Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
A. the vision of the independence movements . 3
B. How does a new structure of
communication come about? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
C. Introduction to a review of 10 major lines
of research on grassroots, participatory
communication in Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2. A comprehensive theory of grassroots,
participatory communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. The continued vitality of indigenous
communication in Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4. The classification of the variety of
instruments of traditional media . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5. Popular art as grassroots, participatory
communication in Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6. The demise of the “extension model” of
development communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7. Community-Based Natural Resource
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
8. Community communication for survival
in poverty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9. The movement for participatory local
government in Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
10. Evaluating the communication processes
in community-based services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
11. Group communication for personal
and social empowerment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Afterword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Recommended Citation
White, Robert A. S.J.
(2009)
"Grassroots, participatory communication in Africa,"
Communication Research Trends: Vol. 28:
No.
1, Article 1.
Available at:
https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/crt/vol28/iss1/1