OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL OF THE PRESS IN AFRICA.

The article focuses on the control and ownership of press in Africa. It says that the problem of Africa when it comes to the press is on how to consolidate the interests in mass communications to build a viable system and how to resolve the danger of total constriction of freedom of expression. It states that the ownership of the African press can be classified into religious press, party press, commercial press, and government press. It adds that it is viewed that the foreign-owned press under the control of foreigners is not dedicated to serve the interest Africa.