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1171. African journals online - AJOL

Date Issued:: 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:: Research Review (New Series)

1172. "Words, music, dance and parody in confusion

Date Issued:: 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:: Research Review (New Series)

1173. Communication as technology in African rural development

Description:: The article defines technology as a communication process, reviews the problems of communication technology, transfer in the African continent, and makes a case for definition of development communication. It insists that in media technology transfer, the emphasis should be on their cultural implications and relationships to traditional modes of communications. Mass media should be seen as technology context, a situation that allows for greater participation of the ruralites in various African villages, which makes for quicker and better acceptance of change. The article critically examines different technology transfer models and recommends a horizontal, humanistic or holistic model of communication for rural development.
Date Issued:: 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:: Africa Media Review

1174. Deconstructing Ujamaa

Description:: The death of Julius Nyerere in 1999 has renewed interest in the history of the socialist experiment in Tanzania and its relevance for the future of the developmetalist project in Africa. Positions on the issue have been polarized, with some commentaries based on reasoned, empirical research and analysis and others, essentially speculative, assuming a pattern that has been described as "African bashing". This article explores Nyerere's philosophy of Ujamaa as an attempt to integrate traditional African values with the demands of the post-colonial setting. As a philosophy, the central objective of Ujamaa was the attainment of a self-reliant socialist nation. The fact that its achievements were rather qualified was no doubt partly due to its inadequate appreciation of the Tanzanian reality, and the fact that it was more Utopian than practical. But this is not to deny the legitimate intentions and aspirations that informed Ujamaa as a development strategy. Implementation was a major challenge. However, in assessing how well it fared as policy, Ujamaa has to be placed side by side with comparative schemes, or alternative developments models, including the IMF/World Bank sponsored structural adjustment programmes. Given the current developmental challenges in Africa, there is need to go beyond "Africa bashing" to constructively interrogate previous developmental experiments like Nyerere's Ujamaa and ask what lessons they hold for the quest for socio-economic development in the continent.
Date Issued:: 2003-06-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:: African Journal of Political Science