Women journalists in Namibia's liberation struggle, 1985-1990
By: Maria Mboono Nghidinwa ; introduction by Henning Melber.
Contributors: Melber, Henning.
Publisher: Basler Afrika Bibliographien
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Basel, Switzerland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9783905758078
Subjects: Women journalists -- Namibia; Journalism -- Political aspects -- Namibia; Women political activists -- Namibia; Press and politics -- Namibia; Namibia -- Politics and government -- 1946-1990
Description: Investigates the experiences of women journalists during the last phase of Namibia's liberation struggle against South African rule. Black or white, women journalists in Namibia made significant contributions to the liberation cause - including the founding of a high-profiled newspaper - whilst others worked for media sympathetic to the apartheid government. Based on interviews and deploying feminist media theory, Maria Mboono Nghidinwa pays close attention to the gendered power relationships in the newsrooms of newspapers and radio stations at the time. She looks at the intense political intimidations which targeted women and, in particular, the constraints experienced by black women journalists
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p 137-145) and index.