Founder and Chief Executive, Media Diplomacy Studies (MDS), Dr. Abang Mkpe, has emphasised the significance of African nations taking higher accountability for speaking their very own histories, realities, achievements and aspirations to the worldwide neighborhood, somewhat than permitting exterior representations to dominate international perceptions about Africa.
This is contained in his ebook, titled: ‘Weapons of Mass Manipulation: State Media, Global Influence and the New Diplomacy of Power’, scheduled for launch subsequent month in Abuja, alongside the inaugural Annual Diplomacy Day.
Discussing the thought of the ebook launch with the High Commissioner of the Republic of Botswana to Nigeria, Philda Nani Kereng, the creator had an interesting diplomatic dialog with the excessive commissioner about Africa’s place within the evolving worldwide data and diplomatic order.
The dialogue centered on the necessity for deliberate public coverage, sustained institutional funding and technological capacity-building to reposition African state media as credible devices of worldwide diplomacy.
Pleased with the contents of the ebook and the philosophy behind it, Kereng underscored the significance of equipping nationwide media establishments with the skilled experience, technological infrastructure and strategic capabilities obligatory to talk Africa’s views successfully and reply to deceptive worldwide narratives.
