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"This booklet sets out the issues involved in digital transformation in broadcast media from the viewpoint of African media stakeholders and, especially, community radio stations. It aims to correct widespread misconceptions that analogue radio will have to be switched off in the next five years as ... more

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Radio Instruction to Strengthen Education (RISE) Tanzania. Final Report November 2006-May 2010

Dar es Salaam: Education Development Center;USAID (2010), iii, 49, 12 pp.

"The Radio Instruction to Strengthen Education (RISE) in Tanzania project exceeded its targets and deliverables in every aspect of the project: More primary and secondary beneficiaries were reached, more trainings were conducted, and more resources and equipment were distributed than estimated. Thes ... more

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Theatre In/for Development in Tanzania: A Neoliberal Nightmare

Vicensia Shule

In: Trends in Twenty-First-Century African Theatre and Performance

Kene Igweonu (ed.)

Amsterdam; New York: Rodopi (2010), pp. 191-215

"This chapter explores the relationship between theatre and neoliberal policies in Tanzania. It analyses the consequences of neoliberalism for the Tanzanian theatre and exposes the challenges it faces as a simulacrum of people’s culture. I also present evidence on why it is important, when analyzi ... more

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Africa Adaptation Programme Experiences: Voices from the Ground

New York: UNDP (2010), 10 pp.

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Lesotho Highlands Water Project: Communications Practices for Governance and Sustainabilty Improvement

Lawrence J. M. Haas, Leonardo Mazzei, Donal T. O'Leary

Washington, DC: World Bank (2010), xiv, 40 pp.

"The multipurpose Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) is designed to transfer water from the water-abundant highlands of Lesotho to the Gauteng region of South Africa (its industrial heartland) and provide hydropower to Lesotho through a series of dams, weirs, delivery tunnels, and associated inf ... more

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Farm Radio: An Effective Tool for Increasing Access to Agricultural Extension Messages by Small Scale Farmers in Malawi. Proceedings Report of the 1st Annual Farm Radio Symposium

Lilongwe; Ottawa: Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Department of Agricultural Extension Services;Farm Radio International (2010), ix, 59 pp.

"This paper discusses the effectiveness of farm radio as a tool for enhancing access to agricultural extension services by small scale farmers in Malawi. It outlines the current agricultural extension policies, methodologies and the role that radio can play in improving food security and communicati ... more

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Farm Radio Programming: A Catalyst in Addressing Emerging Issues in Agricultural Development. Proceedings of the Second Farm Radio Symposium

Hector Malaidza, Francis Kapiri Grace Kapatuka, Gladson Makowa Mark Ndipita, Levi Manda Grace Malindi

Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Department of Agricultural Extension Services;University of Malawi’s Bunda College;Zodiak Broadcasting Station;Total Land Care;Farm Radio International (2010), 123 pp.

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Implementation Reports on Projects Approved and Financed in 2007-2009. Part 1: Africa, Arab Region

Paris: UNESCO, International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) (2010), 83 pp.

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Outside the Machine? Donor Values and the Case of Film in Tanzania

Jane Bryce

In: Viewing African Cinema in the Twenty-First Century: Art Films and the Nollywood Video Revolution

Mahir Saul; Ralph A. Austen (eds.)

Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press (2010), pp. 160-177

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Influence of Editors on Food Security Coverage in the Ethiopian Private Newspapers: Focus on the Reporter, Capital and Fortune Newspapers

Senait Arefaine

Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University, Master Thesis (2010), 72 pp.

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Comparative Media Systems: European and Global Perspectives

Boguslawa Dobek-Ostrowska, Michal Glowacki, Karol Jakubowicz, Miklós Sükösd (eds.)

Budapest; New York: Central European University Press (2010), xiv, 290 pp.

"Leading researchers from different regions of Europe and the United States address five major interrelated themes: 1) how ideological and normative constructs gave way to empirical systematic comparative work in media research; 2) the role of foreign media groups in post-communist regions and the e ... more

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Peace Journalism Training in East Africa

Levi Obonyo

Media Development, issue 3 (2010), pp. 59-63

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The African Filmmaker and Content of African Films: A Study of the Perspectives of the Nigerian Film Audience

Ganivu Olalekan Akashoro

Global Media Journal - African Edition, volume 4, issue 1 (2010), pp. 84-115

"This paper attempts to appraise African filmmaking and the content of African films from a Nigerian film audience perspective. The study specifically explores the disposition of the audience towards contemporary African filmmaking for home video and cinema entertainment as well as the content of Af ... more

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Journalism Education in Countries with Limited Media Freedom
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Beate Josephi (ed.)

New York: Peter Lang (2010), xiii, 263 pp.

"Since the 1990s journalism education programs have expanded exponentially around the world, but media freedom has not. Globally comparative, this edited volume assesses journalism education and the challenging environment in which it is delivered in countries with a partly free or not free status a ... more

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Reporting Tax Research: Connecting Researchers and Journalists for Improved Media Coverage and Debate in Kenya

London: Panos London (2010), 20 pp.

"In late 2009, three newspaper articles appeared in the Kenyan press, contributing to a newly emerging debate in the Kenyan media over government transparency and accountability. Media reporting in Kenya on governance issues, particularly in relation to corrupt practices in public spending, is not n ... more

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Sarah Taylor

Jeanette Minnie; Hendrik Bussiek (eds.)

Johannesburg: Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA);Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) (2010), viii, 141 pp.

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Attacks on the Press in 2009: A Worldwide Survey

New York: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) (2010), 359 pp.

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