With Coverage of Guinea Coup, US News Media Dumb Down the News

Elections and Democracy, Headline, West Africa

I’ve writ­ten about US news media cov­er­age of the African con­ti­nent over the course of many years. In my analy­sis of the cov­er­age seen, the empha­sis con­tin­ues to be on what’s wrong with the con­ti­nent, with lit­tle effort made to report progress made over many decades of African social, eco­nom­ic, and demo­c­ra­t­ic change. The coverage…

In Case You Missed It: 4/3/17 – 4/12/17

Central Africa, East Africa, In Case You Missed It, Media, North Africa, Southern Africa, The News, West AfricaLeave a comment

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. As the glob­al con­sump­tion of beer increas­es, pro­duc­tion and sales from Africa see growth, and the U.S. Coun­cil of For­eign Rela­tions writes about entrenched African lead­er­ship. Africa Pro­ject­ed to Beat North Amer­i­ca in Beer Sales by 2040 In the last sev­er­al years there has been much…