Indigenous Language Media, Language Politics and Democracy in Africa

Brilliant Mhlanga, University of Hertfordshire, UKChima Dick Onwukwe, Abia State University, NigeriaChukwuemeka Uzoma Okugo, Abia State University, NigeriaIkhidero Solomon Ijeweimen, ResearcherItohan Mercy Idumwonyi, Rice University, USAJohn Lwanda, Physician and Social HistorianModestus Fosu, Ghana Institute of Journalism, GhanaOloruntola Sunday, University of Lagos, NigeriaPhilip Onguny, Saint Paul University, CanadaThabisile Buthelezi, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaUfuoma Akpojivi, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

• Introduction: Language, Structure and Agency: Optimising Media Diversity in Africa Using the Indigenous Languages PART 1 1. Indigenous Language Media and Democracy in Africa; Abiodun Salawu 2. Indigenous Language Media and Freedom of Expression in Uganda; Monica B. Chibita PART II 3. Isizulu Language and Ilanga Newspaper as Catalysts for Participatory Democracy in South Africa; Thabisile Buthelezi 4. The Return of the Local: Community radio as Dialogic and Participatory; Brilliant Mhlanga 5. Towards Effective Development of Indigenous Languages in Nigeria: Community Media as the Way Forward; Chima Onwukwe and Uzoma C. Okugo 6. Indigenous Language Broadcasting in Ghana: Retrospect and Prospect; Ufuoma Akpojivi and Modestus Fosu PART III 7. Indigenous Language Radios in Kenya and the Negotiation of Inter-group Relations During Conflict Processes; Philip Onguny 8. Mobilising Nigerians Towards National Population Census: The Role of Indigenous Language Media; Sunday Oloruntola 9. The Dynamics of Language Politics in Religious Expression in African Indigenous Churches; Ijeweimen Solomon Ikhidero 10. Poverty, Prophets and Politics: 'Marxist' Discourses in Malawi Music, 1994 - 2012; John Lwanda