[Commlist] cfp: Education, Communication and Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa

*Call for Book Chapters ***

We invite cutting-edge scholarly contributions reflecting innovative 
theoretical constructs, empirically based studies and other forms of 
critical scholarship for consideration of inclusion in an edited volume 
to be titled, *Education, Communication and Democracy in Sub-Saharan 
Africa*. This volumewill contribute to the ongoing academic discourse 
about political perspectives on education in Africa, likely to be 
published by Routledge.This call for book chapters focuses on a timely 
research focusing on how educational encounters should develop 
communication values, attitudes and frameworks that may potentially and 
ultimately transform democratic citizenship in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Educational practices, policies and theories are arguably among the 
indispensable keys to solving the big challenges facing Africa in the 
social, political and economic domains.At the heart of such challenges 
is the lack of accountability of duty-bearers in African democracies 
particularly an accountability that is grounded in meaningful 
representation and participation of the people. Such unaccountability is 
both a result and cause of high levels of poverty and illiteracy among 
the general public. Given such a background context of inequalities, it 
is very difficult to achieve meaningful democracy whose minimum 
characteristic is that those entrusted with power are held accountable 
by those who have delegated the power, the majority of whom are in a 
state of disadvantaged-ness. The challenge that such a background poses 
on democratisation in much of Sub-Saharan Africa is that while 
democratic institutions have been established, their meaningful 
operation is compromised by the disempowered status of the majority. 
Educational institutions, however, remain one of the few potent sites 
for achieving the empowerment of the largely disempowered citizens in 
the context of equality. Educational institutions are the most ideal 
spaces that could develop, appreciate and employ models of democratic 
communication that value human equality, transcending the inequalities 
and power imbalances among the people. Learners will possess 
communication attitudes and models that can realize democratic 
deliberation and participation that is not restricted by inequalities 
and power imbalances. The expectation is that ultimately such frameworks 
of democratic communication in the education institution will result in 
citizens who engage in democratic deliberation that can realize 
accountability despite there being inequalities.

This book provides an international platform for multidisciplinary 
research that advances thinking and understanding of the complex 
intersections of education, communication and democracy, with the aim of 
pushing traditionally disciplinary boundaries through methodological and 
theoretical innovation. It will focus on the way education institutions 
as the site of encounters of power imbalances and social and economic 
inequalities are best placed to develop in learners as citizens, 
communication attitudes that enhance meaningful democracy that 
ultimately develops attitudes valuing communication that is grounded in 
moral respect, human equality and justice. It will explore if and how 
education today in Sub-Saharan Africa has embraced and integrated or 
ought to embrace and integrated models of communication and how they 
ultimately add value to democratic communication. The book will 
critically evaluate why and how, in their everyday routines, educational 
institutions in Sub Saharan Africa should endeavour for models of 
communication rooted in democratic values such as value for human 
equality despite diversities, mutual respect that transcends power 
imbalances, and respect for human dignity despite inequalities.

The chapter contributions can be made from a wide range of conceptual 
and philosophical approaches. However, each chapter must be soundly 
based in the theoretical underpinnings of the area under treatment. 
Newly completed empirical work will be encouraged, bringing new 
research-based insights into topics under consideration. Authors must 
bear in mind that the main focus of the book is on the profoundness of 
education institutions as a site for communication for transformative 
democracy in target regions of the Sub-Saharan Africa, and that they are 
expected to bring critical scholarly analysis to bear on new and 
traditional issues of education, communication and democracy in a 
development context.

We welcome papers using a variety of methods, particularly
those bridging interdisciplinary gaps. Thinking-aloud pieces, debates 
and research that breaks new ground by making connections with other 
disciplines is highly encouraged. Among the themes or topics open for 
consideration as chapters are the following:

·Education for democratic communication

·Democracy and education

·Inclusive communication and education

·Political culture and democratic communication

·Academic freedom and transformative communication

·Language, culture, education and democracy

·Economics, communication for democracy

·Media education and transformative communication

·The legal and policy frameworks for democratic communication

·Gender, education and democratic communication

·Globalisation, education, and democratic communication

·ICT, education and democracy

·Popular culture, education and democratic communication

The editors of the book are *Dr. Chikumbutso Manthalu*, *Dr. Victor 
Chikaipa* and *Dr. Anthony Gunde *from the University of Malawi, 
Chancellor College. Chapter abstracts of *300 words* as expressions of 
interest should be submitted to: Chikumbutso Manthalu at 
(cmanthalu /at/ cc.ac.mw) <mailto:(cmanthalu /at/ cc.ac.mw)>copied to Victor Chikaipa 
at (vchikaipa /at/ cc.ac.mw) <mailto:(vchikaipa /at/ cc.ac.mw)>, and Anthony Gunde at 
(agunde /at/ cc.ac.mw) <mailto:(agunde /at/ cc.ac.mw)>. Selected chapters must be 
*5,000* to *6,000* words including references, in APA style.

*_Important Dates._*__

*Abstracts submission deadline:*November 1, 2019

*Notifications of acceptance*: November 8, 2019

*First draft submission*: February 10, 2020

*Revised Manuscript Submission*: March 11, 2020

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