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Media, social movements, and protest cultures in Africa : hashtags, humor, and slogans / edited by Lungile Tshuma, Trust Matsilele, Shepherd Mpofu, and Mbongeni Msimanga.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social movements--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Social movements.
- Protest movements--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Protest movements.
- Social media--Political aspects--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Social media.
- Social media and society--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Social media and society.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2024]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction: Contesting Africa: A Theoretical Appreciation of Media, Social Movements and Protest Cultures / Lungile Tshuma, Trust Matsilele, Shepherd Mpofu and Mbongeni Msimanga
- Part I: Social Media and Social Movements
- Chapter 1: Violence as A Decolonizing and (De)humanizing Force, and Social Media(ted) Protests in Africa / Shepherd Mpofu
- Chapter 2: Disrupting Patriotic Discourse in Zimbabwe: Reading Evan Mawarire's #This Flag as Counter-Hegemony / Blessing Makwambeni
- Chapter 3: Testing the Illusory Truth Effect: An Analysis of Comments to Nigerian Army's "fake news" Tweets on Lekki #EndSARS Shootings / Raheemat Adeniran and Kunle Adebajo
- Chapter 4: #VoetsekANC: (un)Civil Disobedience as Protest Action in South Africa's Twittersphere / Trust Matsilele and Blessing Makwambeni
- Chapter 5: #EndSARS: The Role of Social Media Influencers in Raising Awareness of Police Brutality in Nigeria / Temitope Opeyemi Falade and Lungile Tshuma
- Part II: Online Protest Strategies
- Chapter 6: Online Protests and Government Countermeasures in Zimbabwe: A Decolonial Perspective / Tawanda Mukurunge and Lorenzo Dalvit
- Chapter 7: #I DON'T PAY HIDDEN DEBTS: An Analysis of Public Integrity Center (CIP) Digital Communication Campaign in Mozambique / Tânia Machonisse
- Chapter 8: Of Protests and Satire: Representations of #EndSARS Brutality in Selected Nigerian Hip-Hop Music / Ruth Karachi Benson Oji
- Chapter 9: Ironic Activism and Social Justice: A Case Study of Political Satire and Social Media in Zimbabwe / Mbongeni Msimanga
- Part III: Media Texts Production
- Chapter 10: Protesting for Change: Ethiopia's Diasporic Media and the Fight for Democracy / Solomon Kebede and Abit Hoxha
- Chapter 11: Gukurahundi Memory, Subversive Pleasures, and Protest Cultures in Zimbabwe / Mphathisi Ndlovu and Nkosini A. Khupe
- Chapter 12: Theorising Graffiti as a Novel Alternative Public Sphere in Zimbabwe's Contested Politics / Nyasha Cefas Zimuto
- Chapter 13: Publishing as Revolutionary Tools from Pre-Independence to Post-independence Kenya / Job Mwaura
- Chapter 14: Photographs, Protest and Memory: A Case of #Blacklivesmatter in South Africa / Lungile Tshuma.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central platform, viewed April 23, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Media, social movements, and protest cultures in Africa
- ISBN:
- 9781666970142
- 166697014X
- Publisher Number:
- 40032740138
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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