Indigenous Language Media, Language Politics and Democracy in Africa

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.

Auteur
Brilliant Mhlanga, University of Hertfordshire, UK Chima Dick Onwukwe, Abia State University, Nigeria Chukwuemeka Uzoma Okugo, Abia State University, Nigeria Ikhidero Solomon Ijeweimen, Researcher Itohan Mercy Idumwonyi, Rice University, USA John Lwanda, Physician and Social Historian Modestus Fosu, Ghana Institute of Journalism, Ghana Oloruntola Sunday, University of Lagos, Nigeria Philip Onguny, Saint Paul University, Canada Thabisile Buthelezi, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Ufuoma Akpojivi, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Contenu

Introduction: Language, Structure and Agency: Optimising Media Diversity in Africa Using the Indigenous Languages PART 1 1. Indigenous Language Media and Democracy in Africa; Abiodun Salawu 2. Indigenous Language Media and Freedom of Expression in Uganda; Monica B. Chibita PART II 3. Isizulu Language and Ilanga Newspaper as Catalysts for Participatory Democracy in South Africa; Thabisile Buthelezi 4. The Return of the Local: Community radio as Dialogic and Participatory; Brilliant Mhlanga 5. Towards Effective Development of Indigenous Languages in Nigeria: Community Media as the Way Forward; Chima Onwukwe and Uzoma C. Okugo 6. Indigenous Language Broadcasting in Ghana: Retrospect and Prospect; Ufuoma Akpojivi and Modestus Fosu PART III 7. Indigenous Language Radios in Kenya and the Negotiation of Inter-group Relations During Conflict Processes; Philip Onguny 8. Mobilising Nigerians Towards National Population Census: The Role of Indigenous Language Media; Sunday Oloruntola 9. The Dynamics of Language Politics in Religious Expression in African Indigenous Churches; Ijeweimen Solomon Ikhidero 10. Poverty, Prophets and Politics: 'Marxist' Discourses in Malawi Music, 1994 - 2012; John Lwanda