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18 Political Ridicule: Medialized Notions of ‘Transparent Concealment’
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Bantu Mwaura
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- Contributors vii
- Prologue ix
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Part I: The Media, Community and Identity
- 1 Orality, the Media and New Popular Cultures in Africa 1
- 2 The Media in Social Development in Contemporary Africa 19
- 3 Language and the Media in Africa: Between the Old Empire and the New 36
- 4 Reflections on the Media in Africa: Strangers in a Mirror? 49
- 5 Africa’s Media: Democracy and Belonging 62
- 6 Representation of Africa in the Western Media: Challenges and Opportunities 76
- 7 Media Consumerism and Cultural Transformation 84
- 8 African Intellectuals in a Hostile Media Environment 94
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Part II: The Media and Identity: The Global Media
- 9 Publishing in Africa 103
- 10 Pentecostalism and the Modern Audiovisual Media 114
- 11 Rekindling Efficacy: Storytelling for Health 124
- 12 The Media in Education 139
- 13 Horn of Africa and Kenya Diaspora Websites as Alternative Media Sources 151
- 14 Popular Dance Music and the Media 162
- 15 Media Parenting and the Construction of Media Identities in Northern Nigerian Muslim Hausa Video Films 171
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Part III: The Media and Identity: The Local Media
- 16 ‘To Make Strange Things Possible’: The Photomontages of the Bakor Photo Studio in Lamu, Kenya 187
- 17 Musical Images and Imaginations: Tanzania Music Videos 208
- 18 Political Ridicule: Medialized Notions of ‘Transparent Concealment’ 218
- 19 Names, Cloth and Identity: A Case from West Africa 226
- 20 Museums in Africa 245
- 21 Literary Prizes, Book Prizes and African Writing 258
- 22 Innovating ‘AlterNative’ Identities: Nairobi Matatu Culture 267
- 23 Bringing Change through Laughter: Cartooning in Kenya 275
- 24 Demonic Tradition: Representations of Oathing in Newspaper Coverage of the 1997 Crisis in Coastal Kenya 287
- Epilogue: In the Name of Similitude 308
- Index 325
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- Contributors vii
- Prologue ix
-
Part I: The Media, Community and Identity
- 1 Orality, the Media and New Popular Cultures in Africa 1
- 2 The Media in Social Development in Contemporary Africa 19
- 3 Language and the Media in Africa: Between the Old Empire and the New 36
- 4 Reflections on the Media in Africa: Strangers in a Mirror? 49
- 5 Africa’s Media: Democracy and Belonging 62
- 6 Representation of Africa in the Western Media: Challenges and Opportunities 76
- 7 Media Consumerism and Cultural Transformation 84
- 8 African Intellectuals in a Hostile Media Environment 94
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Part II: The Media and Identity: The Global Media
- 9 Publishing in Africa 103
- 10 Pentecostalism and the Modern Audiovisual Media 114
- 11 Rekindling Efficacy: Storytelling for Health 124
- 12 The Media in Education 139
- 13 Horn of Africa and Kenya Diaspora Websites as Alternative Media Sources 151
- 14 Popular Dance Music and the Media 162
- 15 Media Parenting and the Construction of Media Identities in Northern Nigerian Muslim Hausa Video Films 171
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Part III: The Media and Identity: The Local Media
- 16 ‘To Make Strange Things Possible’: The Photomontages of the Bakor Photo Studio in Lamu, Kenya 187
- 17 Musical Images and Imaginations: Tanzania Music Videos 208
- 18 Political Ridicule: Medialized Notions of ‘Transparent Concealment’ 218
- 19 Names, Cloth and Identity: A Case from West Africa 226
- 20 Museums in Africa 245
- 21 Literary Prizes, Book Prizes and African Writing 258
- 22 Innovating ‘AlterNative’ Identities: Nairobi Matatu Culture 267
- 23 Bringing Change through Laughter: Cartooning in Kenya 275
- 24 Demonic Tradition: Representations of Oathing in Newspaper Coverage of the 1997 Crisis in Coastal Kenya 287
- Epilogue: In the Name of Similitude 308
- Index 325