Norma Pecora, Enyonam Osei-Hwere & Ulla Carlsson (Eds.): African media, African children. Gothenburg: The International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media, NORDICOM. 2008
Teke Ngomba · MedieKultur Journal of media and communication research · 2010
Beyond the plethora of African and global declarations on the rights of the child, if there is any one book that recently captures the theme of African children as "people with a voice too" and jettisons in its course the notion that African children "should be seen not heard", then it is African Media, African Children.With a foreword by Ulla Carlsson and an introduction by Firdoze Bulbulia, the book focuses on "Article 13" of the Convention on the Rights of the Child 1 , seeking to discuss different processes, practices and challenges of implementing this in Africa, as well as broader issues of academic interest regarding children, youth and the media in Africa.Generally speaking, the seventeen chapters that make up the book (though not arranged as such in the book) could well be divided into six main thematic sections: a. a general outline about "Article 13" in Africa and broader issues concerning African children, youth and media (chapter 1), b. media policies and programming for children and youths in Africa (chapters 3, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16), c. the production of children's/youth's programmes by children/youths themselves (chapters 8, 10, 17), d. analyses of the contents of children's programmes and the reception of these programmes by children (chapters 4, 5, 6),