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An Anthology of African Cultural Studies, Volume I Groundings

Edited By Keyan G. Tomaselli, Handel Kashope Wright This volume provides an overview of fundamental or ‘grounding’ themes in African Cultural...

Cultural Policy and Cultural Industries in Africa: From Culture as a Commodity to Culture as Praxis

Author: Last MoyoPublisher: Palgrave McMillan (London/ New York)Year of Publication: 2024SummaryThis book argues for the reconstitution of the cultural in...

Digital Witnesses to the Crime: Visual Narratives of the Bucha Tragedy

by Oleksandra Yaroshenko On March 29, 2022, more than a month after the start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine,...

Gender inequality in newsroom management: Challenges in the global journalism environment

by Sandra Lábova In today’s world, where information flows faster than ever before, editorial leadership plays a critical role in...

Zimbabwe Journalism Educators Network launches in June

Organisers are excited to announce the launch of the Zimbabwe Journalism Educators Network (ZIJEN) on 14 June 2024 at Great...

Seychelles includes indigenous language in journalism education

By Enock Sithole The newly established journalism programme at the University of Seychelles is leading the way in teaching journalism...

Environmental investigative journalism in the spotlight in Mozambique conference

By Enock Sithole Media academics, journalists, researchers and students from across the African continent and the Americas will meet in...

One day conference: Disinformation effects on minority and minoritized languages

DISINFORMATION EFFECTS ON MINORITY AND MINORITIZED LANGUAGES: Diagnosing the Problem, Identifying Solutions, Creating Knowledge Networks When: July 1st, 2024 Where:...

New Book Alert: Digital Media and the Preservation of Indigenous Languages in Africa: Toward a Digitalized and Sustainable Society

Digital Media and the Preservation of Indigenous Languages in Africa: Toward a Digitalized and Sustainable Society by Fulufhelo Oscar Makananise,...

Zimbabwe Journalism Educators Network launches in June

Organisers are excited to announce the launch of the Zimbabwe Journalism Educators Network (ZIJEN) on 14 June 2024 at Great...

Minimum consensus or overblocking? How justified is the criticism of the European Media Freedom Act?

Press freedom is not the same everywhere in Europe. In an attempt to establish EU-wide standards for press freedom, the...

‘World News’ without the rest of the world: The marginalisation of the Global South in the USA's most widely covered news programme

In 2022, just around 3 per cent of the airtime of the most widely covered US news programme, ABC World...

UNESCO initiative boosts journalism education in Africa

By Enock Sithole A UNESCO initiative to strengthen journalism education in Africa has seen more than 735 journalism students, 556...

World Press Freedom Day celebrated through a range of themes in Africa

By Enock Sithole The World Press Freedom Day (WPFD), on May 3 was celebrated through various themes in different countries...

Tackling election mis- and disinformation

By Kemiso Wessie The digital and online realm has emerged as a battleground fraught with deep fake content generated by...

Shot in the arm for journalism, media and communication research

By Enock SitholeResearch in journalism, media and communication is about to get a shot in the arm following the launching...

Media and Communication Theory in Africa

“Media and Communication Theory in Africa” by Nelson Okorie “Media and Communication Theory in Africa” by Nelson Okorie is an...

African Perspectives on South–South Migration

“African Perspectives on South–South Migration,” edited by Meron Zeleke and Lahra Smith, delves into the often overlooked topic of South-South...

The "Routledge" Handbook of African Media and Communication Studies

The “Routledge Handbook of African Media and Communication Studies,  Edited by Winston Mano and Viola C. Milton Published in 2021,...

COVID-19 and Psychological Distress in Africa

COVID-19 and Psychological Distress in Africa Communitarian Perspectives Edited By Yamikani Ndasauka “COVID-19 and Psychological Distress in Africa: Communitarian Perspectives”...