Relations between the Press and Governments in Africa
WHAT ATTITUDES OR relations are created between the Press and the new governments of Africa will depend to a large extent on the background and reactions in the period of the nationalist struggle. The most important factors must weigh heavily in deciding these future relations will include such questions as - was the Press hostile or sympathetic to the nationalist cause; was it reactionary or progressive; was it identified with the imperialist forces and money interests in the former colonial countries; and how far is it still regarded as a tool of foreign penetration and an agent for neo-colonialism. The local Press in Africa may in this regard also suffer from the reactions of the African countries to the attitudes of a hostile foreign Press