Racism, ethnicity and the media in Africa: mediating conflict in the twenty-first century
London:
Tauris
(2015), xviii,347 pp., index
ISBN 978-1-78076-706-2 (hbk); 978-1-86064-194-7 (pbk); 978-0-75561-903-0 (online)
"In today's Africa racism and ethnicity have been implicated in serious conflicts - from Egypt to Mali to South Africa - that have cost lives and undermined efforts to achieve national cohesion and meaningful development. Racism, Ethnicity and the Media in Africa sets about rethinking the role of media and communication in perpetuating, reinforcing and reining in racism, absolute ethnicity and other discriminations across Africa. It goes beyond the customary discussion of media racism and ethnic stereotyping to critically address broader issues of identity, belonging and exclusion. Topics covered include racism in South African newspapers, pluralist media debates in Kenya, media discourses on same-sex relations in Uganda and ethnicised news coverage in Nigerian newspapers." (Publisher)
Contents
1 Racism, Ethnicity and the Media in Africa / Winston Mano, 1
2 Media and the Belonging in Africa: Reflections on Exclusionary Articulation of Racial and Ethnic Identities in Cameroon and South Africa / Francis B.Nyamnjoh, 28
3 Discourses of Race in the Afrikaans Press in South Africa / Herman Wasserman, 56
4 'Where the Streets Have No Names': Mediating Name Change in Post-Apartheid South Africa / Kristin Skare Orgeret, 79
5 'It's Our Paper!' Ethnic Identity Politics and Indigenous Language Newspaper Readers in Zimbabwe / Hayes Mabweazara, 100
6 Reporting Ethnic Minority Issues in Africa: A Study of Nigerian Newspapers / Nkereuwem Udoakah, 117
7 Regionalism and ethnicity in the Nigerian press: An analysis of the coverage of Boko Haram and Niger Delta conflicts in the Guardian and Daily Trust / Muhammad Jameel Yusha'u, 137
8 Programming for National Unity: The Paradox of Television in Nigeria / Oluyinka Esan, 157
9 Influencing the Information Domain: the UN's Information Intervention in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Jacob Udo-Udo Jacob, 178
10 'Thus saith the Prophet': The Media, Ethnic Myths and Electoral Politics in Kenya / Duncan Omanga, 199
11 A critical view of the Kenyan Media System through the Lens of the Journalists / Elisabet Helander, 219
12 The rise and fall of the Ugandan anti-homosexuality bill in domestic press: a study on the importance of international allies / Cecilia Strand, 240
13 Sakawa, the spirit of cyberfraud: analysis of a rumor complex in Ghana / Felix Riedel, 261
14 Black African Diasporic Cinemas: Identities and the Challenge of Complexity / Daniela Ricci, 283
15 Race and the Reproduction of Colonial Mythologies on Land: A post-colonial reading of British Media Discourse on Zimbabwe / Wendy Willems, 298
16 Representation of Otherness: Africans and Crime in the Norwegian Media / Martin Nkosi Ndlela, 316
2 Media and the Belonging in Africa: Reflections on Exclusionary Articulation of Racial and Ethnic Identities in Cameroon and South Africa / Francis B.Nyamnjoh, 28
3 Discourses of Race in the Afrikaans Press in South Africa / Herman Wasserman, 56
4 'Where the Streets Have No Names': Mediating Name Change in Post-Apartheid South Africa / Kristin Skare Orgeret, 79
5 'It's Our Paper!' Ethnic Identity Politics and Indigenous Language Newspaper Readers in Zimbabwe / Hayes Mabweazara, 100
6 Reporting Ethnic Minority Issues in Africa: A Study of Nigerian Newspapers / Nkereuwem Udoakah, 117
7 Regionalism and ethnicity in the Nigerian press: An analysis of the coverage of Boko Haram and Niger Delta conflicts in the Guardian and Daily Trust / Muhammad Jameel Yusha'u, 137
8 Programming for National Unity: The Paradox of Television in Nigeria / Oluyinka Esan, 157
9 Influencing the Information Domain: the UN's Information Intervention in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Jacob Udo-Udo Jacob, 178
10 'Thus saith the Prophet': The Media, Ethnic Myths and Electoral Politics in Kenya / Duncan Omanga, 199
11 A critical view of the Kenyan Media System through the Lens of the Journalists / Elisabet Helander, 219
12 The rise and fall of the Ugandan anti-homosexuality bill in domestic press: a study on the importance of international allies / Cecilia Strand, 240
13 Sakawa, the spirit of cyberfraud: analysis of a rumor complex in Ghana / Felix Riedel, 261
14 Black African Diasporic Cinemas: Identities and the Challenge of Complexity / Daniela Ricci, 283
15 Race and the Reproduction of Colonial Mythologies on Land: A post-colonial reading of British Media Discourse on Zimbabwe / Wendy Willems, 298
16 Representation of Otherness: Africans and Crime in the Norwegian Media / Martin Nkosi Ndlela, 316
