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Indigenous African communication and media systems in a digitized age / edited by Unwana Samuel Akpan and Eddah Mbula Mutua.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communication--Social aspects--Africa.
- Communication.
- Indigenous peoples--Africa--Communication.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Digital media--Social aspects--Africa.
- Digital media.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 252 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2025]
- Contents:
- Foreword / Des Wilson
- Introduction: Des Wilson and the Enduring Legacy in Preserving African Indigenous Communication and Media Systems / Unwana Samuel Akpan and Eddah Mbula Mutua
- Part I: Importance of African Indigenous Communication and Media Systems
- Chapter 1: Relevance of Des Wilson's African Indigenous Media Research Track in a Digitized Age / Kehbuma Langmia
- Chapter 2: Examining the Impact of Digital Technology on African Indigenous Media in Botswana: A Potential Challenge to Sustainability/Longevity / Shirley Marang Kekana
- Chapter 3: African Traditional Communication System in the Age of Hybridity: Habitual Media Customs and the Digital in the Nigerian Glocal Spaces / Muhammad Hamisu Sani and Paul Obi
- Part II: Adaptation and Co-existence in the Digital Age
- Chapter 4: Communicating Emerging Science, Technology, and Innovation in Nigeria for Development in the Digital Age: Where Does Des Wilson's Trado-modern Media Come In? / Herbert Batta
- Chapter 5: Ifa Divination, Extra-mundane Communication and Internet: An Overview / Akinola Moses Owolabi, Bernice Oluwalaanu Sanusi, Oyinloye Oloyede, and Isaac Olajide Fadeyi
- Chapter 6: New Media Versus Traditional Media: 27 Years After Emergence of Internet in Nigeria / Ibitayo Samuel Popoola and Paul Agada
- Chapter 7: African Language Media and BBC Yoruba Service Sports Headlines: Influence on Audience Engagement Online / Unwana Samuel Akpan, Chuka Onwumechili, Abayomi Bamidele Adisa, and Abigail Odozi Ogwezzy-Ndisika
- Chapter 8: Egbe Bere Ugo Bere (Live and Let Live) Cultural Experiment as a Case Study on Igbo Traditional Public Relations Practice in Contemporary Digital Culture / Nnamdi Tobechukwu Ekeanyanwu, Henry Chibueze Ogaraku, and Aloysius Chukwuebuka Ifeanyichukwu
- Part III: Enduring Relevance of African Indigenous Communication Systems in the Digital Age
- Chapter 9: Traditional Town Criers in Kenya and Nigeria: Enduring Relevance in the Digital Age / Shamilla Amulega, Unwana Samuel Akpan, and Eddah Mbula Mutua
- Chapter 10: Nurturing Indigenous African Communication Modes in a Digital Age: Nigerian Performing Proverbs for Advice and Warning in Film / Ihuoma Okorie
- Chapter 11: Implications of the Two Step Flow Theory on Traditional Leadership in the Digital Age: The Case of Annang People in Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria / Iniobong Courage Nda
- Chapter 12: Survival of Musical and Nonmusical Indigenous Namibian Media in the Digitized Age / Perminus Matiure
- Chapter 13: Digital Technology in Breaking Information Barriers and the Preservation of Musical Arts in Zimbabwe / Richard Muranda, Absolom Mutavati, Khulekani F. Moyo, and Almon Moyo
- Chapter 14: Vimbuza and Gule Wamkulu Traditional Dances as Enduring Malawian Indigenous Media Systems in the Digital Age / Jerry Rutsate.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 20, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Indigenous African communication and media systems in a digitized age
- ISBN:
- 9781666965315
- 1666965316
- Publisher Number:
- 40032703128
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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