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Digitale Brücke oder digitale Kluft? Chancen und Herausforderungen für Wirtschaft und Handel durch IKT in Subsahara Afrika

Bettina Merlin, Burkhard Vielhaber, Dirk Geilen

Bonn: Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag (TAB) (2006), 116 pp.

"Der „Digital Divide“ in Subsahara Afrika ist groß, nicht zuletzt wegen der (halb-)staatlichen Monopolgesellschaften, welche das Kommunikationsfestnetz in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten mehr schlecht verwaltet als gut bewirtschaftet haben und bis heute nur ca. 1,6% der Bevölkerung in Subsahara Af ... more

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Swedish Support to a Regional Environmental Journalism and Communication Programme in Eastern Africa for the Period 2002-2006

Birgitte Jallov, Charles Lwanga-Ntale

Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2006), 96 pp.

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Capturing Believers: American International Radio, Religion, and Reception, 1931-1970

Timothy H. B. Stoneman

Georgia Institute of Technology, Doctoral Thesis (2006), vi, 527 pp.

"Capturing Believers" provides a history of the reception of American conservative evangelical missionary broadcasting from its inception in 1931 through the rise of the commercial era in 1970. The dissertation narrates accounts of two major Protestant stations, HCJB and ELWA, located in Ecuador and ... more

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African Media Development Initiative: Cameroon. Research Findings and Conclusions

Charles Esambe Alobwede

London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 71 pp.

"The media sector has changed in recent years, mostly for the better, through the following media development processes: the 1990 Decree on the liberalisation of the broadcast sector to allow private entrants; significant increase in private radio and television, although licensing is still problema ... more

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Never be Silent: Publishing and Imperialism in Kenya, 1884-1963

Shiraz Durrani

London & Nairobi: Vita Books (2006), 271 pp.

"A narrative of publishing in Kenya from the time of the Berlin Conference of 1884 through to the Lancaster House Conference in 1963, spanning the entire colonial period of Kenyan history. It documents publishing activities during the period, from the earliest information bulletins of the colonial s ... more

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La chaîne du livre en Afrique noire francophone: Qui est éditeur, aujourd'hui?

Eddie Tambwe Kitenge Bin Kitoko

Achille Penou Somé; Marc Ngwanza Kasong'Abor (contrib.)

Paris: L'Harmattan (2006), 178 pp.

"Une vue synoptique de la filière du livre et des acteurs qui la composent, dans 14 pays d'Afrique francophone aujourd'hui. L'auteur cherche à faire la lumière sur l'état actuel des industries du livre dans ces pays et, pour chaque pays, fournit un contexte historique et éducatif, des chiffres ... more

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Community Radio for Development: The World and Africa

Patrick Tor Alumuku

Nairobi: Paulines (2006), 272 pp.

"Community radio is best understood against the background of the other forms of broadcasting, namely public service, and commercial or private broadcasting. Unlike these, community broadcasting is not state-owned, but rather community-owned and managed. Neither is it aimed at profit-making, but at ... more

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Unbequeme Kinder der Globalisierung: Musik als Instrument der Rebellion

Werner Oesterheld (Red.)

Düsseldorf: DGB Bildungswerk (2006), 61 pp.

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Anonymous Sources

Johannesburg: Institute for the Advancement of Journalism (IAJ) (2006), 61 pp.

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Evaluation Reports on Selected Projects

Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC)

Paris: UNESCO (2006), 147 pp.

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Kommunikation über HIV/AIDS: Interdisziplinäre Beiträge zur Prävention im subsaharischen Afrika

Martina Drescher, Sabine Klaeger (eds.)

Münster: Lit (2006), 336 pp.

"Die Beiträge dieses Bandes thematisieren Fragen der HIV/Aids-Prävention in Afrika - dem nach wie vor am stärksten von der Pandemie betroffenen Kontinent. Im Zentrum jeglicher Präventionsarbeit steht die Wissensvermittlung mit dem Ziel, Menschen durch Aufklärung und entsprechende Informationen ... more

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Moolaadé – Bann der Hoffnung (Ousmane Sembène, 2004)

Silvia Hallensleben

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2006), 22 pp.

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Les medias beninois a la veille de la presidentelle de 2006: Rapport de suivi deontologique

Cotonou: L'Observatoire de la déontologie et de l'ethique dans les medias (ODEM) (2006), 121 pp.

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A Handbook of Councils and Churches: Profiles of Ecumenical Relationships

Hubert van Beek (ed.)

Geneva: World Council of Churches (2006), 624 pp.

"The purpose of this book is primarily to provide a comprehensive reference and source of information for those who labour daily in the churches and organizations that make up the ecumenical movement. It is hoped that, beyond that circle, the book will also serve all who have a passion for, or an in ... more

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Religion, Media, and the Public Sphere

Birgit Meyer, Annelies Moors (eds.)

Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press (2006), 325 pp.

"Increasingly, Pentecostal, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, and indigenous movements all over the world make use of a great variety of modern mass media, both print and electronic. Through religious booklets, radio broadcasts, cassette tapes, television talk-shows, soap operas, and documentary film ... more

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African Scholarly Publishing Essays

Alois Mlambo (ed.)

Oxford; Uppsala: African Books Collective;International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP);Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (2006), 273 pp.

"This volume grew out of a seminar on scholarly publishing held in Arusha, Tanzania in 2002. It was originally announced for publication as The African Scholarly Writers and Publishers Handbook, as a sequel to the much acclaimed African Writers’ Handbook published by African Books Collective in 19 ... more

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Der swahilisprachige Videofilm Girlfriend: Eine Sprachanalyse

Claudia Böhme

Mainz: Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität (2006), iv, 95 pp.

"Girlfriend als Teil des afrikanischen Videobooms zeigt, dass die Produktion von Filmen im Videoformat eine Möglichkeit für tansanische Regisseure ist, Filme mit ihren eigenen Themen in ihrer eigenen Sprache für den ostafrikanischen Markt gewinnbringend zu vermarkten. Die Swahili-Videofilme sind ... more

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Dossier: Formation au métiers du livre

Nic Diament, Viviana Quiñones et al.

Takam Tikou (La Joie Par les Livres, Paris), issue 13 (2006), 128 pp.

"Ce numéro spécial de la revue Takam Tikou est consacré à la formation aux métiers du livre en Afrique francophone et dans d'autres régions du monde en développement. Dans une série de courts articles, il examine les questions de formation et les besoins en formation des différents acteurs ... more

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African Journals Online (AJOL): A Second Internal Evaluation, 2003-2005

Sioux Cumming

Oxford: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2006), 40 pp.

"A second evaluation of the African Journals Online (AJOL) project http://www.ajol.info/, which examines the development and status of the project since the last evaluation in 2002 to the end of 2005, and when it was handed over to African management, NISC South Africa Ltd. It aims to provide partic ... more

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Media Development and Poverty Eradication

Barry James

Paris: UNESCO (2006), 70, vi pp.

The articles in this book have been adapted from contributions to the UNESCO-sponsored conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka marking World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2006.