Indigenous Language for Development Communication in the Global South

Abiodun Salawu is professor of journalism, communication and media studies and director of the research entity, Indigenous Language Media in Africa (ILMA) at the North-West University, South Africa.Tshepang B. Molale is senior lecturer at the University of Mpumalanga’s School of Social Sciences, specializing in communication for development and social change.Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed is professor and researcher at the School of Social Communication and Journalism, Universidad Externado de Colombia.Mohammad Sahid Ullah is professor in communication and journalism at the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction – Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed and Tshepang B MolaleSection I: Indigenous Language Media and Development Communication: Current Debates.1-Towards a Model of Indigenous Language for Development Communication– Abiodun Salawu2-Rethinking the Role of Indigenous African Language Newspapers in Development Journalism: The Case of uMthunywa, Zimbabwe – Thulani Tshabangu3-Enhancing Political Knowledge and Opinion Through Indigenous Language Radio Programmes in Oyo State, Nigeria– Olayinka Egbokhare and Seun Idowu4-Zimbabwe’s African Language Press and Development Communication Nexus- The Missing Link– Philip Mpofu5-Harnessing the Potentials of Indigenous Media Systems in South/East Nigeria for Rural Development - Kingsley Chukwuemeka Izuogu, Emenike Ikedichi Ubani and Dennis Ugochukwu OmeonuSection II: Journalism, Gender and Empowerment of Marginalised Groups 6-Women Journalists in National Language Radio: A Voice to Mobilize and Foster Female Leadership - Viviane Schönbächler and Lassané Yaméogo7-Promoting Gender Equality tity Through Indigenous Language Media Outlets in Southern Africa - Steyn Khensani Madlome10-Intersectional Issues of Disability in Indigenous Radio in Guatemala - Sandra Meléndez-Labrador and Óscar Cuesta-MorenoSection III: Democracy, Agriculture, Sustainable Development, and Citizen Participation 11-Indigenous Language Newspaper and the Deepening of South African Democracy - Shumani Eric Madima, Fulufhelo Oscar Makananise and Edgar Julius Malatji12-A Decolonial Perspective on Minority Indigenous Languages and Religio-cultural Integration for National Development in Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe - Esther Mavengano, Tobias Marevesa and Paul Nepapleh Nkamta13-Content Analysis of Select Agricultural Radio Programmes in Indigenous Languages in North-central Nigeria –Babatunde Adeyeye, Lande Amodu, Oscar Odiboh, Evaristus Adesina, Darlynton Yartey and Charity Ben-Enukora14-Kick Me Out or Not: The Lingua Franca and the Indigenous Languages of the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh - Ala Uddin & Mohammad Sahid Ullah15-Critical Language Matters: The Fate of Indigenous Languages Amid Covid-19 Pandemic in South Africa - Edgar Julius Malatji , Shumani Eric Madima & Fulufhelo Oscar MakananiseAbout the Contributors

“This book offers a critical appraisal of the centrality of indigenous language media in the formulation of the theory and practice of development communication. This collection of chapters reminds both development scholars, students and policymakers not to ignore indigenous languages and their media, for they offer genuine understanding of marginalized people's development aspirations. This book makes a powerful observation: Indigenous languages were at the centre of anticolonial struggles, and they will remain at the centre of the global South's determination for a world that is equal, just, and democratic.”