La Semaine Africaine

La Semaine Africaine
TypeWeekly newspaper
Founded1952; 73 years ago (1952)
LanguageFrench
CityBrazzaville
CountryRepublic of the Congo
ISSN0488-2024
Websitelasemaineafricaine.info

La Semaine Africaine is a French-language weekly newspaper published in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, and serving Central Africa.[1] La Semaine is owned by the Roman Catholic Episcopal Conference of the Congo, but maintains editorial independence.[2] Founded in 1952 as La Semaine de l'AEF, it received its present title in 1960, when the Republic of the Congo gained independence from France.[1][3]: 252  Between 1963 and 1990, it was the only media outlet in the Republic of the Congo not controlled by the state.[4] In 1970, its circulation was greater than 10,000.[5] Contributing writers have included Sylvain Bemba [fr],[6] Emmanuel Damongo-Dadet,[3]: 228  and Jean Clotaire Hymboud.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Guth, Suzie (1 October 2002). "L'École au Congo-Brazzaville vue par La Semaine Africaine (1989-1999)". Cahiers de la recherche sur l'éducation et les savoirs (in French) (1): 201–222. ISSN 1635-3544.
  2. ^ Diamouangana, Gilles Alain. Vie et mort des médias au Congo-Brazzaville (1989-2006): contribution de La Semaine Africaine à l'émergence d'un espace public (Thesis) (in French). Université Michel de Montaigne - Bordeaux III.
  3. ^ a b Martin, Phyllis (1995). Leisure and Society in Colonial Brazzaville. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-52446-9.
  4. ^ Minkala-Ntadi, Pierre (5 January 2012). "La presse congolaise dans la tourmente politique : l'illustration d'une tension entre liberté d'expression et responsabilité sociale". Quaderni. Communication, Technologies, Pouvoir (in French) (77): 113–120. doi:10.4000/quaderni.569. ISSN 2105-2956.
  5. ^ McDonald, Gordon C. (1971). "Public Information, Education, and Artistic and Intellectual Expression". Area Handbook for People's Republic of the Congo (Congo Brazzaville). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 123.
  6. ^ Oxley, Shannon (8 December 2011). "Bemba, Sylvain Ntari". Oxford African American Studies Center. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.48403. ISBN 9780195301731.
  7. ^ Clark, Phyllis; Hymboud, Jean Clotaire (1998). "Sony Labou Tansi and Congolese Politics: An Interview with Jean Clotaire Hymboud". Research in African Literatures. 29 (2): 183–192. ISSN 0034-5210. JSTOR 3820729.

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