IMAGE OF AFRICA PROJECT
In the aftermath of the Ethiopian Famine of 1984 and
the global public response it engendered, international agencies
and non-government organisations (NGOs) reviewed the media coverage
of the crisis. In 1985 the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation
(FAO) proposed a joint project between themselves and European and
African NGOs to critically examine information material dealing
with Africa during this period. Research was undertaken throughout
1986-87 by the participating groups.
Oxfam was designated as the UK NGO for the project,
and a number of significant reports were produced. This section
contains original documents detailing the background to the “Image
of Africa” project, country reports from France, Germany,
Ireland, Mozambique and the UK, and a synthesis of all the African
NGO reports. The UK report, in particular, offers a detailed media
analysis of the representation of Africa during the time of the
Ethiopian famine. We are grateful to Oxfam for making these documents
available.
Background and Some Working Hypotheses (1986)…...download
Report of the Planning Meeting, Rome (June 1986) ...download
Report of the Second European Meeting, Rome (November
1986) ...download
Nikki van der Gaag and Cathy Nash, Images of Africa:
UK Report (1987)
…download
Part 1
…download Part 2
…download Part 3
…download Part 4
…download Part
5
Deutsche Welthungerhilfe, Image of Africa (1986) ...download
France – Comité Français Contra
la Faim, Status and Outline of Problems (1986) ...download
People’s Republic of Mozambique, Project ‘Image
of Africa …download
Synthesis of the African National Reports (1988)
...download
Part 1
...download Part 2
Trocaire, Draft Document on Image of Africa
(1986) ...download
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