Development and Communication in Africa: : Elijah F. Akhahenda: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Development and Communication in Africa

Description

Although Africa is the world's poorest continent, it is a major emerging market and partner in the global village of the new millennium. This book presents a wide array of perspectives on the problems and prospects of developing Africa. Leading scholars in African studies and international communication analyze the socio-political and cultural experiences in various communities, focusing on key questions: What is development? What are the main issues surrounding development in Africa? And how can communication per se be used to address the persistent problems of underdevelopment?

Chapter 1 Introduction
Part 2 Part I: Foundation
Chapter 3 1 Afrocentricity and Communication in Africa
Chapter 4 2 The Triple Heritage: The Split Sould of a Continent
Chapter 5 3 The African World: The Publics of African Communication
Part 6 Part II: Theory
Chapter 7 4 Communication and Political Development
Chapter 8 5 Multiple Perspectives on Development Communication
Chapter 9 6 Participatory Communication for Development and African Philosophy Debate
Part 10 Part III: Media Practice
Chapter 11 7 Reporting Africa's Problems
Chapter 12 8 Press Freedom and National Development in Africa after the Cold War
Chapter 13 9 Broadcasting and National Development in Africa
Part 14 Part IV: African Culture
Chapter 15 10 Communication, Development, and Meta-ethnic Empathy
Chapter 16 11 Adult Education and the Media
Chapter 17 12 The Entertainment-Education Strategy in Development Communication
Part 18 Part V: Communication Technology
Chapter 19 13 The Internet in Africa: Leapfrogging to a Global Furture
Chapter 20 14 Information and Communication Technologies for Rural Development
Chapter 21 15 African Development and Innovation of Communication Technologies
Part 22 Part VI: Unity, Debt, and Communication
Chapter 23 16 The New African Union and the Integration of Africa
Chapter 24 17 Sustainable Development of Africa: The Debt Crisis
Chapter 25 18 Cultural Warrants in Development Communication Contexts in Africa
Chapter 26 Bibliography

Product details

Published	Dec 17 2003
Format	Paperback
Edition	1st
Extent	264
ISBN	9780742527461
Imprint	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Dimensions	9 x 6 inches
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

Charles C. Okigbo

Anthology Editor

Festus Eribo

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Elijah F. Akhahenda

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Osabuohien P. Amienyi

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Molefi Kete Asante

Molefi Kete Asante is Professor of Africology at…

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Tom Jacobson Best

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Arnold de Beer

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William Hachten

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Ali A. Mazrui

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Srinivas R. Melkote

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Andrew A. Moemeka

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Charles Okigbo

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Lucian W. Pye

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Jan Servaes

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Arvind Singhal

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H LeslieSteeves

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Robert L. Stevenson

This is a book that very nicely bridges the worlds of the academe, policy, and practice, in a way that allows readers to understand and reflect on how far Africa has come on the development continuum, how much more needs to be accomplished, and how elusive it is to find the right formula for attaining and sustaining development objectives-despite four-plus decades of studying and writing about these issues.

Folu F. Ogundimu, Michigan State University
This volume offers an important contribution to the development of communication literature, building from historical and cultural perspectives particular to this regional context.

Karin Wilkins, University of Texas at Austin