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The Trans-Saharan Book Trade: Manuscript Culture, Arabic Literacy and Intellectual History in Muslim Africa

Graziano Krätli, Ghislaine Lydon (eds.)
Leiden; Boston: Brill (2011), xii, 422 pp.
"As the manuscript treasures in the libraries of Timbuktu and throughout the northwestern quarter of Africa become known, many questions are raised. How did a manuscript culture flourish in the Sahara and in Muslim Africa more generally? Under what conditions did African intellectuals thrive, and ho ... more
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Kenya

Grace Githaiga
Jeanette Minnie; Hendrik Bussiek (eds.)
Nairobi; Johannesburg: Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa (OSIEA); Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP); Open Society Media Program (OSMP) (2011), xi, 126 pp.
"Kenya’s liberalisation of the airwaves since the mind-1990s has resulted in the transformation of broadcasting with numerous stations now serving as a platform for information and public debate. This has promoted a culture of participation in the democratic process, and has impacted positively to ... more
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The Limits to Foreign Funded Journalism Training in Africa

Anya Schiffrin
In: Journalism Education, Training and Employment
Bob Franklin, Donica Mensing (eds.)
New York; London: Routledge (2011), pp. 97-111
"Journalism training can make an important contribution to the quality of journalism and the ability of journalism to fulfill its basic missions. This study focused on the impact on business and economics reporting, an area where few journalists have adequate training, and where on-the-job training ... more
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From ‘What’s Your ASLR’ to ‘Do You Wanna Go Private?’

Gerrit Beger, Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda, Akshay Sinha
New York: UNICEF New York, Division of Communication, Youth Section (2011), 32 pp.
"This report focuses on South Africa and presents the results of a quantitative survey conducted on MXit, the most widely used social networking platform in the country. The first section discusses mobile internet use and social networking in the South African context, where computer and broadband i ... more
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Investigate Without Peril: How to Support Investigative Journalism in East Africa

Andrea Bohnstedt
U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre; Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) (2011), 4 pp.
"The political and economic environment in some regions of the world present specific challenges for investigative journalists: countries that score low on governance and transparency present particular risks and underline the need to build investigative journalism capacity. This Brief analyses the ... more
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The New Age of Radio: How ICTs Are Changing Rural Radio in Africa

Bartholomew Sullivan
Ottawa: Farm Radio International (2011), 138 pp.
"Low cost, modern information and communication technologies (ICTs), including mobile phones, multifunction MP3 recorders, and interactive voice response (IVR) can dramatically increase the capacity of rural radio to help farmers improve food security in Sub-Saharan Africa. Weekly SMS alerts sent to ... more
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Accountability Through Public Opinion: From Inertia to Public Action

Sina Odugbemi, Taeku Lee (eds.)
Washington, DC: World Bank (2011), xxv, 507 pp.
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The Myth of Press Freedom in Botswana: From Sir Seretse Khama to Ian Khama

Letshwiti B. B. Tutwane
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 3, issue 1 (2011), pp. 43-55
"This article argues that for all the plaudits that it has received Botswana is not a true example of democracy. It only continues to shine because of its historical context and the elaborate machinations of the ruling party. It supports Good's (1996) thesis of Authoritarian Liberalism as an apt des ... more
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Public Service Broadcasting: A Comparative Legal Survey

Toby Mendel
Paris: UNESCO, 2nd ed., revised and updated (2011), ix, 96 pp.
"This book explores the legal and regulatory systems governing public service broadcasters in eight different countries around the world, looking at the services they provide, the way in which their mandates are defined, their internal governance systems, mechanisms of oversight or accountability an ... more
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Dadaab, Kenya: Humanitarian Communications and Information Needs Assessment Among Refugees in the Camps. Findings, Analysis & Recommendations

Arcata, Calif.; Washington, DC: Internews (2011), 80 pp.
"Serious communication gaps between the humanitarian sector and refugees in Dadaab, Kenya, are increasing refugee suffering and putting lives at risk. There are clear indications that these information gaps are hampering the aid response and that despite important efforts from individual agencies, c ... more
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African Media Barometer: Ethiopia 2010

Windhoek; Adis Ababa: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2011), 64 pp.
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Towards a Theory of Communication for Africa: The Challenges for Emerging Democracies

Levi Obonyo
Communicatio: South African Journal for Communication Theory and Research, volume 37, issue 1 (2011), pp. 1-20
"While the scholarship on communication theory has evolved over many years in Africa it is still work in progress. This discourse has been anchored in society's cultural milieu. The import of this is that the debate has evolved without incorporating the realities of Africa. Consequently, theories of ... more
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Light in the Darkness: Internews Radio in Southern Sudan and the Three Areas. Findings of Community Impact Assessment

Sonya De Masi
Internews (2011), 126 pp.
"This report offers an overview of results of an assessment that sought to investigate the audience impact of Internews’ network of five FM radio stations in southern Sudan and two transitional areas that were established to provide their communities with critical information about the peace agree ... more
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Kenya's Indigenous Radio Stations and Their Use of Metaphors in the 2007 Election Violence

D. Ndirangu Wachanga
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 3, issue 2 (2011), pp. 109-125
"The article focuses on the use of metaphors during the 2007 pre- and post-election violence in Kenya that left at least 1400 people dead and more than 350,000 internally displaced. During and after the violence, vernacular radio stations, though not entirely responsible for the violence, were highl ... more
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Assessment of Media Development in Mozambique: Based on UNESCO's Media Development Indicators

Tomás Vieira Mário (coord.)
Paris: UNESCO (2011), viii, 87 pp.
"Over the last five years, Mozambique has achieved significant improvements in the supporting infrastructure for developing and expanding media and ICTs. The expansion of the optical fibre services, and of access to fixed and mobile telephony and broadband Internet, have been instrumental in helping ... more
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African Media Barometer: Botswana 2011

Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2011), 68 pp.
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Watchdogs and News Hounds: Holding the Media to Account. Mechanisms, Principles and Practices from Around the World

Libby Lloyd
Windhoek: fesmedia Africa; Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) (2011), 32 pp.
"The issue of media accountability mechanisms has been brought into the spotlight in South Africa following the release by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) of a discussion paper entitled ‘Media Transformation, Ownership and Diversity’ for deliberation at its National General Council me ... more
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Peace-Making, Power Configurations and Media Practices in Northern Uganda: A Case Study of Mega FM

Florence Brisset-Foucault
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 3, issue 2 (2011), pp. 205-225
"This article analyses the uses of the ‘community’ and ‘peace media’ labels in northern Uganda. It tries to assess their effect on power configurations and on the practices and the representations of media workers. In order to do so, it analyses how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have ... more
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National Studies on Assessing the Economic Contribution of the Copyright-Based Industries

Geneva: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2011), 352 pp.
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Community Radio: The Future Speaks “glocal”. An African Experience: The Guinea-Bissau & Mozambique Cases

Patricia Mota Paula
Signo y Pensamiento, volume 31, issue julio-diciembre (2011), pp. 282-297
"This article focuses on a comparative analysis of community radio realities in two Lusophone African countries: Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique, whose local ield research refers to 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2009, respectively. It focuses on the tense relationship between political power and community radio ... more