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"In many parts of Africa, charismatic-Pentecostal churches are increasingly and effectively making use of mass media and entering the public sphere. This article presents a case study of a popular charismatic church in Ghana and its media ministry. Building on the notion of charisma as intrinsically ... more
"In this essay I have tried to show how, by taking as point of departure an understanding of religion as a practice of mediation, Pentecostalism has increasingly ‘taken place’, so to speak, in the public sphere as a result of Ghana’s turn to democracy and the liberalization and commercializati ... more
"This wide-ranging dissertation examines the policies and practices of six sub-Saharan Africa university presses in five African countries (in Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe), to investigate how far the presses have adopted, and/or have adapted, their policies to suit the environmen ... more
"C'est l'aspect de la participation au sein de la Radio Communautaire qu'aborde le « Manuel de formation » publié par l'IPAO de Dakar, en collaboration avec Radio ADA, une radio communautaire ghanéenne qui est reconnue comme une radio communautaire de référence dans sa manière de vivre la par ... more
"In these two volumes, readers will find comparative, in-depth essays on the press systems of 232 countries and/or territories. World Press Encyclopedia (WPE) is unique and valuable to users because, in addition to essays on each country’s press system, WPE also contains custommade graphs and stat ... more
"The result of a workshop held during the Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa Librarians (SCESAL) held in Johannesburg in April 2002, this volume reviews current reader development activities by public libraries in different regions of Africa. It includes accounts and case st ... more
"Am Beispiel von drei Verbänden, der Anwaltskammer, dem Christenrat und dem Journalistenverband, zeichnet Seyd die jeweilige Entwicklungsgeschichte nach, untersucht neben den verbandsinternen Strukturen die Fähigkeit dieser Akteure, die Hegemonieansprüche der vorangegangenen autoritären Regime z ... more
"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 on all areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, oral sources ar ... more

Accra's Charismatic Screens

Etnofoor, volume 15, issue 2 (2002), pp. 222-228
"In this essay, I will look at and listen to a charismatic TV screen in Ghana, showing a sermon by the popular charismatic pastor Mensa Otabil in Accra. While watching the programme Living Word I will address the relation between charisma and screens and examine the place of screens in the construct ... more
"As a result of the liberalisation and commercialisation of the media in the wake of Ghana's return to a democratic constitution in 1992, there has emerged a new public sphere which has been successfully and effectively colonised by Pentecostal-charismatic churches and led to the rise of a Pentecost ... more
"This working paper tells the story of the growth of independent radio for small enterprises in Uganda, and Ghana. It describes how the radio program Nekolera Gyange (I Run My Own Business) was initiated, how it engages and helps small enterprise listeners, and how it achieved commercial viability. ... more