Indigenous Language Media, Language Politics and Democracy in Africa

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.

Brilliant Mhlanga, University of Hertfordshire, UK Chima Dick Onwukwe, Abia State University, Nigeria Chukwuemeka Uzoma Okugo, Abia State University, Nigeria Ikhidero Solomon Ijeweimen, Researcher Itohan Mercy Idumwonyi, Rice University, USA John Lwanda, Physician and Social Historian Modestus Fosu, Ghana Institute of Journalism, Ghana Oloruntola Sunday, University of Lagos, Nigeria Philip Onguny, Saint Paul University, Canada Thabisile Buthelezi, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Ufuoma Akpojivi, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa