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"This review mission covers the period from the start of the Regional Training Programme in Environment Journalism and Communication in the Eastern African Region in February 2002 until September 2003. In other circumstances this would be referred as a pilot phase. The main conclusion of this review ... more

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African Media Cultures: Transdisciplinary Perspectives = Cultures de médias en Afrique: Perspectives transdisciplinaires

Rose Marie Beck, Frank Wittmann (eds.)

Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag (2004), 320 pp.

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Issues in Professional and Union Rights of Women Journalists

Lanre Arogundade, Tunde Aremu (eds.)

Lagos: International Press Centre (IPC) (2004), 77 pp.

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Internationales Handbuch Medien 2004/2005

Hans-Bredow-Institut (ed.)

Baden-Baden: Nomos, 27th ed. (2004), 1200 pp.

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Trauma and Cinema: Cross-Cultural Explorations

E. Ann Kaplan, Ban Wang (eds.)

Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press (2004), 288 pp.

"The book discusses how trauma presented in the media spills over national boundaries and can be found in images across divergent cultures in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and America." (Publisher description)

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Right to Information in West Africa

Brussels; Accra: International Federation of Journalists (IFJ);Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) (2004), 43 pp.

"The evidence of the Ghana and Nigeria experiences suggests that prospects of realising the right to information are more propitious if the challenge is civil society led and driven. The successful passage of a right to information act in any one country should also provide the necessary impetus for ... more

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"Praise the Lord": Popular Cinema and Pentecostalite Style in Ghana’s New Public Sphere

Birgit Meyer

American Ethnologist, volume 31, issue 1 (2004), pp. 92-110

"In this article I examine the elective affinity between Pentecostalism and the vibrant video-film industry that has flourished in the wake of Ghana’s adoption of a democratic constitution. I argue that, as a result of the liberalization and commercialization of the media, a new public sphere has ... more

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Focus on African Films

Francoise Pfaff (ed.)

Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2004), ix, 327 pp.

"Emphasizing post-independent films released since the 1950s and the burgeoning commercial film production of the last decade, Focus on African Films provides unique and pluralistic perspectives on filmmaking throughout Africa. As a whole, the collection highlights the distinct thematic, stylistic, ... more

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Le droit d'auteur en Afrique

Laurier Yvon Ngombe

Paris: L'Harmattan (2004), 178 pp.

"Un guide introductif utile sur les droits des auteurs (et ceux de l'industrie musicale) et les principaux aspects de la législation sur le droit d'auteur en Afrique. L'auteur fournit une analyse comparative des aspects théoriques et pratiques du sujet, traite de la question de la rémunération e ... more