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The new foreign correspondent at work: Local-national 'stringers' and the global news coverage of conflict in Darfur

Mel Bunce
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2011), 36 pp.
"[...] Explores the role played by local-nationals in covering the crisis for global audiences and how these journalists differed from the traditional, Western-born foreign correspondents who worked alongside them. The research draws on two methods: in-depth, semi-structured interviews with foreign ... more
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Structures de diffusion et de distribution du livre africain en Afrique. Modeles de transport entre pays africains et vers l'international. Centrale de distribution d'Afrilivres

Sophie Godefroy, Vincent Bontoux
Institut Français; Afrilivres; Association Internationale des Libraires Francophones; Alliance Internationale des Éditeurs Indépendants (2011), 69 pp.
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Religion and Celebrity

Carol M. Cusack (ed.)
Australian Religion Studies Review, volume 24, issue 3 (2011), pp. 227-360
"This issue of Australian Religion Studies Review examines the intersection of religion and celebrity, both major discourses in the modern world. The six articles examine the imbrication of celebrity with: three traditional religions, Christianity, Islam and Buddhism; the new religion of Candomblé; ... more
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Effekte von Radio-Seifenopern auf Versöhnungsprozesse in Nachkonfliktgesellschaften: Das Fallbeispiel Norduganda

Daniel Däschle
Leipzig: Universität Leipzig, Fakultät für Geschichte, Kunst- und Orientwissenschaften, Institut für Afrikanistik, MA Thesis (2011), 94 pp.
"Betrachtet man die Beliebtheit und den Hörerzuspruch für Loke Pol, kann man von einem Erfolg des Programmes sprechen. Auch wenn einige Aspekte des Senders Mega FM wie die quasi-Monopolposition die Rezeption des Programmes begünstigen, zählt Loke Pol sowohl in den Augen der Produzenten, angesich ... more
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News Broadcasting on South African Community Radio: In Search of New Public Spheres

Franz Krüger
African Journalism Studies, volume 32, issue 3 (2011), pp. 61-79
"The South African community station movement, consisting now of around 100 such stations, situates itself explicitly in the international tradition of alternative, grassroots and (in some cases) radical media. The stations aspire - and are mandated to - cater for poor and marginalised communities, ... more
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Media Sustainability Index 2010: Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Africa

Leon Morse (ed.)
Washington, DC: IREX (2011), xix, 411 pp.
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'Hitting the Glass Ceiling': Gender and Media Management in Sub-Saharan Africa

Maria Zuiderveld
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 3, issue 3 (2011), pp. 401-415
"The aim of this study is to discuss the importance of gender in editorial leadership in African countries. Women in leading positions in the media industry work in a traditionally male-dominated area. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were carried out with five women on their work in media manag ... more
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What is the Relationship Between Hate Radio and Violence? Rethinking Rwanda's "Radio Machete"

Scott Straus
In: Radio in Africa: Publics, Cultures, Communities
Liz Gunner, Dina Ligaga, Dumisani Moyo (eds.)
Johannesburg: Wits University Press (2011), pp. 83-101
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The Historic "Core Curriculum" and the Book Market in Islamic West Africa

Bruce Hall, Charles Stewart
In: The Trans-Saharan Book Trade
Bruce S. Hall, Charles C. Stewart (eds.)
Brill (2011), pp. 109-174
"Much work has been done to map out the contours of Islamic intellectual production in West Africa before the twentieth century. However, we still do not understand very well the process by which ideas and texts circulated in the region. Lists of specific books imported by West Africans during the n ... more
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Les clubs d'écoute communautaires: Un tremplin pour l'action en milieu rural
Key Guides

Bruxelles: FAO Dimitra (2011), 56 pp.
"Cette publication fait le récit de l’expérience unique des clubs d’écoute communautaires mis en place au Niger et en République démocratique du Congo par la FAO-Dimitra et ses partenaires. Mécanismes d’information et de communication centrés sur l’action, ces clubs ont remporté un s ... more
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Global Information Society Watch 2011: Internet Rights and Democratisation. Focus on Freedom of Expression and Association Online

Karen Banks (ed.)
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2011), 273 pp.
"In the year of the Arab uprisings Global Information Society Watch 2011 investigates how governments and internet and mobile phone companies are trying to restrict freedom online – and how citizens are responding to this using the very same technologies. Everyone is familiar with the stories of E ... more
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Equivocal Resonances: Islamic Revival and Female Radio 'Preachers' in Urban Mali

Dorothea E. Schulz
In: Radio in Africa: Publics, Cultures, Communities
Liz Gunner, Dina Ligaga, Dumisani Moyo (eds.)
Johannesburg: Wits University Press (2011), pp. 63-80
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So This is Democracy? State of Media Freedom in Southern Africa 2010

Windhoek: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (2011), 218 pp.
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Southern Sudan Referendum 2011: Monitoring of Media Coverage

Copenhagen: Sudan Media and Elections Consortium (SMEC); UNDP Sudan; International Media Support (IMS) (2011), 50 pp.
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African Media Barometer: Togo 2010

Windhoek; Cotonou: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2011), 138 pp.
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The New Arab Journalist: Mission and Identity in a Time of Turmoil
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Lawrence Pintak
London; New York: Tauris (2011), xii, 287 pp.
"Drawing on the first broad cross-border survey of Arab journalists, first-person interviews with scores of reporters and editors, and his three decades' experience reporting from the Middle East, Lawrence Pintak examines how Arab journalists see themselves and their mission at this critical time in ... more
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Media Toolkit for Local Governance in Lesotho

Paul J. M. van Hoof
Pretoria: Idasa; MISA Lesotho (2011), 39 pp.
"This Media Toolkit for Local Governance in Lesotho is designed to encourage media coverage of news and events in Lesotho’s rural areas at local government level. According to the publication, to improve such media coverage there is a need to focus both on the providers and the collectors of news. ... more
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The "Fourth Estate" in Democracy Assistance: Practices and Challenges of German and International Media Development Cooperation. 6th Symposium Forum Media and Development

Christoph Dietz, Julia Steffenfauseweh, Angelika Mendes (eds.)
St. Augustin; Berlin; Aachen: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS); Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) (2011), 69 pp.
"The first part of this publication provides insight into the media development practices and policy frameworks of France, Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom while the second part deals with different issues and projects, such as the role of media for social transformation in Africa and coordina ... more
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Farm Radio Online Community (Barza): An Interactive Website for African Radio Broadcasters

Blythe McKay, Nelly Bassily
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2011), 21 pp.
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Optimising Learning, Education and Publishing in Africa: The Language Factor. A Review and Analysis of Theory and Practice in Mother-Tongue and Bilingual Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Adama Ouane, Christine Glanz (eds.)
Hamburg; Tunis: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning; Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) (2011), 380 pp.