Journal of African Media Studies - Volume 3 Issue 2

The Journal of African Media Studies is now available.
The Journal of African Media Studies (JAMS) is an interdisciplinary journal that provides a forum for debate on the historical and contemporary aspects of media and communication in Africa.

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Contents

Editorial
Authors: Winston Mano
Contemporary African mediascapes: New actors, genres and communication spaces
Authors: Tilo Grätz
‘Paroles de vie’: Christian radio producers in the Republic of Benin
Authors: Tilo Grätz
Business of the Spirit: Ghanaian broadcast media and the commercial exploitation of Pentecostalism
Authors: Marleen de Witte
Peace-making, power configurations and media practices in northern Uganda:A case study of Mega FM
Authors: Florence Brisset-Foucault
Ghanaian entertainment brokers: Urban change, and Afro-cosmopolitanism, with neo-liberal reform
Authors: Oliver Thalén
FESPACO in a time of Nollywood: The politics of the ‘video’ film at Africa’s oldest festival
Authors: Carmen McCain
Revisiting the ‘Leapfrog’ debate in light of current trends of mobile phone Internet usage in the Greater Johannesburg area, South Africa
Authors: Nathalie Hyde-Clarke And Tamsin van Tonder
Young people, computers and the Internet in Niger
Authors: Gado Alzouma