Racism, Ethnicity and the Media in Africa: Mediating Conflict in the Twenty-first Century

by Winston Mano (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780767062
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/30/2015
Series:	International Library of African Studies
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.41(h) x 1.09(d)

About the Author

Winston Mano is Director of the Africa Media Centre, University of Westminster. He is also Principal Editor of the 'Jourbanal of African Media Studies'. He is the author of African National Radio and Everyday Life: The Impact of Radio in the Digital Age (forthcoming from I.B. Tauris) and is editor of The Media and Zimbabwe (2005).

Table of Contents

1. Introduction - On Racism, Ethnicity and the Media in Africa; Winston Mano
2. Racism, Ethnicity and the Media in Africa: Reflections Inspired by Studies of Xenophobia in Cameroon and South Africa; Francis B. Nyamnjoh
3. Racism in South African Newspapers; Herman Wasserman
4. The Road to Renaming - What's in a Name? The Changing of Durban's Street Names; Kristin Skare Orgeret
5. Indigenous Language Newspaper Readers in Zimbabwe; Hayes Mabweazara
6. Reporting Ethnic Minority Issues in Africa: A Study of Nigerian Newspapers; Nkereuwem Udoakah
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
8. Programming for National Unity: The Paradox of Television in Nigeria; Oluyinka Esan
9: Influencing the Information Domain: the UN's Information Intervention in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Jacob; Udo-Udo Jacob
10. 'Thus saith the Prophet': The Media, Ethnic Myths and Electoral Politics in Kenya; Duncan Omanga
11. Pluralist Media in Kenya: A Critical View; Elisabet Helander
12. State-sanctioned Discrimination and Media Discourses on Homosexuality in Namibia; Cecilia Strand
13. Class-Struggles, Racism and Greedy in Sakawa Films in Ghana; Felix Riedel
14. Diaspora, Identities and the Challenge of Complexity in Africa Film; Daniela Ricci
15. Postcolonial Nostalgia: Zimbabwe in the British Press; Wendy Willems
16. The Representation of Africans in Norwegian Media; Martin Nkosi Ndlela
Bibliography
Index