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Representing Gender-Based Violence: Global Perspectives

Caroline Williamson Sinalo, Nicoletta Mandolini (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xvii 314 pp.

"This book focuses on the politics, ethics and stereotypical pitfalls of representational practices surrounding Gender-Based Violence (GBV) from a global perspective. The originality of the volume is linked to its cross-disciplinary perspective as the topic of representing GBV is analyzed across the ... more

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Country Report: Biometric Digital Identity Programs and Independent Journalism in Uganda

African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) (2023), 28 pp.

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Disputed archival heritage

James Lowry (ed.)

London; New York: Routledge (2023), xiv, 342 pp.

"Disputed Archival Heritage brings important new perspectives into the discourse on displaced archives. In contrast to shared or joint heritage framings, the book considers the implications of force, violence and loss in the displacement of archival heritage. With chapters from established and emerg ... more

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Globalisation, geopolitics, and gender in professional communication

Louise Mullany, Stephanie Schnurr (eds.)

New York; London: Routledge (2023), xiv, 225 pp.

"This edited collection investigates the linguistics of globalisation, geopolitics and gender in workplace cultures in a range of different contemporary international settings. The chapters examine how issues of globalisation, gender and geopolitics affect professionals in different workplace contex ... more

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Routledge Handbook of Global Land and Resource Grabbing

Andreas Neef, Chanrith Ngin, Tsegaye Moreda, Sharlene Mollett (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2023), xxix, 482 pp.

"Global land and resource grabbing has become an increasingly prominent topic in academic circles, among development practitioners, human rights advocates, and in policy arenas. The Routledge Handbook of Global Land and Resource Grabbing sustains this intellectual momentum by advancing methodologica ... more

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Religious Environmental Activism: Emerging Conflicts and Tensions in Earth Stewardship

Jens Köhrsen, Julia Blanc, Fabian Huber (eds.)

Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge (2023), xii, 327 pp.

"This volume explores how religious and spiritual actors engage for environmental protection and fight against climate change. Climate change and sustainability are increasingly prominent topics among religious and spiritual groups. Different faith traditions have developed "green" theologies, launc ... more

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The risks of peace: Exploring the relationship between peaceocracy and journalism in Kenya

Cecilia Arregui Olivera, David Cheruiyot

International Communication Gazette, volume 85, issue 8 (2023), pp. 663-677

"Scholars have recently suggested that a peaceocracy is emerging in nations experiencing intermittent conflicts. A peaceocracy is an institutionalised political strategy – rather than a political system – that aims to promote stability in states considered fragile. While scholars know how the pr ... more

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Who counts? Ghanaian academic publishing and global science

David Mills, Patricia Kingori, Abigail Branford et al.

Cape Town: African Minds (2023), 227 pp.

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Performing Sustainability in West Africa: Cultural Practices and Policies for Sustainable Development

Meike Lettau, Christopher Yusufu Mtaku, Eric Debrah Otchere (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge;Earthscan (2023), xvii, 218 pp.

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Orte für die Menschen: Afrikanische Büchereien im Wandel

Wanjiru Koinange

BiblioTheke: Zeitschrift für katholische Bücherei- und Medienarbeit, issue 4 (2023), pp. 33-35

"Book Bunk, eine Non-Profit-Organisation mit Sitz in Nairobi in Kenia, hat es sich vor fünf Jahren zur Aufgabe gemacht, Büchereien in Nairobi weiterzuentwickeln. Die Idee entstand aus einer Zusammenarbeit mit der McMillan Memorial Library – Nairobis ältester Bibliothek." (Seite 33)

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The Impact of Motherhood on the Career Development of Female Journalists in Nigeria

Ijeoma Okereke-Adagba

Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) (2023), 33 pp.

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Mapping the supply of surveillance technologies to Africa: Case studies from Nigeria, Ghana, Morocco, Malawi, and Zambia

Tony Roberts, Judy Gitahi, Patrick Allam et al.

Brighton: Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (2023), 167 pp.

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Unmasking The Trolls: Research on Online Gender-Based Violence in Kenya

Wambui Wamunyu, Frenny Jowi, Paul Kimweli

Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) (2023), vii, 36 pp.

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Cinema Negro. D’África à Diáspora: O pensamento antirracista de Kabengele Munanga

Celso Luiz Prudente, Rogério de Almeida

São Paulo: Faculdade de Educação da Universidade de São Paulo (FEUSP) (2023), 536 pp.

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China’s Media Propaganda in Africa: A Strategic Assessment

Joshua Eisenman

Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2023), 23 pp.

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Fair work in South Africa’s gig economy: A journey of engaged scholarship

Van Belle, Jean-Paul, Kelle Howson, Richards Heeks, Louise Bezuidenhout, Pitso Tsibolane, Darcy du Toit, Sandra Fredman, Paul Mungai

Digital Geography & Society, volume 5, issue 100064 (2023), 7 pp.

"Because of its relatively well-developed, highly urbanised economy and high penetration of mobile internet access, the platform economy took off quickly in South Africa, with international players vying for market share and local platforms pursuing more innovative approaches. Digital labour platfor ... more

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The Unfreedom Monitor: Cameroon Country Report

Amsterdam: Global Voices Advox (2023), 22 pp.

"This research indicates that the government criminalises free speech by using a vague and broad definition of fake news, and clamps down on dissent and criticism, and that journalists who criticise the government are seen as enemies of the state — as in the case of the jailing of Kingsley Fomunyu ... more

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Ecocinema Theory and Practice 2

Stephen Rust, Salma Monani, Seán Cubitt (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2023), xvii, 249 pp.

"This second volume builds on the initial groundwork laid by Ecocinema Theory and Practice by examining the ways in which ecocritical cinema studies have matured and proliferated over the last decade, opening whole new areas of study and research. Featuring fourteen new essays organized into three s ... more

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In the Shadow of Genocide: Justice and Memory Within Rwanda

Stephanie Wolfe, Matthew C. Kane, Tawia B. Ansah (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2023), xxix, 281 pp.

"This book brings together scholars and practitioners for a unique inter-disciplinary exploration of justice and memory within Rwanda. It explores the various strategies the state, civil society, and individuals have employed to come to terms with their past and shape their future. The main objectiv ... more

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A New Era or Error? Community Radio Licensing in Zimbabwe: Issues, Dynamics, and Sustainability Challenges

Makhosi Nkanyiso Sibanda, Buhle Nkomo

Journal of Radio & Audio Media (2023), 24 pp.

"The Zimbabwean government has been criticized across scholarship for its lack of sincerity in ensuring media plurality, especially in the radio broadcasting sector. In 2020, when community radio stations were granted licenses for the first-time in the post-Mugabe era, the Mnangagwa-led government w ... more