09 Mar 2005 War in Bosnia, Moving Images

Dina Iordanova

. A continuous footage taken through the window of a moving car. The houses on both sides of the road are either fully burnt or semi-destroyed. It goes on like this mile after mile.

09 Mar 2005 A cultural foundation for communicating reconciliation in Africa

Francis B. Nyamnjoh

The media have a duty to promote what Africans have in common and to play down what divides them. If they bring to the fore what divides, unity is endangered. This implies that if a certain politics or way of playing...

08 Mar 2005 Cartoon journalism in Africa puts political power into perspective

Andy Mason

Cartoonists from seven African countries gathered at the University of Botswana, 8-10 November 2000, to discuss common issues, share the secrets of their profession and talk about the possibility of setting up an association of African cartoonists. The first of its kind...

08 Mar 2005 The Windhoek Charter on Broadcasting in Africa

The seminar on ‘Promoting an Independent and Pluralistic African Press’ took place in Windhoek, Namibia, 29 April to 3 May 1991. It was sponsored by the UN and UNESCO. Participants issued a declaration based on Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights calling...

24 Feb 2005 Hans Hodel – President of Interfilm

Hans Werner Dannowski

Interfilm has a new president as of April 2004. He is someone who had already contributed to the life of Interfilm for 15 years and who had expanded its work. When Hans Hodel was offered the presidency, he stressed that he...