Development and Communication in Africa

by Okigbo, Charles C.; Eribo, Festus; Akhahenda, Elijah F.; Amienyi, Osabuohien P.; Asante, Molefi Kete; Best, Tom Jacobson; Beer, Arnold de; Hachten, William; Mazrui, Ali A.; Melkote, Srinivas R.; Moemeka, Andrew A.; Okigbo, Charles; Pye, Lucian W.; Servaes

• ISBN13: 9780742527461
• ISBN10: 0742527468
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-17
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

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?

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Charles C. Okigbo and Festus Eribo
Part I: Foundation
1. Afrocentricity and Communication in Africa	3	(12)
Moleji Kete Asante
2. The Triple Heritage: The split soul of a Continent	15	(16)
Ali A. Mazrui and Charles C. Okigbo
3. The African World: The Publics of African Communication	31	(16)
Charles C. Okigbo
Part II: Theory
4. Communication and Political Development	47	(8)
Lucian W. Pye
5. Multiple Perspectives on Development Communication	55	(10)
Jan Servaes
6. Participatory Communication for Development and the African Philosophy Debate	65	(14)
Thomas L. Jacobson
Part III: Media Practice
7. Reporting Africa's Problems	79	(10)
William Hachten
8. Press Freedom and National Development in Africa after the Cold War	89	(16)
Robert L. Stevenson
9. Broadcasting and National Development in Africa	105
Osabuohien P. Amienyi
Part IV: African Culture
10. Communication, Development, and Metaetlmic Empathy	117	(14)
Elijah F. Akhahenda
11. Adult Education and the Media	131	(10)
Andrew A. Moemeka
12. Entertainment-Education strategy in Development Communication	141	(16)
Arvind Singhal, Shereen Usdin, Esca Scheepers, Sue Goldstein, and Garth Japhet
Part V: Communication Technology
13. The Internet in Africa: Leapfrogging to a Global Future	157	(8)
Arnold S. de Beer
14. Information and Communication Technologies for Rural Development	165	(10)
Srinivas R. Melkote and H. Leslie Sleeves
15. African Development and Innovation of Communication Technologies	175	(12)
Festus Eribo
Part VI: Unity, Debt, and Communication
16. The New African Union and the Integration of Africa	187	(18)
Wafula Okumu
17. Sustainable Development of Africa: The Debt Crisis	205	(10)
William E. Nganje
18. Cultural Warrants in Development Communication Contexts in Africa	215	(12)
Cecil Blake
Bibliography	227	(12)
Index	239	(6)
Contributors	245