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Deutschland postkolonial? Die Gegenwart der imperialen Vergangenheit

Marianne Bechhaus-Gerst, Joachim Zeller (eds.)
Berlin: Metropol Verlag, 2., aktual. und erw. Aufl. (2021), 610 pp.
"Der Umgang mit der Kolonialgeschichte, die hierzulande lange im Schatten der Aufarbeitung des Nationalsozialismus und des Holocaust stand, unterliegt gegenwärtig einem grundlegenden Wandel. Zwar zählt auch Deutschland faktisch zu den postkolonialen Gesellschaften Europas, doch ist diese Tatsache ... more
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Ghana 2020 Elections: Monitoring of Indecent Language on Radio. June 2020-January 2021

Accra: Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) (2021), 34 pp.
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Paulo Freire, 100 Years

Adilson Citelli, Ana Cristina Suzina, Thomas Tufte (eds.)
Matrizes, volume 15, issue 3 (2021), pp. 5-284
"Only one of Freire’s (1969/1983) books directly and more broadly addresses the scope of communication; it is 'Extension or Communication?' published in 1969, originally in Spanish, during Freire’s exile in Chile. This book became an important reference for the studies and practices of participa ... more
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The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Journalism

Kerstin Radde-Antweiler, Xenia Zeiler (eds.)
Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge (2021), xv, 441 pp.
"The handbook is divided into five parts, each taking global developments in the field into account: Theoretical Reflections, Power and Authority Conflict, Radicalization and Populism, Dialogue and Peacebuilding, Trends. Within these sections, central issues, debates and developments are examined, i ... more
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Gerechtigkeit, Wahrheitsfindung, Vergebung und Versöhnung: Ansätze zur Friedenspolitik in Nachkriegsgebieten = Justice, Vérité, Pardon et Réconciliation: Approches des politiques de paix dans les pays post-conflit

Klaus Baumann, Rainer Bendel, Déogratias Maruhukiro (eds.)
Berlin; Münster: Lit (2021), 297 pp.
"Kann Gerechtigkeit eine Bedingung für Vergebung und Versöhnung sein? Diese Frage wird selten gestellt, ist aber für die Frage der Friedenspolitik in Nachkriegsgebieten von großer Bedeutung. Kriege in den Ländern in Mitteleuropa wie auch in der Region der Großen Seen Afrikas haben deren sozial ... more
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The African Film Industry: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for Growth
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Marie Lora Mungai, Pedro Pimenta et al.
Paris: UNESCO (2021), 271 pp.
"For the first time, a complete mapping of the film and audiovisual industry in 54 States of the African continent is available, including quantitative and qualitative data and an analysis of their strengths and weaknesses at the continental and regional levels. The report proposes strategic recomme ... more
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Using Evidence in Policy and Practice: Lessons from Africa

Ian Goldman, Mine Pabari (eds.)
Routledge (2021), xxvi, 253 pp.
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Revisiting COVID-19 Communication in Western Africa: A Health Literacy-Based Approach to Health Communication

Bernard Seytre, Cristano Barros, Philip Bona, Babacar Fall, Blahima Konate et al.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, volume 105, issue 3 (2021), pp. 708-712
"Adherence to protectiv emeasures is a major component of COVID-19 epidemic control. COVID-19 health literacy is a major driver of this adherence, and the evaluation of health literacy levels is the basis for designing an effective communication strategy. We conducted a quantitative socio-anthropolo ... more
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Essentials of the Right to Information Law (989): Ghana. A Guide Book

Accra: Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) (2020), ii, 28 pp.
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État des libertés sur Internet au Sénégal 2019: Cartographie des tendances en matière de contrôle de l’Internet par les pouvoirs publics, 1999-2019

Kampala: CIPESA (2020), 17 pp.
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Muslim Feminist, Media Sensation, and Religious Entrepreneur: Aminata Kane Koné as a Figure of Success in Côte D'Ivoire

Frédérick Madore
Africa Today, volume 67, issue 2-3 (2020), pp. 17-38
"This article analyzes the career path of Aminata Kane Koné, a highly educated Ivorian Muslim woman, who has emerged as a female figure of success. A prominent activist of the Association des Élèves et Étudiants Musulmans de Côte d'Ivoire in the 2000s, she has become a self-made religious entre ... more
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Radio: Stronger and more vibrant than ever

UNESCO Courier, issue January-March (2020), pp. 6-27
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Vibrant and safe media landscape in Ghana: Reality or mirage?

Africanus Lewil Diedong
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 10, issue 2 (2020), pp. 92-120
"Despite widespread condemnation of assaults on journalists in Ghana and elsewhere in the past, there is increasing evidence of brutality against journalists. When perpetrators of such assaults go unpunished, it fosters a culture of impunity. The article throws searchlight on incidences of assaults ... more
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Re-Enacting Theatre for Development: Examining the Unique Role of Theatre in Development Communication

Samuel Okoronkwo
Journal of Development Communication, volume 31, issue 1 (2020), pp. 57-65
"The concept of development communication is a clear pointer to the interrelationship between communication and development and the fact that the process of communication can be effectively applied to achieve development purposes. In development communication, the major aim of communication is to br ... more
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The Missing Perspectives of Women in COVID-19 News: A Special Report on Women’s Under-Representation in News Media
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Luba Kassova
Gates Foundation (2020), 101 pp.
"This report was commissioned by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to examine women’s representation in COVID-19/coronavirus newsgathering and news coverage in India, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, the UK, and the US. It is rooted in a computational news content analysis of 11,913 publications an ... more
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The Role of Ghanaian News Media Organisations in Countering Threats to Media Freedom and Journalists' Safety

Gifty Appiah-Adjei
In: Handbook of Research on Combating Threats to Media Freedom and Journalist Safety
Sadia Jamil (ed.)
Hershey, PA: IGI Global (2020), pp. 186-213
"Journalist safety is vital to media freedom as it shows stakeholders' duties to protect the media from crime and to guard media freedom. The media have the power to combat problems via coverage, yet evidence submits that journalist insecurity persists in Ghana. So, the study aims to examine how the ... more
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Threats to Media Freedom and the Safety of Journalists in Nigeria

Umaru A. Pate, Sharafa Dauda
In: Handbook of Research on Combating Threats to Media Freedom and Journalist Safety
Sadia Jamil (ed.)
Hershey, PA: IGI Global (2020), pp. 241-256
"This chapter interrogates long-established and wide-sprung threats to media freedom and journalists' safety in Nigeria. The study used semi-structured interviews to explore field and newsroom experiences. The findings revealed the types of threats to media freedom and journalists' safety, non-exist ... more
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Project: Promoting Professional Standards & Enhancing the Watchdog Role of the Ghanaian Media

Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) (2020), 5 pp.
"The guide below serves as a Glossary of Definitions of the basic principles of ethics to be monitored. It is designed to assist and guide the Monitor in understanding properly and identifying accurately, any violations of particular Ethical principles by the media. The list here is not exhaustive. ... more
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Situational Analysis of Communication, Community Engagement and Accountability in Burkina Faso

Rachel Maher
CDAC Network (2020), 17 pp.
"Burkina Faso is dramatically confronted with the consequences of violence, persistent food insecurity and malnutrition. Five of the thirteen regions of the country are particularly affected, and the humanitarian situation has been steadily deteriorating since 2017 with a peak observed in the second ... more
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Media and COVID-19 in West Africa: Liberia

Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) (2020), 7 pp.
"With the exception of the introduction of new press passes for the journalists by the Deputy Minister of Information and the harassment that followed its implementation, the media landscape in Liberia in May and June has been open and free. Even though the Ministry of Information reduced the freque ... more