Women journalists in Namibia's liberation struggle, 1985-1990 / Maria Mboono Nghidinwa ; introduction by Henning Melber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nghidinwa, Maria Mboono.

Contributor:

Melber, Henning.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women journalists--Namibia.

Women journalists.

Journalism--Political aspects--Namibia.

Journalism.

Women political activists--Namibia.

Women political activists.

Press and politics--Namibia.

Press and politics.

Journalism--Political aspects.

Namibia--Politics and government--1946-1990.

Namibia.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xiii, 152 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Basel, Switzerland : Basler Afrika Bibliographien, 2008.

Summary:

Investigates the experiences of women journalists during the last phase of Namibia's liberation struggle against South African rule. Black or white, women journalists in Namibia made significant contributions to the liberation cause - including the founding of a high-profiled newspaper - whilst others worked for media sympathetic to the apartheid government. Based on interviews and deploying feminist media theory, Maria Mboono Nghidinwa pays close attention to the gendered power relationships in the newsrooms of newspapers and radio stations at the time. She looks at the intense political intimidations which targeted women and, in particular, the constraints experienced by black women journalists

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-145) and index.

ISBN:

9783905758078

3905758075

OCLC:

315968211