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Entertainment-Education in Radio: Three Case Studies from Africa

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This chapter presents the findings from three radio dramas in Africa (Nigeria, Burundi, and Burkina Faso) developed using Population Media Center’s unique entertainment-education methodology.

Each case study is presented in detail, including background on the country or region where the program was implemented, a description of the program design, and highlights of the results obtained by the program in question.

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  1. International Programs, Population Media Center, South Burlington, VT, USA

    Kriss Barker & Fatou Jah

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  1. Former UNESCO Chair in Communication for Sustainable Social Change, University of Leuven, Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Jan Servaes

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Barker, K., Jah, F. (2019). Entertainment-Education in Radio: Three Case Studies from Africa. In: Servaes, J. (eds) Handbook of Communication for Development and Social Change. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7035-8_68-1

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