Indigenous language media, language politics and democracy in Africa
By: Abiodun Salawu, North-West University, South Africa ; Monica B. Chibita, Uganda Christian University, Uganda, [editors]
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9781137547293
Subjects: Mass media and language; Mass media; Indigenous peoples; Communication; Local mass media; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: INTRODUCTION: LANGUAGE, STRUCTURE AND AGENCY: OPTIMISING MEDIA DIVERSITY IN AFRICA USING THE INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES; title: INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA / Abiodun Salawu; title: INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN UGANDA / Monica B. Chibita; title: ISIZULU LANGUAGE AND ILANGA NEWSPAPER AS CATALYSTS FOR PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA / Thabisile Buthelezi; title: THE RETURN OF THE LOCAL: COMMUNITY RADIO AS DIALOGIC AND PARTICIPATORY / Brilliant Mhlanga; title: TOWARDS EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES IN NIGERIA: COMMUNITY MEDIA AS THE WAY FORWARD / Chima Onwukwe and Uzoma C. Okugo; title: INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE BROADCASTING IN GHANA: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT / Ufuoma Akpojivi and Modestus Fosu; title: INDIGENOUS   LANGUAGE RADIOS IN KENYA AND THE NEGOTIATION OF INTER-GROUP RELATIONS DURING CONFLICT PROCESSES / Philip Onguny; title: MOBILISING NIGERIANS TOWARDS NATIONAL POPULATION CENSUS: THE ROLE OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MEDIA / Sunday Oloruntola; title: THE DYNAMICS OF LANGUAGE POLITICS IN RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION IN AFRICAN INDIGENOUS CHURCHES / Ijeweimen Solomon Ikhidero; title: POVERTY, PROPHETS AND POLITICS: "MARXIST" DISCOURSES IN MALAWI MUSIC, 1994-2012 / John Lwanda; title: List of figures.