African media cultures
Subtitle: transdisciplinary perspectives = Cultures de médias en Afrique : perspectives transdisciplinaires
By: Rose Marie Beck, Frank Wittmann (eds.).
Contributors: Beck, Rose Marie.; Wittmann, Frank, 1974-
Series: Topics in African studies -- v. 2
Publisher: Köppe
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Köln
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Mass media and culture -- Africa.; Communication and culture -- Africa.; Popular culture -- Africa.; Folklore -- Africa.
Other titles: Cultures de médias en Afrique :
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Contributions in French and English.
Table of contents: title: Close up : encounters with African media cultures / Frank Wittmann & Rose Marie Beck; title: The story of the newspaper in the Gambia / Nana Grey-Johnson; title: Breaking the taboos : the Senegalese tabloid press as a motor for social change / Frank Wittmann; title: Speaking in bubbles : press cartoons and comics in Cameroon / Jürg Schneider; title: Wall paintings in Ethiopian churches / Verena Böll; title: Speaking potlids from the Lower Congo (Cabinda/Angola) / Rose Marie Beck; title: La communication par les proverbes du Fongbe (Sud-Bénin) / Eric Adja; title: The challenges of local language writers in Uganda : the case of two Luganda authors / Christine Glanz; title: Le griot comme média (Niger) / Sandra Bornand; title: The interaction of Swahili taarab music and the record industry : a historical perspective (Tanzania) / Werner Graebner; title: La chanson populaire politique face à la violence politique au Congo-Zaïre post-Mobutu / Jules Bagalwa-Mapatano; title: The politics of radio and radio politics in Ghana / Wisdom J. Tettey; title: La télévision en Côte d'Ivoire / André-Jean Tudesq; title: Wicked villagers and the mysteries of reproduction : an exploration of horror movies from Ghana and Nigeria / Tobias Wendl; title: Internet in Senegal / Uwe Afemann; title: Le cellulaire au Burkina Faso / Adolphe Sanon.