[Commlist] New Book: Digital Media and the Preservation of Indigenous Languages in Africa: Toward a Digitalized and Sustainable Society

*Digital Media and the Preservation of Indigenous Languages in Africa: 
/Toward a Digitalized and Sustainable Society /*by Fulufhelo Oscar 
Makananise, Shumani Eric Madima (Lexington Books- Rowman & Littlefield) 
June 2024


The book is available now for preorder with a discount: The discount 
code is LXFANDF30.

https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666957525/Digital-Media-and-the-Preservation-of-Indigenous-Languages-in-Africa-Toward-a-Digitalized-and-Sustainable-Society 
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/Digital Media and the Preservation of Indigenous Languages in Africa: 
Toward a Digitalized and Sustainable Society/ presents cutting-edge 
epistemological debates, academic case studies, and empirical research 
from African scholars on the intersection of digital media technologies, 
artificial intelligence, and the preservation of Indigenous languages in 
the continent. This edited collection provides a methodology for African 
researchers, practitioners, and marginalized communities to integrate 
digital technologies into their lives to foster innovation, advance the 
documentation and preservation of underrepresented languages, and 
promote African-centered epistemologies. Contributors to this edited 
volume argue that African societies should acknowledge and embrace 
digital media platforms. Despite these platforms’ potential as sites of 
epistemic colonialism, they are essential for promoting ways of life 
that reflect the diversity and importance of Indigenous cultures. For 
Indigenous languages and local epistemologies to flourish in this 
rapidly evolving technological era, African communities must employ a 
variety of contemporary practices and strategies to document, protect, 
and preserve ways of being that have formerly been relegated to the 
periphery.

This book will appeal to both undergraduate and graduate students, 
scholars, and academics in communication, media studies, languages, 
linguistics, cultural studies, and indigenous knowledge systems in 
higher education institutions. The book will also be a valuable resource 
for students and scholars interested in participatory knowledge, 
indigenous language legacies, indigenous artificial intelligence, 
digital media, indigenous language preservation for sustainable digital 
African society in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and artificial 
intelligence.

*Table of Contents*

Introduction: Theorizing Digital Media and Epistemic Indigenous 
Languages Preservation for Sustainable Development in the Fourth 
Industrial Revolution by Fulufhelo Oscar Makananise and Shumani Eric Madima

Part I: Digital Preservation, Epistemic African Knowledges, and the 
Fourth Industrial Revolution

Chapter 1: Digital Preservation of Indigenous Languages and 
Participatory Epistemic Knowledge Systems of the Global South: Insights 
from South African Experiences by Fulufhelo Oscar Makananise

Chapter 2: Indigenous Language Preservation and Promotion through 
Digital Media Technology in the Fourth Industrial Revolution by Yusuf 
Ayodeji Ajani, Adeyinka Tella, and Nhlavu Petros Dlamini

Chapter 3: Positioning South African Indigenous Languages on Social 
Media Communication in the Fourth Industrial Revolution by Shumani Eric 
Madima

Chapter 4: Computational Linguistics and Indigenous Languages: WhatsApp 
Emoji Use and the Reclamation of Shona and Ndebele Language and Culture 
by Jennings Joy Chibike

Part II: Digital Media Strategies and Indigenous Language Preservation 
in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Chapter 5: Global Initiatives for Digital Preservation of Indigenous 
Languages in the Fourth Industrial Revolution by Adeyinka Tella and 
Joseph Ngoaketsi

Chapter 6: Indigenous Language Development and Preservation in the Age 
of the Fourth Industrial Revolution by Remah Joyce Lubambo

Chapter 7: Kivunjo Names and Naming as an Indigenous Language 
Preservation and Digitization Strategy by Zelda Elisifa

Part III: Endangered Language Revitalization, Social Media Language 
Prospects, and Media Training

Chapter 8: Using Social Media to Promote Indigenous Languages: Reality 
or Delusion: A Critical Review of Shona Facebook Television by Memory Mabika

Chapter 9: Exploring the Role of Indigenous Languages in Journalism and 
Media Training in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Era by Toyosi 
Olugbenga Samson Owolabi

Chapter 10: Indigenous Language Preservation, Challenges, and 
Opportunities in the Social Media Age by Mawethu Glemar Mapulane, 
Amukelani Collen Mangaka, Edgar Julius Malatji, Nhlayisi Cedrick Baloyi, 
and Rudzanimbilu Muthambi

Part IV: Orality On Social Media, Indigenous Epistemic Cultures, and 
Minority Languages in Digital Media

Chapter 11: Promotion Of Indigenous Languages and Culture through Social 
Media by Kganathi Shaku

Chapter 12: Orality On Social Media Language: Linguistic Texts and 
Images Portraying Elements of Isizulu Folklore by Beryl Babsy Boniwe 
MaMchunu Xaba

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