Resumen de Grassroots, participatory communicaton in Africa: 10 Major Lines of Research

Robert A. White

• 1. Introduction A.The vision of the independence movements B.How does a new structure of communication come about? C. Introduction to a review of 10 major lines of research on grassroots, participatory communication in Africa 2. A comprehensive theory of grassroots, participatory communication 3. The continued vitality of indigenous communication in Africa 4. The classification of the variety of instruments of traditional media 5. Popular art as grassroots, participatory communication in Africa 6. The demise of the "extension model" of development communication 7. Community-Based Natural Resource Management 8. Community communication for survival in poverty 9. The movement for participatory local government in Africa 10. Evaluating the communication processes in community-based services 11. Group communication for personal and social empowerment