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37. Digital, Virtual, and Very Real
Tewelde Stephanos
TFanus Enterprises
“The Internet and Its Implications in the Developing World”
Bob Holman
Bard College
“The Reemergence of Oral Tradition in the Digital Age”
*Fissehaye Tecle
University of Asmara
“Participatory Radio for Social Change: Policy Options for Eritrea”
Akosua Anyidoho
“The Electronic Media in the Development and Promotion of African
Languages for Modern Discourse: The Case of the Media in Ghana”
38. Markets, Media, Medicine, and Poetry: Local and Global
*Yonas Mesfun
University of Asmara
“Nation Meets the World: The Newest Country in Africa, Eritrea, and the Globalization of Western Cultural Products”
Michael W. Rinn
Universite de Berne
“Poétique Contre le Sida: L’Art dans les Campagnes de Prévention”
Fetwi Yosief
Asmara Teacher Training Institute
“Is the Exertion of Power by the Media Deliberate?”
Jean Gondo Tompihe
“Economics and Security, Rationalism vs. Atavism: The Case for Unshackling the African Economic Markets”
39. Publishing, Cultural Exchange, and Performance
Nthuseng Tsoeu
Juta & Co. Ltd.
“African Languages and Multilingualism in South African Publishing: Opportunities and Obstacles”
*Shirley Jackson
University of the District of Columbia
“The Relevance of African and Hispanic Literary Cultural Exchanges in the New Millennium”
Karani S. Kakai
Jomo Kenyatta Foundation
“Publishing in an African (Kiswahili) Language: The Challenges and Opportunities”
Hansel Ndumbe Eyoh
University of Yaounde
“Globalisation and African Theatre: Masking into the Third Millennium”
40. Culture, Technology, Texts, and Language
Meshak Mabogoane
Cultural Reformation Forum
“Culture and the Future of Africa”
*Abbebe Kifleyesus
University of Asmara
“Is Tegra Technology?”
Saleh Mahmud
Ministry of Education, Eritrea
Klaus Wedekind
Ministry of Education, Eritrea
“Text Transfer Between Eritrean Languages”
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