Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

ix

Introduction

1

1.

Historical and Contextual Antecedents

11

2.

Benefitting from the State of the Art

29

3.

Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks

63

4.

Methodology

89

5.

Portrayal of Africa: Results of Ethnographic Content Analysis

109

6.

Postcolonial Trajectories of the Ghanaian Press: Discussing Actors, Conditions and the Power Dynamics

137

7.

Discussing Africa’s Media Image in Ghana: A Synergy of Actors, Conditions and Representations

165

Appendices

197

References

209

Index

233