This book examines the claims that new information and communication technologies (ICTs) are catalysts of democratic change in Africa. It takes optimist, pragma

Recent discussion of democratization in Africa has focused primarily on the reform of formal state institutions: the public service, the judiciary, and the legi

While transitioning from autocracy to democracy, media in Africa has always played an important role in democratic and non-democratic states; focusing on politi

Popular Media, Democracy and Development in Africa examines the role that popular media could play to encourage political debate, provide information for develo

While some academic attention has been paid to the impact of new digital technologies on African media in the colonial languages of English, French and Portugue