Indigenous Language Media, Language Politics and Democracy in Africa

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction: Language, Structure and Agency: Optimising Media Diversity in Africa Using the Indigenous Languages....Pages 1-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Indigenous Language Media and Democracy in Africa....Pages 13-27
Indigenous Language Media and Freedom of Expression in Uganda....Pages 28-56
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
IsiZulu Language and the Ilanga Newspaper as Catalysts for Participatory Democracy in South Africa....Pages 59-86
The Return of the Local: Community Radio as Dialogic and Participatory....Pages 87-112
“Englishisation” of the World Wide Web: Implications for Indigenous Languages in Nigeria....Pages 113-120
Indigenous Language Broadcasting in Ghana: Retrospect and Prospect....Pages 121-150
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Indigenous Language Radio in Kenya and the Negotiation of Inter-Group Relations during Conflict Processes....Pages 153-181
Mobilising Nigerians towards a National Population Census: The Role of Indigenous Language Media....Pages 182-194
The Dynamics of Language Politics in Religious Expression in African Indigenous Churches....Pages 195-210
Poverty, Prophets and Politics: ‘Marxist’ Discourses in Malawi Music, 1994–2012....Pages 211-234
Back Matter....Pages 235-246