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Bruce Mutsvairo, Nnamdi T. Ekeanyanwu (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2022), xv, 272 pp.

"The book traces communication in Nigeria back to pre-colonial indigenous communication, through the development of telecommunication, broadcasting networks, the press, the Nigerian flm industry (‘Nollywood’) and on to the digital era. At a tim ... more

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The Palgrave Handbook of International Communication and Sustainable Development

Muhammad Jameel Yusha'u, Jan Servaes (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2021), xxxiv, 635 pp.

"The Palgrave Handbook of International Communication and Sustainable Development is a major resource for stakeholders interested in understanding the role of communication in achieving the UN'S S ... more

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Africa's Media Image in the 21st Century: From the "Heart of Darkness" to "Africa Rising"
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Mel Bunce, Suzanne Franks, Chris Paterson (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2017), xvii, 239 pp.

"Africa’s Media Image in the 21st Century is the first book in over twenty years to examine the international media’s coverage of sub-Saharan Africa. It brings together leading researchers and prominent journalists to explore representation of the continent, and the production of that image, esp ... more

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Everyday Media Culture in Africa: Audiences and Users

Wendy Willems, Winston Mano (eds.)

London: Routledge (2017), 260 pp.

"This volume examines the lived experiences of Africans and their interaction with different kinds of media: old and new, state and private, elite and popular, global and national, material and virtual. By offering a comparative, critical and large ... ly qualitative account of audiences and users across a range of national contexts in different regions of Africa, the book examines media through the voices and perspectives of those engaging with it rather than reducing audiences and users to numbers and statistics, ready to be exploited as potential target markets or as political constituencies. The critical, qualitative research perspective adopted in this book enables us to gain a better understanding of how African viewers, listeners and users make sense of a range of media forms; what role these play in their everyday lives and what audience and user engagement can tell us about how citizens perceive the state, how they imagine themselves in the wider world and how they relate to each other. The book argues that the experiences of audiences and engagements of users with a range of media—newspapers, radio, television, magazines, internet, mobile phones, social media—are always grounded in particular contexts, worldviews and knowledge systems of life and wisdom: ‘It is akin to the tortoise. The tortoise never leaves its shell behind. It carries it wherever it goes’ (Chivaura 2006: 221). African media audiences and users carry their contexts and cultural repertoires in the same way a tortoise carries its shell. Thus far, the bulk of academic research on media and communication in Africa has addressed the policy and regulatory aspects as well as the relation between media institutions and the state (Willems 2014a). While studies on media, democratization and press freedom are invaluable, the ways in which ordinary people make sense of, and relate to, media in their everyday lives are largely left beyond consideration. As Barber (1997: 357) has pointed out, ‘[w]hat has not yet been sufficiently explored is the possibility that specific African audiences have distinctive, conventional modes and styles of making meaning, just as performers/speakers do. We need to ask how audiences do their work of interpretation’." (Page 4) 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 ... more

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La radio et la presse en Somalie

S. A. Abdullahi

Interstages (Bruxelles), issue 45 (1968), pp. 1-3

"Importance de la radio somalienne (pas d'écriture somali) — L'agence officielle S.O.N.N.A. — Le service audio-visuel — Les journaux officiels — La presse indépendante. Aussi: Le Journaliste démocratique, Prague, n° 9, pp. 187-188." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of m ... more

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La radiodiffusion congolaise

S. A. Abdullahi

Le Journaliste Démocratique (Prague), issue 10 (1968), pp. 203-104

"La radiodiffusion congolaise (R.D.C.) ne cesse de se développer — Pour pallier l'insuffisance des cadres, elle envoie des boursiers en stage de perfectionnement à l'étranger ou organise sur place des sessions de formation pour journalistes en ... more

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La Radiodiffusion Congolaise

S. A. Abdullahi

Interstages (Bruxelles), issue 45 (1968), pp. 13-19

"L'insuffisance de cadre technique — La diversité des langues — Les mesures à prendre — Télédiffusion au moyen d'écoute populaire — Perspectives d'avenir dans le domaine technique." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of ... more

Media and Communication in Nigeria: Conceptual Connections, Crossroads and Constraints

The Palgrave Handbook of International Communication and Sustainable Development

Africa's Media Image in the 21st Century: From the "Heart of Darkness" to "Africa Rising" Top Insights

Everyday Media Culture in Africa: Audiences and Users

African Words, African Voices: Critical Practices in Oral History

La radio et la presse en Somalie

La radiodiffusion congolaise

La Radiodiffusion Congolaise

Africa's Media Image in the 21st Century: From the "Heart of Darkness" to "Africa Rising"
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