ABSTRACT
Chapter 4 is a conceptual overview of a Hybrid (African) Peace Journalism (HPJ) in the context of emerging terrorist threats in Kenya. It discusses a new approach to peace journalism that combines elements from Western peace journalism and African gnosis (lenses) in conflict-sensitive reporting for greater peacebuilding prospects in Africa. HPJ is based on development journalism that portrays Africa in a positive light. Hinged on Utu, Umoja, and Harambee as core African values, this approach also offers a counternarrative to Western-style journalism that tends to focus on sensationalized and largely negative versions of Africa-related news. The chapter also includes information on the several HPJ-related programs at Rongo University, including a master’s degree in media, democracy, peace, and security; the Salah Farah Visiting Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship on Media and Terrorism; and the Campus Peace Ambassadors club run by undergraduates studying journalism, as approaches in long-term institutional peacebuilding.
