Full Description
Communication, Culture, and Human Rights in Africa provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary analysis of the interface between human rights and civil society, the media, gender, education, religion, health communication, and political processes in sub-Saharan Africa. It weaves theory, history, policy, and case analyses into a holistic intellectual and cultural critique, while offering insightful practical solutions.
Contents
Chapter 1 Acknowledgements Chapter 2 Foreword Chapter 3 Preface Part 4 PART I: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS Chapter 5 1. Dialogic Communication Theory, African Worldview, and Human Rights Chapter 6 2. Political Communication Theory and Human Rights: A Look at Nigeria's 2007 Elections Part 7 PART II: MASS MEDIA Chapter 8 3. The Media, Culture, and Human Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa Chapter 9 4. Reconciling a Nation: Ghanian Journalists and the Reporting of Human Rights Chapter 10 5. Media Ethics and Human Rights Education in Post-Conflict Africa Chapter 11 6. Media and Freedom of Expression in Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Sierra Leone and Zambia Part 12 PART III: POWER STRUCTURES Chapter 13 7. Restoring a Nation's Human Rights Image: A Look at Nigeria's Political Transition Years Chapter 14 8. Political Repression and Human Rights Abuses in Nigeria, 1999-2007 Part 15 PART IV: ALTERNATIVE MEDIA AND POPULAR CULTURE Chapter 16 9. Media Activism, Youth Culture and Human Rights Campaigns for the MTV Generation Chapter 17 10. "Ushahidi" and the Kenyan Blogosphere: Alternative Online Media in the 2007 Post-election Crisis in Kenya Part 18 PART V: GENDER & HUMAN RIGHTS Chapter 19 11. Gender and Cultural Violence in Africa: The Ordeal of the Kuteb Widoq Chapter 20 12. Gender, Human Rights, and Leadership Transition in Pre-Islamic Hausaland 21 13. Culture, Communication, and the Right to Education of the Girl-Child in Africa 22 PART VI: HEALTH AND COMMUNICATION Chapter 23 14. Culture, Health Communication and Human Rights in Africa Chapter 24 15. Health Communication and HIV/AIDS Patients' Rights Chapter 25 16. Communicating Patients' Rights in Kenyan Hospitals: An Analysis of Nurse-Client Interaction 26 Index 27 Contributors
