Indigenous Language Media, Language Politics and Democracy in Africa
Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xiii, 246 pp.
Contains index
ISBN 978-1-137-54730-9
"This book deals with the often-neglected link between indigenous languages, media and democracy in Africa. It recognizes that the media plays an amplifying role that is vital to modern-day expression, public participation and democracy but that without the agency to harness media potential, many Africans will be excluded from public discourse." (Publisher description)
INTRODUCTION
Language, Structure and Agency: Optimising Media Diversity in Africa Using the Indigenous Languages / Monica B. Chibita and Abiodun Salawu, 1
I. INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES, MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA
1 Indigenous Language Media and Democracy in Africa / Abiodun Salawu, 13
2 Indigenous Language Media and Freedom of Expression in Uganda / Monica B. Chibita, 28
II. THE MEDIA, LANGUAGE, INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION IN AFRICA
3 IsiZulu Language and the Ilanga Newspaper as Catalysts for Participatory Democracy in South Africa / Thabisile Buthelezi, 59
4 The Return of the Local: Community Radio as Dialogic and Participatory / Brilliant Mhlanga, 87
5 "Englishisation" of the World Wide Web: Implications for Indigenous Languages in Nigeria / Chimaobi Dick Onwukwe and Uzoma Chukwuemeka Okugo, 113
6 Indigenous Language Broadcasting in Ghana: Retrospect and Prospect / Ufuoma Akpojivi and Modestus Fosu, 121
III. THE INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MEDIA IN POLITICAL AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION IN AFRICA
7 Indigenous Language Radio in Kenya and the Negotiation of Inter- Group Relations during Conflict Processes / Philip Oburu, 153
8 Mobilising Nigerians towards a National Population Census: The Role of Indigenous Language Media / Oloruntola Sunday, 182
9 The Dynamics of Language Politics in Religious Expression in African Indigenous Churches / Itohan Mercy Idumwonyi and Ijeweimen Solomon Ikhidero, 195
10 Poverty, Prophets and Politics: 'Marxist' Discourses in Malawi Music, 1994-2012 / John Lwanda, 211
Language, Structure and Agency: Optimising Media Diversity in Africa Using the Indigenous Languages / Monica B. Chibita and Abiodun Salawu, 1
I. INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES, MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA
1 Indigenous Language Media and Democracy in Africa / Abiodun Salawu, 13
2 Indigenous Language Media and Freedom of Expression in Uganda / Monica B. Chibita, 28
II. THE MEDIA, LANGUAGE, INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION IN AFRICA
3 IsiZulu Language and the Ilanga Newspaper as Catalysts for Participatory Democracy in South Africa / Thabisile Buthelezi, 59
4 The Return of the Local: Community Radio as Dialogic and Participatory / Brilliant Mhlanga, 87
5 "Englishisation" of the World Wide Web: Implications for Indigenous Languages in Nigeria / Chimaobi Dick Onwukwe and Uzoma Chukwuemeka Okugo, 113
6 Indigenous Language Broadcasting in Ghana: Retrospect and Prospect / Ufuoma Akpojivi and Modestus Fosu, 121
III. THE INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MEDIA IN POLITICAL AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION IN AFRICA
7 Indigenous Language Radio in Kenya and the Negotiation of Inter- Group Relations during Conflict Processes / Philip Oburu, 153
8 Mobilising Nigerians towards a National Population Census: The Role of Indigenous Language Media / Oloruntola Sunday, 182
9 The Dynamics of Language Politics in Religious Expression in African Indigenous Churches / Itohan Mercy Idumwonyi and Ijeweimen Solomon Ikhidero, 195
10 Poverty, Prophets and Politics: 'Marxist' Discourses in Malawi Music, 1994-2012 / John Lwanda, 211
