Communication, Culture, and Human Rights in Africa

Bala A. Musa, Ph.D., is associate professor of communication studies, Azusa Pacific University. He is author of Framing Genocide: Media, Diplomacy and Conflict and co-editor of Communication in an Era of Global Conflicts and Emerging Issues in Contemporary Journalism.Jerry Komia Domatob, Ph.D., is associate professor of mass communication, Alcorn State University. He is author of Contemporary Issues in Sub-Saharan African Political and Economic Development and African Higher Education Policy.

Communication, Culture, and Human Rights in Africa is a tour de force of insight, brilliance, and clarity. Musa and Domatob, like magicians, have pulled off an incredible demonstration of the most current thinking on the human rights situation on the African continent. This will be a major book. I am truly impressed.

• Chapter 1 AcknowledgementsChapter 2 ForewordChapter 3 PrefacePart 4 PART I: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONSChapter 5 1. Dialogic Communication Theory, African Worldview, and Human RightsChapter 6 2. Political Communication Theory and Human Rights: A Look at Nigeria's 2007 ElectionsPart 7 PART II: MASS MEDIAChapter 8 3. The Media, Culture, and Human Rights in Sub-Saharan AfricaChapter 9 4. Reconciling a Nation: Ghanian Journalists and the Reporting of Human RightsChapter 10 5. Media Ethics and Human Rights Education in Post-Conflict AfricaChapter 11 6. Media and Freedom of Expression in Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Sierra Leone and ZambiaPart 12 PART III: POWER STRUCTURESChapter 13 7. Restoring a Nation's Human Rights Image: A Look at Nigeria's Political Transition YearsChapter 14 8. Political Repression and Human Rights Abuses in Nigeria, 1999-2007Part 15 PART IV: ALTERNATIVE MEDIA AND POPULAR CULTUREChapter 16 9. Media Activism, Youth Culture and Human Rights Campaigns for the MTV GenerationChapter 17 10. "Ushahidi" and the Kenyan Blogosphere: Alternative Online Media in the 2007 Post-election Crisis in KenyaPart 18 PART V: GENDER & HUMAN RIGHTSChapter 19 11. Gender and Cultural Violence in Africa: The Ordeal of the Kuteb WidoqChapter 20 12. Gender, Human Rights, and Leadership Transition in Pre-Islamic Hausaland21 13. Culture, Communication, and the Right to Education of the Girl-Child in Africa22 PART VI: HEALTH AND COMMUNICATIONChapter 23 14. Culture, Health Communication and Human Rights in AfricaChapter 24 15. Health Communication and HIV/AIDS Patients' RightsChapter 25 16. Communicating Patients' Rights in Kenyan Hospitals: An Analysis of Nurse-Client Interaction26 Index27 Contributors