"A contribution to research on the bases of communication — With the aid of reports and observations, the author analyses the factors involved in communication in Africa — This is a survey of the African press, including primitive methods of communication such as the tom-tom, as well as all the mass media which are still in their infancy." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 684, topic code 011)