Indigenous Language Media, Language Politics and Democracy in Africa  

 - xiii, 246 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>INTRODUCTION: LANGUAGE, STRUCTURE AND AGENCY: OPTIMISING MEDIA DIVERSITY IN AFRICA USING THE INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES -- INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA / Abiodun Salawu -- INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN UGANDA / Monica B. Chibita -- ISIZULU LANGUAGE AND ILANGA NEWSPAPER AS CATALYSTS FOR PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA / Thabisile Buthelezi -- THE RETURN OF THE LOCAL: COMMUNITY RADIO AS DIALOGIC AND PARTICIPATORY / Brilliant Mhlanga -- TOWARDS EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES IN NIGERIA: COMMUNITY MEDIA AS THE WAY FORWARD / Chima Onwukwe and Uzoma C. Okugo -- INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE BROADCASTING IN GHANA: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT / Ufuoma Akpojivi and Modestus Fosu -- INDIGENOUS   LANGUAGE RADIOS IN KENYA AND THE NEGOTIATION OF INTER-GROUP RELATIONS DURING CONFLICT PROCESSES / Philip Onguny -- MOBILISING NIGERIANS TOWARDS NATIONAL POPULATION CENSUS: THE ROLE OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MEDIA / Sunday Oloruntola -- THE DYNAMICS OF LANGUAGE POLITICS IN RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION IN AFRICAN INDIGENOUS CHURCHES / Ijeweimen Solomon Ikhidero -- POVERTY, PROPHETS AND POLITICS: "MARXIST" DISCOURSES IN MALAWI MUSIC, 1994-2012 / John Lwanda -- List of figures. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781137547293 (hardcover) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015023415 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mass media and language--Africa, Sub-Saharan.<br/>Mass media--History--Africa, Sub-Saharan--20th century.<br/>Local mass media--History--Africa, Sub-Saharan--20th century.<br/>Mass media--Political aspects--Africa, Sub-Saharan.<br/>Indigenous peoples--Communication.--Africa, Sub-Saharan
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P96.L342  / A35748 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.44/967