Africa in Stereo

by Tsitsi Ella Jaji
Africa in Stereo
Author: Tsitsi Ella Jaji
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2014
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0199936374
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Stereomodernism and amplifying the Black Atlantic -- Sight reading: early Black South African transcriptions of freedom -- Négritude musicology: poetry, performance and statecraft in Senegal -- What women want: selling hi-fi in consumer magazines and film -- 'Soul to soul': echo-locating histories of slavery and freedom from Ghana -- Pirate's choice: hacking into (post- )pan-African futures -- Epilogue: Singing songs.

100 Years of Radio in South Africa, Volume 1

by Sisanda Nkoala
100 Years of Radio in South Africa, Volume 1
Author: Sisanda Nkoala
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2024-01-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3031407024
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The book brings together media scholars and practitioners to deliberate on the role and influence of radio broadcasting in South Africa over the past 100 years. The publication will add to the existing body of knowledge on radio in this context by being among one of the few to consider radio broadcasting in South Africa. Essentially, the book will make a distinct contribution by providing the following: a historical account of the development of the sector, an in-depth look at some of the key people and institutions that have shaped the sector, and a critique of the medium’s role in community-building and culture making among others. While the book will provide relevant theoretical frameworks, it also aims to include the voices of media practitioners who can reflect on the importance of this medium from a more realistic perspective. Volume 1 focuses on South African radio stations and broadcasters in the past and present.

100 Years of Radio in South Africa, Volume 2

by Sisanda Nkoala
100 Years of Radio in South Africa, Volume 2
Author: Sisanda Nkoala
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2024-01-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3031407067
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The book brings together media scholars and practitioners to deliberate on the role and influence of radio broadcasting in South Africa over the past 100 years. The publication will add to the existing body of knowledge on radio in this context by being among one of the few to consider radio broadcasting in South Africa. Essentially, the book will make a distinct contribution focusing on a critique of the medium’s role in community-building and culture making among others. While the book will provide relevant theoretical frameworks, it also aims to include the voices of media practitioners who can reflect on the importance of this medium from a more realistic perspective. Volume 2 focuses on the impact of digitization on radio in South Africa, and considers the future of radio in South Africa.

Role of Radio in Africa

by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on African Affairs
Role of Radio in Africa
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on African Affairs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 70
Release: 1996
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN:
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Converged Radio, Youth and Urbanity in Africa

by Stanley Tsarwe
Converged Radio, Youth and Urbanity in Africa
Author: Stanley Tsarwe
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2023-03-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3031194179
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This book explores the convergence of urban radio with digital media technologies in Africa, focusing on how youth are riding on the rapid (though uneven) internet rollout on the continent to participate and drive the production and consumption of urban radio. With thirteen original chapters, the book sheds new light on the changing landscape of radio in a diverse set of African countries, illustrated with rich case studies from Zimbabwe, South Africa, Eswatini, Nigeria and Kenya. This book covers the following themes: youth agency and cultural power; civic engagement and political participation; youth, identity and belonging; youth cultural expressions as well as the impact of capitalist imperatives on commercial radio programing in Africa. Vibrant and innovative, Converged Radio, Youth and Urbanity in Africa reveals the creation of a new public sphere, through which African youth project their voices and identities, participating in and shaping national discourse. ​

Communication and Democratic Reform in South Africa

by Robert B. Horwitz
Communication and Democratic Reform in South Africa
Author: Robert B. Horwitz
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2001-04-09
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1139428691
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The book examines the reform of the communication sector in South Africa as a detailed and extended case study in political transformation - the transition from apartheid to democracy. The reform of broadcasting, telecommunications, the state information agency and the print press from apartheid-aligned apparatuses to accountable democratic institutions took place via a complex political process in which civil society activism, embodying a post-social democratic ideal, largely won out over the powerful forces of formal market capitalism and older models of state control. In the cautious acceptance of the market, the civil society organizations sought to use the dynamism of the market while thwarting its inevitable inequities. Forged in the crucible of a difficult transition to democracy, communication reform in South Africa was navigated between the National Party's embrace of the market and the African National Congress leadership's default statist orientation.

Press Freedom and Communication in Africa

by Festus Eribo
Press Freedom and Communication in Africa
Author: Festus Eribo
Publisher: Africa World Press
Total Pages: 386
Release: 1997
Genre: Freedom of the press
ISBN: 9780865435513
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Recent years have seen considerable growth in the media in Africa with increases in the number of newspapers and radio and television stations. At the same time there has been an increase in the number of arrests of journalists and broadcasters and various forms of censorship have been introduced. The essays in this volume examine press censorship, past and present, and bring a fresh perspective to the position of the mass media in the African continent.

Indigenous Language Media, Language Politics and Democracy in Africa

by Abiodun Salawu
Indigenous Language Media, Language Politics and Democracy in Africa
Author: Abiodun Salawu
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2016-02-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1137547308
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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.