Table of Contents

Reportage of African News in Russia: A Global Perspective Russian Revolutionary Press and Africa Counter Point to Civic Discourse Ranking Africa in Moscow's Policy and Objectives Cold War Political Communication and Africa: The Brezhnev Years, 1964 to 1982 Coverage of Africa by Four Russian Newspapers: Data Analysis Reporting Africa: From Andropov to Gorbachev Conflict Discourse and Reportage in post-communist Russia The Fall of the Communist Press Theory and the Dawn of a New Millennium Conclusion References Index

About the Author

Festus Eribo is associate professor of international communication and head of African Studies at East Carolina University in Greenville. Educated at St. Petersburg State University, Russia, and University of Wisconsin-Madison, Professor Eribo is co-author of Press Freedom and Communication in Africa, Window on Africa: Democratization and Media Exposure and other publications.