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Radio for Peacebuilding Africa

Radio for Peacebuilding Africa is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Radio for Peacebuilding Africa rather than just read about it. In short: Radio for Peacebuilding Africa (RFPA) was a program founded in 2003 by the international non-profit organization Search for Common Ground. Working on the assumption that radio is the most accessible form of mass communication in Africa, RFPA trained journalists in peacebuilding, conflict resolution, and acting on commonalities.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Radio for Peacebuilding Africa (RFPA) was a program founded in 2003 by the international non-profit organization Search for Common Ground. Working on the assumption that radio is the most accessible form of mass communication in Africa, RFPA trained journalists in peacebuilding, conflict resolution, and acting on commonalities. The countries served by RFPA were Angola, Burundi, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Somalia, Rwanda, Nigeria, Niger, Liberia, Kenya, Chad, the Central African Republic, Congo Brazzaville, and Cameroon. RFPA was created by SFCG and was supported in part by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland.

Mission The founders of RFPA believed that radio broadcasters can affect some of the conflict and civil unrest that have affected African countries. However, they found that radio broadcasters exaggerated the violence facing African societies on a daily basis instead of working to temper strife. By promoting a discussion of the "middle ground" in debates, as well as tempering extreme outlying opinions played on their air, RFPA hoped to show that common ground is possible and that conflicts do not have to be solved by violence. To support its mission, Radio for Peacebuilding Africa aimed to broaden the skills of broadcasters working in Africa. RFPA supported youth radio broadcasters and encouraged the diversifying of viewpoints on the air. RFPA worked with politicians to increase the flow of communications between governments and the civil society, as well as encouraging the SFCG mission of acting on the commonalities between different societies and ethnicities. Specifically, RFPA targeted broadcasters, governmental officials and members of the civil society in each state. To address their mission, RFPA developed a multilingual training guide and module for broadcasters and journalists. They also organized fora and regional conferences to discuss challenges and issues facing projects. They organized two competitions to reward the top programs structured around the themes in the training guides.

Peacebuilding techniques The founders of RFPA believed that news reporting isn't the only way to promote common ground. Forms of communication such as "soap-opera" style programming, music, theater, and talkshows were designed to promote open discussion of issues and foster ties between communities. As a part of its mission, RFPA worked to develop a series of guidebooks about peace building techniques through radio. These books were the foundation for the RFPA annual awards. These guidebooks can be applied to all forms of communication worldwide, not just for radio in Africa. These techniques included inviting all sides of an issue into dialogue, identifying and examining assumptions, challenging stereotypes, sharing hopes, dreams and future visions, giving ordinary people a chance to tell their story, using precise words, clarifying opinions and finding and presenting alternative solutions, among other techniques.

Achievements As of the summer of 2010, RFPA had more than 3,000 members representing 100 countries, across Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. The organization produced seven guidebooks that have been downloaded over 4,800 times. They carried out over 90 workshops and trained local radio station personnel. RFPA claimed that it had reached new levels of cooperation between the government, media and civil society, increased the ability of radio stations to identify the underlying causes of war and conflict, increased the public's access to policy information, and used media to foster communication between policy makers and the civil society within that state, among other achievements.

Countries Of the countries in which RFPA had programs or participating stations, eleven (Burundi, Central African Republic, Kenya, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda) had "partially free" status under Freedom House's 2010 Freedom in the World annual report, which ranked the degree of democracy and political freedom in each country in the world; levels of political freedom and civil rights were ranked on a scale of 1 through 7, and each country was assigned a status of "free", "partially free" or "not free". Nine countries in which RFPA had programs or participating stations (Cameroon, Chad, Congo Brazzaville, DR Congo, Ivory Coast, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan and Zimbabwe) had "not free" status under the same ranking systems.

Participating stations

Africa:

Africa N°1 Burundi

Bonesha FM Radio Isanganiro Radio Publique Africaine Cameroon

Cameroon Radio Television Equinoxe Radio Siantou Real Time Music Venus FM Central African Republic

Radio Ndeke Luka Chad

Radio nationale tchadienne Congo Brazzaville

Radio Congo Radio Liberté Democratic Republic of the Congo

Canal Revelation Radio Maendeleo Radio Okapi Radio Télévision Nationale Congolaise Ivory Coast

Onuci-FM Radio Bonne Santé Radio Côte d'Ivoire Radio Espoir Radio Femmes Solidarité Radio Yopougon Kenya

Citizen FM Hope FM Kameme FM Kenya Broadcasting Company Nation FM Liberia

Kiss FM Radio Veritas Niger

Voix du Sahel ORTN Nigeria

Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria Radio RayPower Rhythm FM Voice of Nigeria Rwanda

Radio Izuba Radio Rwanda Sénégal

Afia FM Sierra Leone

Kiss Radio Democracy Somalia

Radio Galkayo Radio HornAfrik Radio Voice of Peace Sudan

Sudan Radio Service Tanzania

Radio Kwizera Togo

Nana FM Uganda

Capital Radio Mega FM Paidha FM West Nile/Pacis Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation

References

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Radio for Peacebuilding Africa

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Radio for Peacebuilding Africa claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Radio for Peacebuilding Africa before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Radio for Peacebuilding Africa ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Radio for Peacebuilding Africa

In research: Radio for Peacebuilding Africa appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Radio for Peacebuilding Africa in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Radio for Peacebuilding Africa is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Mass media in Africa, Radio organizations, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Radio for Peacebuilding Africa outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Radio for Peacebuilding Africa matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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