'autres pays pourraient réaliser un programme analogue — La dernière phase de l'étude est con ... more
"Etude analytique du développement de la presse rurale libérienne — Le développement des feuilles d'informations stencilées. Extrait de l'Afrique dans le Monde, n° 9" (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1947, ... more