Africa: Radio Propaganda, Hate Broadcasting and Africa - From Rwandan Genocide to Kenyan Post Election Violence

9 October 2012
book listing

Radio Propaganda and the Broadcasting of Hatred: Historical Development and Definitions is a new book by Keith Somerville, a regular writer for African Arguments.

It was late evening on Wednesday 6 April 1994 in studio S36 in Bush House, the home of the BBC World Service. My Newshour team were coming to the end of a long shift and there was about 15 minutes of programme time to go. The running order was full, timings were spot on and the programme was going well. And then came the moment when a newsflash set both my pulse racing and alarm bells in my ears.

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