| This study investigates how Radio Salus developed to train student journalists and as an alternative voice on Rwandan airwaves. Emerging from the context of the genocide, Salus represents a unique model in the international community radio sector.;An overview of radio's history as a development media in Africa leads to a look at the role of radio in Rwanda before, during and after the 1994 genocide. A profile of Radio Salus then draws on field research in November 2007 and July 2008.;The conclusion discusses Radio Salus's future as an inclusive, community-based radio station. Adopting a participatory community of practice model may offer Salus a framework to build on station training and skills development.;A review of the historical, political, social and regulatory context in which community radio emerged in North America is followed by discussion of dominant branches of communication theory, linked to community radio's international role. |
