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"The purpose of the study is to determine the challenges and prospects of community radio in Ethiopia, taking Harar Community Radio (HCR) as a case study. This radio station is selected because it has already stopped broadcasting a few months ago. For the effectiveness of the research, efforts have ... more

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Media in Situations of Conflict: Roles, Challenges and Responsibility

Adolf E. Mbaine (ed.)

Kampala: Fountain (2006), xi, 155 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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Southern African Media Directory 2006/7

Werani Chirambo (ed.)

Windhoek: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (2006), 164 pp.

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African Media Development Initiative: Kenya. Research Findings and Conclusions

Lucy W. Maina

London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 75 pp.

"The liberalisation of airwaves and emerging democratic ideals have been important variables influencing increment in FM stations, new media products, a free press and freedom of expression. Occasional problems between the government and media players arise. The recognition by government of the incr ... 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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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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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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Indigenous Language Media in Africa

Abiodun Salawu (ed.)

Lagos: Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC) (2006), xii, 398 pp.

"A collection of 22 papers on the indigenous language press (and other media) in Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda, and Zimbabwe, primarily devoted to the activities of African language newspapers and periodicals. Some papers examine the significant and pioneering role religious publications ... more

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Indigenous Communication in Africa: Concept, Application and Prospects
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Kwasi Ansu-Kyeremeh (ed.)

Accra: Ghana Universities Press (2005), xvi, 282 pp.

"This book argues that indigenous modes of communication - for example the oral tradition, drama, indigenous entertainment forms, cultural modes and local language radio - are essential to the societies within which they exist and which create them; and that coupled with newer, or modern forms of co ... more

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Telecentres, Access and Development: Experience and Lessons from Uganda and South Africa

Sarah Parkinson

Burton-on-Dunsmore; Ottawa; Kampala: ITDG Publishing;International Development Research Centre (IDRC);Fountain Publishers (2005), xxiii, 148 pp.

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Construire la paix dans la région des Grands Lacs: L'engagement des medias. Actes de l'atelier inter-régional de Bagamoyo

Paris: Panos Paris (2005), 123 pp.

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Final Evaluation Report Uganda

Tripartite Training Programme

The Hague: International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) (2005), 34 pp.

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A Developing Connection: Bridging the Policy Gap Between the Information Society and Sustainable Development

Terry Willard, Maja Andjelkovic (eds.)

Winnipeg, Manitoba: International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) (2005), 210 pp.

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Community Multimedia Centres Around the World: A Global Directory

Stella Hughes, Ian Pringle (eds.)

UNESCO (2005), 156 pp.

"Inspired by innovations that emerged from the Kothmale Community Radio and Internet project, Sri Lanka, in 1999 and 2000, UNESCO has since established some fifty CMCs in a wide range of contexts in some twenty countries on three continents. In addition to new facilities and increased local capacity ... more

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With the Support of Multitudes: Using Strategic Communication to Fight Poverty Through PRSPs
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Masud Mozammel, Sina Odugbemi

Washington, DC; London: World Bank, Development Communication Division;Department for International Development (DFID) (2005), 144 pp.

"This publication has been produced in order to improve the chances of success of Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRSs) in two ways: 1. To show policymakers how strategic communication can help them to achieve some of their objectives in formulating and executing effective Poverty Reduction Strategies ... more

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Media and Glocal Change: Rethinking Communication for Development

Oscar Hemer, Thomas Tufte (eds.)

Buenos Aires: Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO);Nordicom (2005), 493 pp.

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DED-Brief, issue 3 (2005), pp. 4-53

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Indigenous Communication in Africa: Concept, Application and Prospects
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With the Support of Multitudes: Using Strategic Communication to Fight Poverty Through PRSPs
Inspiring Practice

Key Guidance