List of newspapers in Benin explained

This is an incomplete list of newspapers published in colonial Dahomey and modern Benin, ordered by date of establishment (where known).

Colonial era

• L'Echo du Dahomey - established 1905^[1]
• Recadaire de Behanzin - established 1915
• Le Guide du Dahomey - 1920-22^[2]
• Le Messager Dahoméan - established 1920^[1]
• La Voix du Dahomey - 1927-1950s^[3]
• Le Phare du Dahomey - established 1929^[1]
• La Presse Porto-Novienne - 1931 to date^[1]
• La Revue Porto-Novoienne, La Quinzaine Dahoméennee - established 1932^[1]
• L'Etoile du Dahomey - established 1932^[1]
• L'Echo des Cercles du Dahomey - established 1933^[1]
• La Dépeche Dahoméenne - established 1938^[1]

Modern Benin

• La Nation - formerly Ehuzu
• La Nouvelle Tribune
• Décryptage

See also

• Media of Benin
• List of radio stations in Africa: Benin

Bibliography

• Book: W. Joseph Campbell. Emergent Independent Press in Benin and Côte D'Ivoire . . 978-0-275-96309-5 . 1998 .
• Book: Africa South of the Sahara 2004 . Regional Surveys of the World . . 2004 . 1857431839 . Benin: Directory: the Press . 84+ . https://books.google.com/books?id=jj4J-AXGDaQC&pg=PA84 .

External links

• Web site: Benin . . Electronic Newspapers of Africa . Virtual Libraries: African Studies . New York, USA .
• Web site: Benin: News . Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources . Stanford University . USA . Karen Fung .
• Web site: City Guide: Journaux . Cotonou ça bouge . Portail Internet des Villes Africaines . fr . 2014-09-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140828164345/http://cotonou-ca-bouge.net/-Journaux-.html . 2014-08-28 . dead .

Notes and References

1. Book: Salhi, Kamul. (Ed.). Francophone Studies: Discourse and Identity. 2000. Elm Bank Publications. Exeter. 978-1-902454-05-4. 21.
2. Book: Manning, Patrick. Slavery, Colonialism and Economic Growth in Dahomey, 1640-1960. 2004. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 978-0-521-52307-3. 265.
3. Book: J. D. Fage. A. D. Roberts. Roland Anthony Oliver. The Cambridge History of Africa Vol. 7 c. 1905 - c. 1940. 1986. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 978-0-521-22505-2. 389.