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Global Nollywood: The Nigerian Movie Industry and Alternative Global Networks in Production and Distribution

Jade Miller
Global Media and Communication, volume 8, issue 2 (2012), pp. 117-134
"While Nollywood, Nigeria’s video industry, is largely separate from dominant global cultural industry networks of production inputs and distribution, it is an industry that is still globally linked in a number of ways. In this article, I investigate the nature and layout of these connections via ... more
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Truth in Search of a Voice

Alfred Esimatemi Opubor
Ibadan: University of Ibadan (2012), vii, 102 pp.
"This is a compilation of six publications or presentations of Professor Alfred Opubor spanning a period of eight years. They do not by any means amount to a significant percentage of his publications in those years; rather, they most clearly represent his position, argument and, thus, his contribut ... more
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DR Kongo: Eine Bilanz der Gewalt

Otmar Oehring (ed.)
Aachen: Missio (2012), 132 pp.
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What is the Relationship Between Hate Radio and Violence? Rethinking Rwanda's "Radio Machete"

Scott Straus
In: Radio in Africa: Publics, Cultures, Communities
Liz Gunner, Dina Ligaga, Dumisani Moyo (eds.)
Johannesburg: Wits University Press (2011), pp. 83-101
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Business of the Spirit: Ghanaian Broadcast Media and the Commercial Exploitation of Pentecostalism

Marleen de Witte
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 3, issue 2 (2011), pp. 189-204
"This article takes a critical look at Ghana’s rapidly evolving broadcasting scene and in particular at the expansion and popularity of religious broadcasting. Sketching the developments of the Ghanaian media landscape, it analyses the changing politics of representing religion in this field. The ... more
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The "Fourth Estate" in Democracy Assistance: Practices and Challenges of German and International Media Development Cooperation. 6th Symposium Forum Media and Development

Christoph Dietz, Julia Steffenfauseweh, Angelika Mendes (eds.)
St. Augustin; Berlin; Aachen: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS); Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) (2011), 69 pp.
"The first part of this publication provides insight into the media development practices and policy frameworks of France, Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom while the second part deals with different issues and projects, such as the role of media for social transformation in Africa and coordina ... more
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The State of Media Freedom in Africa

African Communication Research (St. Augustine University Mwanza), volume 4, issue 2 (2011), pp. 221-388
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Community Listeners' Clubs: Stepping Stones for Action in Rural Areas
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Brussels: FAO Dimitra (2011), 54 pp.
"This publication is particularly relevant for radio stations intending to establish listeners' clubs. It presents the experience of community listeners' clubs established in the mid-2000s in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Niger by the FAO and its partners, and the results that these initiativ ... more
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‘Paroles De Vie’: Christian Radio Producers in the Republic of Benin

Tilo Grätz
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 3, issue 2 (2011), pp. 161-188
"In the Republic of Benin, we are currently witnessing an enormous proliferation of religious radio broadcasting in various forms, especially with regard to Pentecostal churches. Apart from already established Christian broadcasters such as Radio Immaculée Conception, Radio Alléluia or Radio Maran ... more
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Popular Media, Democracy and Development in Africa
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Herman Wasserman (ed.)
London; New York: Routledge (2011), xiii, 288 pp.
"Popular Media, Democracy and Development in Africa examines the role that popular media could play to encourage political debate, provide information for development, or critique the very definitions of 'democracy' and 'development'. Drawing on diverse case studies from various regions of the Afric ... more
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Community Radio, Gender & ICTs in West Africa: How Women Are Engaging with Community Radio Through Mobile Phone Technologies

Frances Fortune, Cindy Chungong, Andrew Kessinger
Washington, DC; Brussels: Search for Common Ground (2011), 38 pp.
"Women on the air are usually viewed through a traditional model - in the context of their relationship to their husbands or children – and not as individual beings with a broad range of interests and needs. As a result, radio does not currently meet the needs of women, and women do not participat ... more
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Elections and the Media in Postconflict Africa: Votes and Voices for Peace?
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Marie-Soleil Frère
London; New York: Zed Books (2011), xiv, 289 pp.
"In democracies with adjectives, the freedom of press also comes with adjectives." If the political regime is situated between a pure democracy and despotism, the freedom of press is also stuck in an in-between-situation. This statement sums up the results of Marie Soleil Frères empirical analysis ... more
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Media Sustainability Index 2010: Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Africa

Leon Morse (ed.)
Washington, DC: IREX (2011), xix, 411 pp.
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From Watchdog to Lapdog? The Impact of Government Intimidation on the Public Watchdog Performance of Peace Media in Processes of Democratisation

London: London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Media and Communications (2011), 36 pp.
"The article explores the case of Radio Ndeke Luka, a UN-backed peace radio in the Central African Republic. It investigates whether government intimidation influences the radio’s public watchdog role and, if so, in what ways and to what extent, and whether and how the support of a European NGO an ... more
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Les clubs d'écoute communautaires: Un tremplin pour l'action en milieu rural
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Bruxelles: FAO Dimitra (2011), 56 pp.
"Cette publication fait le récit de l’expérience unique des clubs d’écoute communautaires mis en place au Niger et en République démocratique du Congo par la FAO-Dimitra et ses partenaires. Mécanismes d’information et de communication centrés sur l’action, ces clubs ont remporté un s ... more
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Drama for Development: Cultural Translation and Social Change
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Andrew Skuse, Marie Gillespie, Gerry Power (eds.)
Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage (2011), xxiii, 324 pp.
"By assessing edutainment as a space of cultural translation, Drama for Development advances an often neglected perspective in this topics' research. It focuses on what happens when various goals, worldviews and needs from donors, producers and the audiences come together in the production and meani ... more
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Piratages audiovisuels: Les voies souterraines de la mondialisation culturelle

Tristan Mattelart (ed.)
Brussels: De Boeck (2011), 304 pp.
Souvent considéré comme une activité des plus nuisibles, le piratage des contenus audiovisuels n’en constitue pas moins, depuis des décennies, pour de nombreuses populations aux quatre coins du monde, un moyen majeur d’accéder aux produits des industries culturelles. Nourri d’enquêtes de ... more
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Ghanaian Entertainment Brokers: Urban Change, and Afro-Cosmopolitanism, with Neo-Liberal Reform

Oliver Thalén
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 3, issue 2 (2011), pp. 227-240
"This article deals with entertainment in the neo-liberal age. The key aim is to describe the emerging brokering practices of certain entrepreneurs within the entertainment industry in Ghana, and to explore the effects of these practices. On the one hand these entrepreneurs receive sponsorship from ... more
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Cybercafés de Bamako: Les usages de l'Internet au prisme de la parenté et des classes d'âge

Béatrice Steiner
Paris: Karthala (2011), 286 pp.
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Mass Media and Democratisation in Cameroon in the Early 1990s

Francis B. Nyamnjoh
Bamenda: Langaa (2011), xiv, 193 pp.
"In the on-going democratic debate, the Cameroonian media have not played the role of objective mediators. A one-party logic, of which government, opposition and the public are guilty, has prevented Cameroonian multipartyism from addressing the major issue: that of how best to bring about real parti ... more