The Impact of Defamation Law on Tabloids in Western Africa
Brian looks at the impact of defamation laws on the tabloid journalism in West Africa. He focuses on Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. He first expl
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Tabloid Journalism and Press Freedom in Africa
Brian Chama
Tabloid Journalism and Press Freedom in Africa
Brian Chama Sheridan College Mississauga, ON, Canada
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Acknowledgements
This book could not have been written without the support of so many colleagues, friends, journalists, many tabloid newspapers owners and journalists in Africa and former colleagues especially at the University of Zambia, Roehampton University, Kingston University, London Metropolitan University and the University of Lincoln. I am also grateful for the friendly and painstaking assistance of many journalists I have had an opportunity to meet in Africa and those living in diaspora with African connections, whose insights and suggestions have been helpful in providing guidance for this book. During the past few years, I have been fortunate enough to have met so many wonderful people and for being given an opportunity to present work in progress at various conferences. I have really and honestly come to appreciate the participants’ informed insights and feedback. I am particularly grateful for insights from the conference participants at the University of Toronto and the University of Westminster. I would also like to more precisely thank Professor Bruce Mutsvairo at Auburn University, Associate Professor Musonda Kapatamoyo at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Associ
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