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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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Writing for Our Lives: How the Maisha Yetu Project Changed Health Coverage in Africa

Mercedes Sayagues
Washington, DC: International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) (2006), 120 pp.
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Adele Mostert, Tammy Baldwin
Johannesburg: Sharp Sharp Media (2006), 88 pp.
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Der Blick der Anderen: Europa in der Wahrnehmung von Medien Afrikas, Asiens und Lateinamerikas

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African Media Development Initiative: Ethiopia. Research Findings and Conclusions

Gebremedhin Simon Gebretsadik
London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 82 pp.
"The following changes have taken place over the past five years: media laws have been enacted; a legal framework is in place with the Press Law and Broadcast Law, and the creation of a favourable environment for media development; the Ethiopian Broadcast Authority has been established to issue lice ... more
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NGO Accountability: Politics, Principles and Innovations

Lisa Jordan, Peter van Tuijl (eds.)
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Top-Down or Bottom-Up? Radio in the Service of Democracy: Experiences from South Africa and Namibia

Ullamaija Kivikuru
International Communication Gazette, volume 68, issue 1 (2006), pp. 5-31
"The focus in this article is on two different modes of 'giving a voice to the voiceless' in Southern African new democracies, namely South African community radio and its support apparatus, Democracy Radio, and the Namibian People's Parliament. South African community radio operates within a sphere ... more
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African Media Development Initiative: Tanzania. Research Findings and Conclusions

Nandera Mhando, John Muthee Jones
London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 63 pp.
"There has been significant growth in media outlets. In the new regime, the relationship between the media and the government has improved greatly. For the media in Tanzania to develop, resource allocation should be considered as a priority. There is a need to look at how much the government and don ... more
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Re-Visioning Television: Policy, Strategy and Models for the Sustainable Development of Community Television in South Africa
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Adrian Hadland, Mike Aldridge, Joshua Ogada
Cape Town: HSRC Press (2006), 211 pp.
"This book, compiled by South African experts in community broadcasting with the assistance of many key figures in the sector, traces the two-decade campaign for local-level television in South Africa. It highlights the development of policy, reviews existing international models and spells out the ... more
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Southern African Media Directory 2006/7

Werani Chirambo (ed.)
Windhoek: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (2006), 164 pp.
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CrossConnections: Interdisciplinary Communications Studies at the Gregorian University. Saggi Celebrativi Per Il XXV Anniversario Del CICS

Jacob Srampickal, Guiseppe Mazza, Lloyd Baugh (eds.)
Rome: Pontificia Università Gregoriana (2006), 406 pp.
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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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Successful Self-Publishing in South Africa

Heather Parker Lewis
Cape Town: Ihilihili Press, 2nd revised ed. (2006), 140 pp.
"A practical step-by-step guide for self-publishers how to run a successful publishing operation, from manuscript preparation, design and production, through to distribution and marketing and promotion." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2511)
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The African Studies Companion: A Guide to Information Sources

Hans M. Zell (ed.)
Lochcarron: Hans Zell Publishing, 4th ed. (2006), xxx, 833 pp.
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Perceptions and Practice: An Anthology of Impact Assessment Experience

Kay Sayce, Patricia Norrish
Wageningen: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (2006), 186 pp.
"Contains 11 studies, mainly on information projects, each with between four and eight stories told by people involved in those studies. Each set of stories is prefaced by a summary of the study." (commbox)
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Pro-Poor ICT Project Report – Tanzania: A Community-Owned Network

Beda Mutagahywa, Respickius Casmir, Theophilus E. Mlaki
[authors] (2006), 36 pp.
"As part of its initiatives to make Information and Communication Technology (ICT) work for the poor, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with four countries in east Africa initiated and carried out a joint project on Pro-Poor ICT. The said countries are Kenya, Rwanda, T ... more
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Handbook for the URN Advanced Radio Journalism Course in Political Reporting

Ivor Gaber, Paul Kavuma, Steven Eriaku
Uganda Radio Network (URN) (2006), 106 pp.
"This Course Handbook has been produced to accompany the URN Advanced Radio Journalism Course, which is being run throughout Uganda for freelance radio journalists in 2005 and 2006. The Handbook, which follows the day-by-day course programme, contains transcripts of PowerPoint presentations plus add ... more
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Media and the British Empire

Chandrika Kaul (ed.)
Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2006), 266 pp.
"'The only true history of a country', wrote Thomas Macaulay, 'is to be found in its newspapers'. This book explores how the media shaped and defined the economic, social, political and cultural dynamics of the British Empire by viewing it from the perspective of the colonised as well as the colonis ... more
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Access to Information: Building a Culture of Transparency. Jamaica

Laura Neuman (ed.)
Atlanta: Carter Center (2006), vi, 150 pp.
"In passing and implementing the Access to Information Act 2002, Jamaica has established a new and more open form of governance and accomplished what many other countries are still attempting. The Act, which provides citizens an enforceable right to official documents held by public authorities, is ... more