"This publication contains the text of the report of the meeting of experts on the development of information media in Africa, held at the Unesco headquarters in Paris, from 24 th January to 6th February 1962 — The conference was organised within the framework of the survey carried out by Unesco, at the request of the Economic and Social Council, into the problems of giving technical assistance for the development of information media — The report, adopted unanimously, contains many suggestions regarding the measures which governments, international bodies and professional associations could take to assist the development of the press, radio the cinema, and finally TV in Africa — The are also details about the ways in which information media can be used in Africa to raise the standard of education and to encourage economic and social progress." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 625, topic code 070)