Indigenous language media, language politics and democracy in Africa / edited by Abiodun Salawu, North-West University, South Africa, and Monica B. Chibita, Uganda Christian University, Uganda.

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 Afr...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Salawu, Abiodun (Editor), Chibita, Monica Balya (Editor)
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Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
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