a/* m 1987 Volume 2 Number 1 Democratization ol Public information The Communication Gap in the Liberation Struggle African Liberation Struggles and Media Coverage Communication Training lor Sell Reliance Published by: African Council on Communication Education Africa Media Review Africa Media Review intends to be a forum for the study of communication theory, practice and policy. It addresses itself to those interested in communication development in Africa with special reference to the impact of communication studies on Africa and its people. ISSN 0258-4913 Manuscripts * The Editorial Board welcomes well-researched scholarly articles and book reviews and other contributions in all areas of communication for possible publication in the Africa Media Review (AMR). Articles should not exceed 8000 words (including notes and references), and book reviews should not exceed 2000 words. Three copies of each article and review should be submitted (one original and duplicates). 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Juma Nyirenda, University of Zambia, Zambia Communication Education, Kenya Francis Kasoma, University of Zambia, Zambia Publications Manager Batilloi Warritay, African Council on (iii) Comment on the content of this issue The sequence of articles in AMR Volume 2 No. 1 has been rationalised according to the themes with which they deal. The first article by Sybil James, deals with the critical problem of definition of terms, especially those over-stated cliches that obscure true meaning of the liberation struggle. This thought- provoking article is followed by two case studies on Angola and Ghana, that deal with problems of foreign media coverage of African liberation struggles, and family planning communication and the African woman. These contributions from Nwosu and Arthur, then lead to an analysis of the need for greater democratization of public communication and the media by Boafo and Traber. Sobowale and Okigbo follow this with two articles that feature an outlook of the world through the eyes of Nigerian newspapers, and an evaluation of the Newsflow Controversy by professional journalists in Nigeria. An article by Domatob that provides challenges and strategies for a communication training process of self-reliance in Black Africa, follows. We conclude the issue with a book review. These categories are not fixed - the sequence in each issue will be rationalized according to the articles that qualify for publication. (iv) Table of Contents A Critical Appraisal of the Communication Gap in the Liberation Struggle by Sybil James Communication Training for Self-Reliance in Black Africa: Challenges and Strategies by Jerry Domatob Democratizing Media Systems in African Societies: The Case of Ghana by S.T. Kwame Boafo Family Planning Communication and the African Women's Liberation: A Ghana Case Study by Alexina Arthur Image of the World Through the Eyes of Five Nigerian Newspapers by Idowu Sobowale the Democratization of Public Towards Communication: A Critique of the Current Criteria of News by Michael Traber Foreign Media Coverage of African Liberation Struggles: A Content Analytical Case Study of the Angolan Crisis by Ikechukwu E. Nwosu 24 38. 52 66 76 104 The Newsflow Controversy: Professional Journalists' Evaluation of News Imbalance by Charles Okigbo