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A Community of Teaching and Learning, Research and Publishing

Klaus Fiedler

In: African Scholarly Publishing Essays

Alois Mlambo (ed.)

Oxford; Uppsala: African Books Collective; International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP); Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (2006), pp. 83-90

"Klaus Fiedler tells the story of the ‘Kachere Books series’ developed at the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Chancellor College, University of Malawi. Fiedler believes Africa has a lot to offer for academic publishing in Africa,“forget about the handicaps and look at the oppor ... more

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People, Land and Water: Participatory Development Communication for Natural Resource Management
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Guy Bessette (ed.)

London; Ottawa: Earthscan; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2006), 313 pp.

"This book presents conceptual and methodological issues related to the use of communication in order to facilitate participation among stakeholders in natural resource management (NRM) initiatives. It also presents a collection of chapters that focus on participatory development communication and N ... RM, particularly in Asia and Africa. There are many approaches and practices in development communication, and most of them have been implemented in the field of environment and natural resource management. But, even when considering participatory approaches in NRM, communication is often limited to information dissemination activities that mainly use printed materials, radio programmes and educational videos to send messages, explain technologies or illustrate activities. These approaches, with their strengths and weaknesses, have been well documented. Participatory development communication takes another perspective. This form of communication facilitates participation in a development initiative identified and selected by a community, with or without the external assistance of other stakeholders. The terminology has been used in the past by a number of scholars to stress the participatory approach of communication in contrast with its more traditional diffusion approach. Others refer to similar approaches as participatory communication for development, participatory communication or communication for social change. In this publication, participatory development communication is considered to be a planned activity that is based on participatory processes and on media and interpersonal communication. This communication facilitates dialogue among different stakeholders around a common development problem or goal. The objective is to develop and implement a set of activities that contribute to a solution to the problem or the realization of a goal, and which support and accompany this initiative. This kind of communication requires moving from a focus on information and persuasion to facilitating exchanges between different stakeholders to address a common problem, to develop a concrete initiative for experimenting with possible solutions, and to identify the partnerships, knowledge and materials needed to support these solutions." (Preface) more

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Indigenous Language Media in Africa

Abiodun Salawu (ed.)

Lagos: Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC) (2006), xii, 398 pp.

"A collection of 22 papers on the indigenous language press (and other media) in Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda, and Zimbabwe, primarily devoted to the activities of African language newspapers and periodicals. Some papers examine the significant and pioneering role religious publications ... more

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Sewero! Christian Drama and the Drama of Christianity in Africa: On the Genesis and Genius of Chinyanja Radio Plays in Malawi, with Special Reference to Transworld Radio and African Traditional Religion

Ernst Wendland

Zomba (MW): Kachere Series (2005), 294 pp.

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So This is Democracy? Report on the State of Media Freedom in Southern Africa 2004

Windhoek: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (2005), 203 pp.

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Handbuch Afrika. Band 3: Nord- und Ostafrika

Walter Schicho

Frankfurt am Main; Wien: Brandes & Apsel; Südwind (2004), 400 pp.

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Undue Restriction: Laws Impacting on Media Freedom in the SADC

Raymond Louw (ed.)

Windhoek: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA); UNESCO (2004), 127 pp.

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Southern African Media Directory 2004/2005

Eric Libongani (comp.)

Windhoek: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (2004), 233 pp.

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The Pulse of Africa: How Africans View Their Lives, Their Countries, Their Continent, Their Future, the World

London: BBC World Service (2004), 22 pp.

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The State of Democracy and Media Freedom in Southern Africa: Country Analyses

Chris Armstrong, Hendrik Bussiek, Jeanette Minnie, Rene Roemersma

Amsterdam: Netherlands Institute for Southern Africa (NIZA) (2004), 130 pp.

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World Press Encyclopedia: A Survey of Press Systems Worldwide

Amanda C. Quick (ed.)

Detroit: Gale, 2nd ed. (2003), xxviii, 1285 pp.

"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

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The Wireless Internet Opportunity for Developing Countries

Boston: Wireless internet Institute (w2i); World Times (2003), xvi, 127 pp.

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SADC Media Law: A Handbook for Media Practitioners. Vol. 1: A Comparative Overview of the Laws and Practice in Malawi, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe
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Khahliso Mochaba, Carla Raffinetti, Sheetal Vallabh, Justine White

Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2003), xii, 144 pp.

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Institutional Review of Educational Radio Dramas
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Mary Myers

Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2002), 134 pp.

"Taking 14 radio serial dramas from around the world shows that many aspects of the way they are organised are not replicable: what works in one context would just not work in another. This is because of the very nature of pro-social media projects: they depend so much on the personal contacts of th ... more

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The Book Chain in Anglophone Africa: A Survey and Directory
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Roger Stringer (ed.)

Oxford: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2002), ix, 273 pp.

"A valuable information resource that provides a country-by-country analysis of the “book chain” in 18 English-speaking Africa countries, together with an annotated directory of the major players that make up the book chain within those countries. Four introductory essays provide overviews of bo ... more

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Upgrading Book Distribution in Africa

Tony Read, Carmelle Denning, Vincent Bontoux

London: Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (2001), xx, 252 pp.

"This study is currently the most comprehensive survey of textbook distribution in sub-Saharan Africa. If offers a detailed survey and analysis of the key policy issues affecting book distribution in Africa today. The study was organized and co-ordinated by International Book Development Ltd. in Lon ... don, and Danaé-Sciences, a Paris-based consultancy company specialising in editorial support, training and written communication. It draws on a series of major case studies carried out in Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Uganda, together with mini case studies from Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Senegal, Tanzania and Togo, undertaken by book practitioners in these countries, most from the private sector. All of the case studies cover some common elements, including, for example, information on the national education system (including basic education statistics), and a discussion of the main players and mechanisms in the book distribution chain; they also review regional trade in books, and most case studies comment upon the impact of funding, agency investment, and government policies affecting national book development. In addition to the case studies, a useful feature is the inclusion of a fold-out chart “Critical issues on upgrading book distribution in Africa – A decision tree for policy-makers”, which shows the key options that policy makers need to consider in developing a national framework for textbook delivery. An extensive glossary of common terms and acronyms used in education, development and the book trade, completes the volume. The survey concludes “there is already a policy change underway among a number of governments and funding agencies in their approaches toward national textbook distribution. This change is more apparent in Anglophone than in Francophone countries and is by no means universal even in Anglophone countries. But the reaction against the inefficiencies, the lack of a service culture and the typically high cost operations of state centralist policies is now almost ten years old.” It also notes that times are changing, and that senior government officials in many countries now openly acknowledge and welcome the increasing involvement of the private sector in educational book provision activity." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1515) more

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Technology and Resistance: Digital Communications and New Coalitions Around the World

Ann De Vaney, Stephen Gance, Yan Ma (eds.)

New York: Peter Lang (2000), x, 182 pp.

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So This is Democracy? State of the Media in Southern Africa 1999

Raashied Galant, Jeanette Minnie, Zach Wales (eds.)

Windhoek: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (2000), 252 pp.

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The Role of the Church in Advocacy: Case Studies from Southern and Eastern Africa

Sara Gibbs, Ajulu, Deborah

INTRAC (1999), 101 pp.

"The primary objective of this research has been to review the experiences and analyse the role of the mainline churches in advocacy in support of human rights, democracy and poverty alleviation in Africa. It has set out to identify what is the particular contribution that churches can bring to such ... more

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Dance, Media-Entertainment, and Popular Performance in South East Africa

David Kerr

Bayreuth: Breitinger (1998), 286 pp.

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People, Land and Water: Participatory Development Communication for Natural Resource Management
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Institutional Review of Educational Radio Dramas
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The Book Chain in Anglophone Africa: A Survey and Directory
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