[Commlist] New book: African Language Media: Development, Economics and Management

New book:
 *African Language Media: Development, Economics and Management.*

https://www.routledge.com/African-Language-Media-Development-Economics-and-Management/Salawu/p/book/9780367408404


Book Description

This edited volume considers why the African language press is unstable 
and what can be done to develop quality African language journalism into 
a sustainable business.

Providing an overview of the African language journalism landscape, this 
book examines the challenges of operating sustainable African language 
media businesses. The chapters examine the political economy of African 
language media, the management of African Language media and consider 
case studies of the sucesses and failures of African language 
newspapers, and the challenges of developing quality journalism.

Covering print and digital newspapers and broadcast journalism, this 
book will be of interest to scholars of media and journalism in Africa.

Table of Contents

Introduction Abiodun Salawu

Part1: Political Economy of African Language Media

1. The Political Economy of Indigenous Language Media in Nigeria and the 
Challenge of Survival in Digital Age Toyosi Olugbenga Owolabi

2. Language Politics, Political Economy and Sustainability of African 
language press in Zimbabwe Phillip Mpofu

Part 2:Mixed Bag – Failure and Success of African Language Newspapers

3. In the Dead End: The Decline of the Indigenous Language Press in 
Post-colonial Zimbabwe Allen Munoriyarwa

4. Making sense of Mmega Dikgang’s Shift from Setswana to English 
Tshepang Bright Molale and Phillip Mpofu

5. The Extinction of siSwati-language Newspapers in the Kingdom of 
Eswatini Maxwell V. Mthembu and Carolyne M. Lunga

6. Indigenous Language Media in Zimbabwe - Kwayedza and Umthunywa - and 
the struggle for survival
Albert Chibuwe

7. Indigenous Language Media and the Survival Game: the Alaroye 
Newspaper Example Obasanjo Joseph Oyedele and Jendele Hungbo

Part 3: Management and Sustainability of African Language Media

8. Reimagining the Future of Indigenous Language Presses in the Digital 
Era Kehinde Oyesomi, Kevin Onyenankeya and Oluwayemisi Onyenankeya,

9. A Survey of Management, Organisation, Structure, Content and Column 
of the Contemporary Yoruba Newspaper Tola Osunuga

10. Sustaining African Language Newspaper Business: The Yoruba Language 
Example from Nigeria
Clement Adeniyi Akangbe

Part 4: Towards quality – African Language Journalism Development

11.: The Significance of African Storytelling in Journalism Wendpanga 
Eric Segueda and David Anderson Hooker

12. African Language Journalism in Ghana and the Quest for Quality 
Journalism: An Investigation of Peace FM Akpojivi Ufuoma and Fosu Modestus

13. Editorial Policies and the IsiXhosa Language Newspapers at Caxton 
Media and Independent News Media Mbuyekezo Njeje and Albert Chibuwe

Part 5: Focus on the Broadcast Media

14. News Syndication in Local Language Broadcasting in South Africa: 
Hegemonic Infiltration or Hybridity? Tendai Chari

Part 6: Borrowing a Leaf

15. African Language Newspaper Sustainability: Lessons to Learn from 
Asia Abiodun Salawu

Editor(s)
Biography

Abiodun Salawu is Professor of Journalism, Communication and Media 
Studies and Director of the research entity Indigenous Language Media in 
Africa at the North-West University, South Africa.
Book Series




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