Routledge African Media, Culture and Communication Studies
About the Book Series
This series features innovative and original research on African media, culture and communication from scholars both within and outside of Africa. With Africa still under-represented in media and cultural studies literature, this series provides a much-needed platform for comparative and interdisciplinary research that highlights the perspectives and needs of Africans as consumers and producers.
The series welcomes submissions from established and junior authors of cutting-edge and high-level research on key topics that feature in the news and public debate. To submit proposals, please contact African Studies Editor, Helena Hurd ([email protected]).
African Englishes: Contemporary Trends and Sociolinguistic Shifts
1st Edition
Edited
By Collen Sabao, Esther Mavengano
September 25, 2025
This book investigates the functions and linguistic forms of African Englishes, and what this means for languages indigenous to Africa. It examines the historical imposition of English on the continent, as part of a broader project of cultural imperialism, and traces its transformation from a ...
The BBC's Legacy in Africa: Continuities and Change
1st Edition
Edited
By Albert Sharra, Jimmy Kainja, Anthony Mavuto Gunde
August 19, 2025
This book critically examines the historical and ongoing influence of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on African broadcasting, tracing its colonial roots through to its post-colonial legacy. The book details how in the 1930s the BBC established radio transmitter sites in East and Central...
African Radio and Minority Languages: Participation and Representation
1st Edition
By Limukani Mathe
April 03, 2025
Within Africa, radio provides an important platform for accommodating diverse linguistic groups and enabling speakers to express themselves in their own local languages. This book investigates how radio broadcasting across the continent provides a platform for cultural participation and the ...
Decolonising Media and Communication Studies Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
1st Edition
Edited
By Selina Linda Mudavanhu, Shepherd Mpofu, Kezia Batisai
January 30, 2025
The book provides insights on decolonising media and communication studies education from diverse African scholars at different stages of their careers. These academics, located on the continent and in the diaspora, share an interest in decolonising higher education broadly and media and ...
Communication Rights in Africa: Emerging Discourses and Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Tendai Chari, Ufuoma Akpojivi
December 18, 2024
This ground-breaking volume examines enduring and emerging discourses around communication rights in Africa, arguing that they should be considered an integral component of the human rights discourse in Africa. Drawing on a broad range of case studies across the continent, the volume considers what...
African Language Media
1st Edition
Edited
By Phillip Mpofu, Israel A. Fadipe, Thulani Tshabangu
August 26, 2024
This book outlines how African language media is affected by politics, technology, culture, and the economy and how this media is creatively produced and appropriated by audiences across cultures and contexts. African language media can be considered as a tool for communication, socialization, and...
Digital Dissidence and Social Media Censorship in Africa
1st Edition
Edited
By Farooq A. Kperogi
May 27, 2024
This book reflects on the rapid rise of social media across the African continent and the legal and extra-legal efforts governments have invented to try to contain it. The relentless growth of social media platforms in Africa has provided the means of resistance, self-expression, and national ...