Dr. Ritchard Tamba M'Bayo(Ph.D.) is Professor of Communication and Multimedia Studies at the American University of Nigeria. Dr. Chuka Onwumechili(Ph.D.) is Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Bowie State University. Mr. Bala A. Musa(Ph.D.) is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Azusa Pacific University.

A book of this caliber that adds African voices to the examination of trends in communication and conflict is long overdue. Certainly, it arrives at an opportune time to join ongoing conversations on communication and conflict in the global arena.

• Part 1 PART I: THEORIES OF CONFLICTChapter 2 1.Attribution, Psychodynamics and Communication Behaviors of Conflict ActorsChapter 3 2.Media Messages, Sins of Distortion and Signs of WisdomChapter 4 3.Agenda-Setting, African Media and ConflictChapter 5 4.Framing Theory and Conflict Transformation in Rwanda and BosniaPart 6 PART II: SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVES ON CONFLICTChapter 7 5. Professional and Organizational Influences on Conflict ReportingChapter 8 6.Media Messages, the Academy and the InternetChapter 9 7.Global Media and Changing News PracticesChapter 10 8.Conflict, Globalization, and the New World Information and Communication OrderChapter 11 9.Threat Perceptions and Security in the West African Sub-regionChapter 12 10.Virtual Communication and the Role of Diasporic Communities in Conflict MediationPart 13 PART III: CONFLICT STRATEGIESChapter 14 11.Harnessing the Power of African Traditional and Modern Media Systems to Avert Conflicts in AfricaChapter 15 12.Conflict Resolution in African FolkloreChapter 16 13. The Press as Tools and Casualties of Political Conflicts in NigeriaChapter 17 14.Mass Media and the Establishment of Peace as Path toSustainable Development in AfricaPart 18 PART IV: AFRICA IN AN ERA OF GLOBAL CONFLICTSChapter 19 15.Mass Media and Ethnic Conflict in West AfricaChapter 20 16.Social Conflict, Communication and Youth in TanzaniaChapter 21 17.Negotiating the Thorny Road of Conflict as Nigeria Opens its Communications Market to Private interestsChapter 22 18. Global Media and the Replication of international Conflicts in Northern NigeriaChapter 23 19.Conflict and Ferment in International CommunicationChapter 24 20.Multinational Corporations, Community Relations and the Niger Delta ConflictChapter 25 21. Poverty, Professionalism and the Challenges of Democratization among Conflicted Print Media Journalists in NigeriaChapter 26 22. Language of Conflict and the Coverage of Global Terrorism in Kenyan Mass Media 1998-2005Chapter 27 23.Managing Conflict in Nigeria through Television