1st Edition

Peace Journalism in East Africa A Manual for Media Practitioners

Edited By Fredrick Ogenga Copyright 2020
112 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

110 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

110 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This concise edited collection explores the practice of peace journalism in East Africa, focusing specifically on the unique political and economic contexts of Uganda and Kenya. The book offers a refreshing path towards transformative journalism in East Africa through imbibing pan-African institutional methodological approaches and the African philosophies of Utu (humanity), Umoja (unity)... Read more

Introduction

Fredrick Ogenga

Chapter One

The Peace Journalism Approach

Steve Youngblood

Chapter Two

Peace Journalism in the LRA Conflict

Gloria Laker

Chapter Three

Thinking about Community Radio and Beyond for Conflict Management in The North Rift: A Concept Paper

Fredrick Ogenga

Chapter Four

Hybrid Peace Journalism: Institutional Philosophical Approaches to Peace and Security in Africa

Fredrick Ogenga

Chapter Five

Re-Situating Local Mass Media: A Tool for Peacebuildingamong the Abakuria in Kenya

John Oluoch

Chapter Six

Media and Peace in Kenya: Do Journalists Need Different Skills?

Victor Bwire

Chapter Seven

Toward a Peace and Human Rights Approach to Journalism: In Search of Social Justice in Post-Conflict Situations in Africa

Jacinta MwendeMaweu

Afterword: East Africa Peace Journalism

Steven Youngblood

Appendices

Biography

Fredrick Ogenga is Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies; Founding Director, Center for Media, Democracy, Peace and Security, Rongo University; and President of the Peacemaker Corps Foundation Kenya. Ogenga is championing a pan-African journalistic institutional approach for conflict prevention and peacebuilding.