Media in Africa

A comprehensive and accessible introduction, this book examines a range of issues pertaining to theory, history, and critiques of media in Africa.

Auteur

Toks Dele Oyedemi is a communication and media scholar, who has taught at universities in South Africa and the United States of America. He engages critical studies of technology and digital culture, and media, culture, and identity. He is the co-editor of Social Inequalities, Media and Communication: Theory and Roots (2016) and The Praxis of Social Inequalities in Media: A Global Perspective (2016).

René A. Smith is an academic, facilitator and arts administrator. She has worked for a variety of media bodies in South Africa and as a gender and media trainer in other African countries. She has extensive academic and arts management experience, teaches and advises on media studies curricula, and is the co-editor of Sociology: A South African Perspective, 2nd Edition (2020).