List of newspapers in Benin

This is an incomplete list of newspapers published in colonial Dahomey and modern Benin, ordered by date of establishment (where known).

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Colonial era

• L'Echo du Dahomey - established 1905[1]
• Recadaire de Behanzin - established 1915
• Le Guide du Dahomey - 1920-22[2]
• Le Messager Dahoméan - established 1920[1]
• La Voix du Dahomey - 1927-1950s[3]
• Le Phare du Dahomey - established 1929[1]
• La Presse Porto-Novienne - 1931 to date[1]
• La Revue Porto-Novoienne, La Quinzaine Dahoméennee - established 1932[1]
• L'Etoile du Dahomey - established 1932[1]
• L'Echo des Cercles du Dahomey - established 1933[1]
• La Dépeche Dahoméenne - established 1938[1]

Modern Benin

• La Nation - formerly Ehuzu
• La Nouvelle Tribune
• Décryptage

See also

• Media of Benin
• List of radio stations in Africa: Benin

References

1. Salhi, Kamul. (Ed.) (2000). Francophone Studies: Discourse and Identity. Exeter: Elm Bank Publications. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-902454-05-4.
2. Manning, Patrick (2004). Slavery, Colonialism and Economic Growth in Dahomey, 1640-1960. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-521-52307-3.
3. J. D. Fage; A. D. Roberts; Roland Anthony Oliver (1986). The Cambridge History of Africa Vol. 7 c. 1905 - c. 1940. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 389. ISBN 978-0-521-22505-2.

Bibliography

• W. Joseph Campbell (1998). Emergent Independent Press in Benin and Côte D'Ivoire. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 978-0-275-96309-5.
• "Benin: Directory: the Press". Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2004. p. 84+. ISBN 1857431839.

External links

• "Benin". Electronic Newspapers of Africa. Virtual Libraries: African Studies. New York, USA: Columbia University Libraries.
• Karen Fung (ed.). "Benin: News". Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources. USA: Stanford University.
• "City Guide: Journaux". Cotonou ça bouge (in French). Portail Internet des Villes Africaines. Archived from the original on 2014-08-28. Retrieved 2014-09-27.