Speaking African on the Radio

The focus on the study is an Impact Assessment Survey in Ghana, Mali and Senegal on FM Radios Using African Languages. The idea of this study emerged out of discussions which the Director of CASAS, Kwesi Kwaa Prah had with Stella Hughes of the UNESCO Communication Development Division in March 2004 in Maputo.

Topics include:

• Language, literacy, orality and the radio
• Elites and the evolution of language policies
• Gender, age and education
• Language, multilingualism and occupation
• Radio listening periods and television watch
• Preferred Programmes and Languages
• Role of Government
• Airtime Balance; African and European Languages
• Capacity of African Languages
• Youth and African Languages
• Impact of Community/FM Radio

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