History of Mass Communication in Cameroon (CADA2103)
BA. Communication and Development Studies - CDS
Semester: First Semester
Level: 200
Year: 2019
CADA 2103: HISTORY OF MASS COMMUNICATION IN CAMEROON
8. The Nigerian leader and journalist influenced Cameroon Anglophone Journalism with a
publication that targeted Southern Cameroonians. It was called_______________________
(b) European missionaries (c) colonial governments
(b) Amsblatt (c) L'Eveil Camerounais
(a) Kamerun Post
13. State two reasons why the early francophone press was not critical of the colonial
government (4marks)
(a) African Americans
2. This newspaper was the first to have problems with the French colonial government and
was banned?
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9. The first privately owned newspapers in Africa were published by
(a) La Voix du Cameroun (b) Mbale (c) L'Effort Camerounais
3. It was the first newspaper in Cameroon to be published in an indigenous language.
(a) Kalata Mefoe (b) Esamindzigi (c) Elolombei Ya Kamerun
4. It was the first administrative publication and is still published today.
14. State two reasons why the Cameroon Anglophone Press emerged when it did (4marks).
10. This Nigerian leader _________________who was also a journalist had an impact on the
infant Anglophone Press.
11. The publisher of the second Anglophone Cameroon newspaper that appeared before
the plebiscite was______________________________________________________
12. How did the Brazzaville Conference help encourage the birth of a nationalist press in
Francophone Cameroon?
5. Editorial control of newspapers by Divisional Officers before 1990 was
___________________________ censorship.
6. State the titles of the first two indigenous Southern Cameroons newspapers.
7. This was the only body that attempted to challenge the 1966 press Law
___________________________and created by Late
_____________
TEST A
WRITE DOWN THE CORRECT ANSWER ON YOUR ANSWER SHEET.
1. The first newspaper to be published in Africa in an indigenous language
(a) Iwe Irohin (b) Umshumayeli Wendaba (c) Elolombei Ya Kamerun
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