African Media and Communication: Foundational Conversations
Oxford; New York: Routledge (2025), 380 pp.
Series: Routledge Contemporary Africa Series
ISBN 978-1-040-16002-2 (ebook); 978-0-367-54103-3 (hbk)
"This book provides an important set of critical reflections from a selection of foundational scholars of African media and communication studies through biographical method. The book interrogates the center of mainstream academic scholarship by providing the foundational history and origins of an Africanist conceptual model while highlighting its significance globally. The editors use biographical and life story interviews to critically review the respondents’ interpretations of their key works and arguments in relation to key moments in the field, the continent and globally. Though the book is focussed on recovering pioneering arguments by key thinkers in African media and communication, efforts of individual academics are to be understood in the context of their work with others and within institutions that are networked, locally and globally. By bringing together many of the leading figures of African communication and media studies in a single volume, this book provides a critical corrective to the dearth of knowledge and information about who the key thinkers are and what their key arguments, theories and models for media and communication in African contexts entail." (Publisher description)
Conversations with boundary-spanning African media scholars: An Introduction
1 Doing Journalism and Media Studies in Ghana: Conversation with Kwame Karikari
2 Doing Media Studies in South Africa: Conversation with Pieter J. Fourie
3 Doing Journalism and Media Studies in Nigeria: Conversation with Ralph Akinfeleye
4 Doing Television and Media Studies in Nigeria: Conversation with Oluyinka Esan
5 Institutionalising Media Studies in Zimbabwe and South Africa: Conversation with Tawana Kupe
6 Cultural Approaches to Media Studies in South Africa: Conversation with Keyan G. Tomaselli
7 Political Economy and Semiotics: Television Studies in South Africa: Conversation with Ruth Teer-Tomaselli
8 Doing Media Studies in Kenya: Conversation with Levi Obonyo
9 Doing Media Studies in Uganda: Conversation with Monica B. Chibita
10 Challenging the Single Story: Digital Media and Innovative Storytelling on Africa. Conversation with Sean Jacobs
11 Doing Media Studies and Influencing Policy in Morocco: Conversation with Bouziane Said
12 Journalism Education, Freedom of Expression, Regulation and Media Development in Africa: Conversation with Guy Berger
13 Media Studies, Positionality and Geopolitics of Knowledge: Conversation with Herman Wasserman
14 Doing Media Studies in the Decolonial Turn: Conversation with Sarah Chiumbu
15 Rethinking Africa’s Role in Global Knowledge Production: Conversation with Wisdom Tettey
16 Finding Africa in Communication Studies: Incompleteness and Convivial Epistemologies: Conversation with Francis B. Nyamnjoh
17 Communication as Soul Food: Decolonising the Communication Space: Conversation with Colin Chasi
18 Conclusion: Reflections on Relational Approaches to Teaching, Research and Praxis
1 Doing Journalism and Media Studies in Ghana: Conversation with Kwame Karikari
2 Doing Media Studies in South Africa: Conversation with Pieter J. Fourie
3 Doing Journalism and Media Studies in Nigeria: Conversation with Ralph Akinfeleye
4 Doing Television and Media Studies in Nigeria: Conversation with Oluyinka Esan
5 Institutionalising Media Studies in Zimbabwe and South Africa: Conversation with Tawana Kupe
6 Cultural Approaches to Media Studies in South Africa: Conversation with Keyan G. Tomaselli
7 Political Economy and Semiotics: Television Studies in South Africa: Conversation with Ruth Teer-Tomaselli
8 Doing Media Studies in Kenya: Conversation with Levi Obonyo
9 Doing Media Studies in Uganda: Conversation with Monica B. Chibita
10 Challenging the Single Story: Digital Media and Innovative Storytelling on Africa. Conversation with Sean Jacobs
11 Doing Media Studies and Influencing Policy in Morocco: Conversation with Bouziane Said
12 Journalism Education, Freedom of Expression, Regulation and Media Development in Africa: Conversation with Guy Berger
13 Media Studies, Positionality and Geopolitics of Knowledge: Conversation with Herman Wasserman
14 Doing Media Studies in the Decolonial Turn: Conversation with Sarah Chiumbu
15 Rethinking Africa’s Role in Global Knowledge Production: Conversation with Wisdom Tettey
16 Finding Africa in Communication Studies: Incompleteness and Convivial Epistemologies: Conversation with Francis B. Nyamnjoh
17 Communication as Soul Food: Decolonising the Communication Space: Conversation with Colin Chasi
18 Conclusion: Reflections on Relational Approaches to Teaching, Research and Praxis
