What is Community Radio

Keywords: International, Africa, English, entertainment education, radio, journalism, methodology, guide, conflict resolution, resources for media, civil society organizations

This AMARC Africa booklet discusses the role of community radio stations in building participatory democracy and development in Africa – and offers ideas as to how such stations can be established. It provides an understanding of the renewed popularity in community radio, as well as the reasons why it is controversial, and perhaps threatening, from the point of view of commercial and public broadcasters.