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A collection of debate and report articles on community media and Community communication, this bookpresents experiences, thoughts and forethoughts from Cyprus, Ghana, Kenya, Malaysia and Nigeria.ln the first section of the book are found studies of the practice and impact of community media, especially community radio, in Ghanaian and Kenyan communities. The second section presents thoughts on how Community media might better serve communities, democracy and development. The third section of the book, that is the forethoughts, focuses on the foreseen or preferred structure, role, funding and management of community radio in Nigeria – a country that is yet to have community radio. In that rather oracular section, contributors look into the future quite counterfactually, imagining and painting the envisioned character of community radio when the Nigerian government finally permits its establishment. The studies and discussions in this book potentially advance the conversations on the role of community media in promoting democracy and development as they affirm, modify or confute some of the known assumptions on the subject.
Ayobami Ojebode holds a PhD in Development Communication from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, where he is currently Senior Lecturer and Acting Head, Department of Communication and Language Arts. His research interest is communication, democracy and development. He has published academic articles in reputable journals, and popular/social commentaries in local and international outlets such as the Radio Netherlands Worldwide where he pioneered the African Going Dutch series. He was at different times a visiting researcher/fellow at the University of Oxford, UK: Pennsylvania State University, USA; University ofLeiden, The Netherlands, and at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences
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