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Radio in Africa - Publics, Cultures, Communities (Hardcover)
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Radio in Africa - Publics, Cultures, Communities (Hardcover)
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Radio is 'Africa's medium', with an ability to transcend barriers
to access, facilitate political debate and shape identities.
Contributors investigate the multiple roles of radio in the lives
of African listeners across the continent. Some essays turn to the
history of radio and its part in culture and politics. Others show
how radio throws up new tensions, yet endorses social innovation
and the making of new publics. A number of contributors look at
radio's current role in creating listening communities that
radically shift the nature of the public sphere. Yet others cover
radio's central role in the emergence of informed publics in
fragile national spaces, or in failed states. The book also
highlights radio's links to the new media, its role in resistance
to oppressive regimes, and points in several cases to the
importance of African languages in building modern communities that
embrace both local and global knowledge. Liz Gunner is visiting
Professor at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research;
Dina Ligagais a lecturer in the Department of Media Studies,
University of the Witwatersrand; Dumisani Moyo is Research and
Publications Manager at the Open Society Initiative for Southern
Africa. Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho,
Zimbabwe & Swaziland): Wits University Press
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