Title: Repressive state and resurgent media under Nigeria's military dictatorship, 1988-98 /
Authors: Olukotun, Ayo
Publisher: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Mass media Political aspects Nigeria.; Press and politics Nigeria.; Freedom of the press Nigeria.; Political persecution Nigeria.; Censorship Nigeria.; Nigeria Politics and government; Nigeria Politics and government
Contents: 1. Hegemonic contest -- repressive state versus resurgent media -- 2. The economic and technological tapestry -- the global backdrop -- 3. Repression and resistance 1989-93 -- 4. Censorship and intolerance -- the media in the Abacha years -- 5. Driven underground -- the guerrilla media phenomenon -- 6. Protest vernacular -- neo-traditional media versus the military state -- 7. The global context -- the international media and the crisis of democratisation -- Concluding remarks -- democratisation and resurgent media.