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Littératures orales africaines: Perspectives théoretiques et méthodologiques

Ursula Baumgardt, Jean Derive (eds.)

Paris: Karthala (2008), 439 pp.

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Regional Awareness and Communication Strategy for the SADC Water Sector

Southern African Development Community (SADC) (ed.)

Southern African Development Community (SADC) (2008), 54 pp.

"This Awareness and Communication Strategy fulfils the call for establishing sector specific (Water Sector) strategies and crafting, packaging and dissemination of messages and themes which should be based on but not limited to SADC’s priority intervention areas. It is basically expanding the SADC ... more

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Newspapers in Hargeysa: Freedom of Speech in Postconflict Somaliland

Markus Höhne

Afrika Spectrum, volume 43, issue 2 (2008), pp. 91-113

"This article discusses the role of newspapers in the ongoing democratisation process in Somaliland. It shows that, embedded in Somali culture and the recent history of the region, freedom of speech in Hargeysa, the capital of Somaliland, is cultivated by and in print media established after the civ ... more

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Communication for Empowerment in Mozambique: An Assessment of Communication and Media Needs at the Community Level

Faruco Sadique Ibraimo, Barry Driscoll

Oslo; South Orange, New Jersey: UNDP Oslo Governance Centre;Communication for Social Change Consortium (2008), 79 pp.

"Communication for Empowerment is an initiative which, in its global context, aims to enable average citizens including those from marginalised strata of society and those living in poverty to take informed decisions on their own lives, have access to channels that allow their voice to be heard and ... more

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Mídia, política e mercado na sociedade moçambicana: O setor televisivo aberto

João Miguel

São Leopoldo: Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Doctoral Thesis (2008), 189 pp.

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Low-Cost Devices in Educational Systems: The Use of the “XO-Laptop” in the Ethiopian Educational System

Hermann Härtel

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (2008), 21 pp.

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Radio and Development in Africa: A Concept Paper

Mary Myers

Wardour: International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2008), 58 pp.

"Radio seems to have proven itself as a developmental tool, particularly with the rise of community and local radios, which have facilitated a far more participatory and horizontal type of communication than was possible with the older, centralised broadcasting model of the 1960s and 70s. There seem ... more

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Unbounded Possibilities: Observations on Sustaining Rural Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Africa

Ian Douglas Howard

Johannesburg: Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2008), 23 pp.

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Entwicklung durch Vernetzung: Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien in Afrika
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Christopher Coenen, Ulrich Riehm

Berlin: Edition Sigma (2008), 272 pp.

"Entwicklungsländer und moderne Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (IKT): Wie geht das zusammen? Dieses oft diskutierte, aber selten detailliert untersuchte Thema wird in diesem Buch vor allem anhand Afrikas südlich der Sahara behandelt, einer Weltregion mit erheblichen Entwicklungshemmn ... more

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Mediating Transcendence: Popular Film, Visuality, and Religious Experience in West Africa

Johannes Merz

Conference on New Media and Religious Transformations in Africa, July 10-12, 2008, Abuja, Nigeria, conference paper (2008), 23 pp.

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Politics, Religion and the Media: The Transformation of the Public Sphere in Senegal

Frank Wittmann

Media, Culture & Society, volume 30, issue 3 (2008), pp. 479-494

"Senegal is said to be a democratic model for Africa. This reputation was promoted by the former presidents Senghor and Diouf (both Socialist Party), and confirmed through the democratic change of government to the Senegalese Democratic Party under its leader Wade in 2000. Ostensibly, the successful ... more

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Freedom of the Press 2008: Draft Country Reports

Karin Deutsch Karlekar, Sarah G. Cook (eds.)

New York; Washington, DC: Freedom House (2008), 239 pp.

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Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage

Roy Armes

Marie-Cécile Wouters (transl.)

Paris: Karthala (2008), 402 pp.

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Nollywood: The Video Phenomenon in Nigeria

Pierre Barrot (ed.)

Oxford; Ibadan; Bloomington: James Currey Publishers;HEBN Publishers;Indiana University Press (2008), xii, 147 pp.

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The Economics of Rural Radio in Africa: An Introductory Study Into the Costs and Revenues
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Christopher Yordy

Ottawa: Farm Radio International;African Farm Radio Research Initiative (AFRRI) (2008), 100 pp.

"This study claims to be one of the first attempts to explore the field of radio economics in rural Africa. Based on in-depth questionnaires filled in by 15 radio stations in Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Ghana and Mali, it found that the costs vary widely according to the type of ownership, i.e. public ... more

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Textbooks and School Library Provision in Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Washington, DC: World Bank, Secondary Education in Africa (SEIA), Africa Region Human Development Department (2008), xxxii, 98 pp.

"This World Bank study discusses secondary textbook and school library availability in Africa, its cost and financing, and its distribution and publishing. The study’s objective was to analyze the issues and provide some options and strategies for improvement. Reforms are urgently required in the ... more

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African Film and TV Yearbook and Directory 2009/2010

London: Balancing Act (2008), 117 pp.

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Africa Writes Back: The African Writers Series and the Launch of African Literature

James Currey

Oxford; Athens, Ohio: James Currey Publishers;Ohio University Press (2008), 349 pp.

"James Currey was the editor in charge of the African Writers Series (AWS) at Heinemann Educational Books from 1967 to 1984. Together with his colleagues Henry Chakava in Kenya, Aig Higo in Nigeria, and Keith Sambrook in London they published the first 270 titles in the series. This fascinating and ... more

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Publishing, Books and Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Critical Bibliography
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Hans M. Zell

Henry Chakava (introd. essay)

Lochcarron: Hans Zell Publishing, 3rd ed. (2008), xlix, 712 pp.

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Signal and Noise: Media, Infrastructure, and Urban Culture in Nigeria

Brian Larkin

Durham: Duke University Press (2008), xi, 314 pp.

"In this groundbreaking work, Brian Larkin provides a history and ethnography of media in Nigeria, asking what media theory looks like when Nigeria rather than a European nation or the United States is taken as the starting point. Concentrating on the Muslim city of Kano in the north of Nigeria, Lar ... more

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The Economics of Rural Radio in Africa: An Introductory Study Into the Costs and Revenues
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