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Mobile Phones: The New Talking Drums of Everyday Africa

Mirjam de Bruijn, Francis Nyamnjoh, Inge Brinkman (eds.)

Bamenda (CM); Leiden: Langaa;African Studies Centre (2009), vii, 173 pp.

"This book is about the many ways in which mobile phones are being appropriated by Africans and how they are transforming and are being transformed by society in Africa. A case study from Karthoum (Sudan) shows, how mobile phones are reshaping relationships in a Muslim society, where they enable wom ... more

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Media, Elections and Political Violence in Eastern Africa: Towards a Comparative Framework

Nicole Stremlau, Monroe E. Price

Oxford; London: Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford;Center for Global Communication Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania;Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research (2009), 45 pp.

"The problem of post-election violence seems to be ever-more present as complexities of nation-building and democratic development arise. This report deals with some relevant questions. It is based on the outcome of discussions at a December 2008 workshop organized in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [...] Our ... more

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The Role of the Media in the Upcoming Somaliland Elections: Lessons from Kenya

Nicole Stremlau, Matthew Blanchard, Yusuf Abdi Gabobe, Farhan Ali Ahmed

"This report explores issues of media policy during post-election violence. We examine the case of Kenya, where 1,133 people were killed after the 2007 elections, to distill lessons for Somaliland’s upcoming elections. There are indications the elections in Somaliland will be highly contentious an ... more

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Report on Evaluation of "Community Radio Listening Groups Project"

Khartoum: UNICEF;Nutro Health for Development (NHD) (2009), 298 pp.

"In 2002 the UNICEF in collaboration with the Ministry of Information and Communication ( represented by Sudan Radio & TV Corporation –SRTC) launched a pilot project of Community Radio Listening Groups (CRLGs), designed to reach population in hard to reach areas in the country with messages and de ... more

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Genocide: Truth, Memory, and Representation

Alexander Laban Hinton, Kevin Lewis O'Neill (eds.)

Durham: Duke University Press (2009), 349 pp.

"What happens to people and the societies in which they live after genocide? How are the devastating events remembered on the individual and collective levels, and how do these memories intersect and diverge as the rulers of postgenocidal states attempt to produce a monolithic "truth" about the past ... more

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Diary of a Participatory Advocacy Film Project: Transforming Communication Initiatives Into Living Campaigns

Emilie Flower, Brigid McConville

Development in Practice, volume 19, issue 7 (2009), pp. 933-937

"In August 2007, the Government of Tanzania committed to doubling the number of training places for skilled midwives following a five-year campaign by the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood in Tanzania (WRATZ), which culminated in the first television screening of a participatory film, ‘Pla ... more

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Peace and Communication in Post-Conflict Africa

Africa Media Review, volume 17, issue 1-2 (2009), pp. 1-126

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Media Sustainability Index 2008: Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Africa

Leon Morse (ed.)

Washington, DC: IREX (2009), xix, 411 pp.

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Media Colloquium Report

Open Society Initiative for East Africa (2009), 16 pp.

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Media and Identity in Africa

Kimani Njogu, John Middleton (eds.)

Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2009), xvii, 333 pp.

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How Hollywood Projects Foreign Policy

Sally-Ann Totman

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2009), xii, 226 pp.

"This book examines US foreign policy toward the so-called 'rogue states' and the products of the Hollywood film industry in relation to these states, which promises to make a significant contribution to our understanding of the 'soft power' that is popular culture." (Publisher description)

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A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis: Media Coverage of the Darfur Conflict in Sudanese and Non-Sudanese Media

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2009), 54 pp.

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The Power of Communication: Changes and Challenges in African Media

Kristin Skare Orgeret, Helge Rønning (eds.)

Oslo: Oslo Academic Press (2009), 362 pp.

"This book examines how the media in different parts of Africa plays an important role in the continent's political and social processes of change. The perspective of the book is comparative. It contains overviews of the role of communication, as well as case studies, of the situation in individual ... more

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South Sudan Media Survey: Juba, Wau, Maridi, Panyagor, Yambio and Yei

Nairobi: Consumer Options;Education Development Center (EDC) (2009), 49 pp.

"Radio is the most popular source of information with 98% saying it their source of information. 71% claim that radio is the most important source of information to them and 66% claim that radio is the most reliable source of information. Church is also a strong source of information with 64% claimi ... more

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Between Journalism ‘universals’ and Cultural Particulars: Challenges Facing the Development of a Journalism Programme in an East African Context

Terje S. Skjerdal

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 1, issue 1 (2009), pp. 23-34

"One of the main dilemmas facing journalism education across Africa is whether one can argue for a ‘universal’ set of journalistic standards while at the same time maintaining a culturally sensitive journalism practice. Underlying the dilemma is the question of whether there is a need to identif ... more

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Public Relations Research in Africa

African Communication Research (St. Augustine University Mwanza), volume 2, issue 3 (2009), pp. 351-473

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La caricature et le dessin de presse en Afrique

Paris: L'Harmattan (2009), 239 pp.

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Uneven Performances by the Private Press in Ethiopia: An Analysis of 18 Years of Press Freedom

Terje S. Skjerdal, Hallelujah Lule

Journal of Communication & Language Arts, volume 3, issue 1 (2009), pp. 44-59

"It is generally said that an independent press is vital for any democracy. However, the case in many African countries is that the independent or private press is weak and lacks credibility, although its assumed role as a cornerstone of young democracies is repeatedly stressed by commentators and p ... more

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Communication for Rural Development: Inventory of Communication Resources in Farmer Advisory Services Using ICTs in Rakai District-Uganda

Bukenya Godfrey

Wageningen: Larenstein University of Applied Sciences (2009), ix; 56 pp.

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Poised for Growth: Community Radio in Kenya in 2009. Final Report for the Open Society Initiative for East Africa

Jean Fairbairn, Doreen Rukaria

Nairobi: Developing Radio Partners;Kenya Community Media Network (KCOMNET);Code for Africa;Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) (2009), 90 pp.

"This study aimed to map the community radio sector, with a view to helping it realise its promise. We have been critical, but always with construction in mind. All too often community radio stations are presented in glowing terms, as heroic endeavours .. and in many respects, they are. However, unl ... more