Introduction : media, belonging and democratisation in Africa -- 1. In the name of democracy : the press and its predicaments -- 2. Media ethics, professionalism and training in Africa -- 3. Multiparty politics in Cameroon -- 4. The official media, belonging and democratisation -- 5. The legal framework and the private press -- 6. Professionalism and ethics in the private press in Cameroon -- 7. Creative appropriation of ICTs, rumour, press cartoons and politics -- 8. Liberal democracy : victim of a partisan and ethnic press -- 9. Communications policies in Africa : lessons from the West.